Also on the 4rth floor, behind the little door beneath the bed you saw yesterday, a window in that door gives a view to the in my opinion, saddest thing in this prison tower, a medieval toilet. Also known as "garderobe" for reasons of ammonia and smell and how to defend your clothes from moths etc. The medieval toilet here is a little room, built like a balcony, simply a seat with a hole, discharging everything just outside the fortress walls. The seat plate usually was of stone, but in this case of a wooden board and I just have to imagine an old and sick woman having to sit on it in cold german winters makes me very sad for her, although she most likely used a chamber pot.
Wine making in amphorae is making a come-back.
Os dejo una galería de imágenes con ideas para trajes medievales. Podeis ver algún pequeño esquema de cómo son los patrones. No recuerdo de dónde saqué las imágenes, pero lo más probable es que fue…
We all know the Middle Ages weren't an enviable time to be alive, but do you really know what people's daily lives were like? When it came to staying fresh, their secrets might be best left in the dark.
Introduction to centering the clay with the potter’s wheel is the fifth session in The Basics of Hand Building Techniques. After familiarizing the students with the earthy material, which is …
So, in the meantime I’ve been soaking some tannin material for use on my rug wool. Some of these have been soaking since last year. We had a great crop of acorns a year ago. Those have been f…
is getting there
1. — Grandes cambios en Europa A raíz de la caída del Imperio de Carlomagno y de una nueva oleada de invasiones bárbaras, Europa se sumergió en el feudalismo, un sistema basado en la vida rur…
Berber carpets in Jemaa el Fna in Marrakech
John Hodgson is a freelance illustration and design artist, who has been involved with archaeology since 1984. He has produced interpretative reconstruction work for a wide range of professional bo...
Apolodoro de Damasco fue un famoso arquitecto sirio que sirvió a la Roma de Trajano. Entre sus muchas obras destaca el famoso puente sobre el río Danubio.
Employment Sketches [these images have been very lightly...
