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Sean Flynt
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 Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2015 10:10 am Post subject: Interesting Source for Scabbard Decoration |
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I've just noticed that medieval pilgrim badges from the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket often depicted decorated sword scabbards. The Museum of London has many examples: http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/
It's an interesting source for decoration ideas.
Here's a 15th c. example.
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-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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Sean Flynt
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| Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2015 10:17 am Post subject: |
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I guess this is the front of that 15th c. pin. Wouldn't it be fun to recreate these pins in brass (complete with the sword that probably was lost within 10 minutes of the badge's purchase)?
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-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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Nathan Robinson
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Craig Johnson
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| Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2015 11:05 am Post subject: Great find Sean |
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Those are excellent finds. It really illustrates the concept they did not like blank spaces.
Thanks Sean
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Craig Johnson
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| Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2015 11:11 am Post subject: Another example |
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Sean Flynt
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| Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2015 11:22 am Post subject: |
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More below. And here's one you can buy, because we live in the true age of magic: http://www.mainlymedieval.com/product_info.php?products_id=863
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-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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Mikko Kuusirati
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| Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2015 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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This isn't magic, this is SCIENCE! 
The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;
Rush in and die, dogs -- I was a man before I was a king.
-- R. E. Howard, The Road of Kings
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Sean Flynt
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" 
-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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Mikko Kuusirati
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Or rather, as the titular heroine of Girl Genius put it, "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!" (cue lightning, thunder, manic laughter)
The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;
Rush in and die, dogs -- I was a man before I was a king.
-- R. E. Howard, The Road of Kings
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This is a standard topic