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Mart Shearer
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Posted: Wed 23 Mar, 2016 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | hann hét mér fornt skinn ok skinnrokk from latin “Promisit ueteres cum pellicia michi pelles” |
Pelles's English equivalent is pelts, or skins with the fur remaining. I would suspect this is a surcoat lined with squirrel, i.e. vair.
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0118
ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Wed 23 Mar, 2016 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Mart Shearer wrote: | Quote: | hann hét mér fornt skinn ok skinnrokk from latin “Promisit ueteres cum pellicia michi pelles” |
Pelles's English equivalent is pelts, or skins with the fur remaining. I would suspect this is a surcoat lined with squirrel, i.e. vair.
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0118 |
If this is the case that is actually precisely what is mentioned in the complaint from German Baltic cities to Copenhagen in 1342 I mentioned above.
In the Danish translation it was called a "våbentrøje" with "mårskin" (skin of marten), so I think it likely that the Middle Low German original had "wafenroc/wapenroc".
So more extravagant having a fur-lining on your surcoat!
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Mart Shearer
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Posted: Wed 23 Mar, 2016 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps a fur lining is a necessity in the Baltic winter. My experience is that the padded coat (aketon/panzara, etc.) can become damp with perspiration or rain, and mail offers no resistance to the wind. Combined with metal's ability to radiate heat quickly, hypothermia can become a real risk.
ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Thu 24 Mar, 2016 3:28 am Post subject: |
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Mart Shearer wrote: | Perhaps a fur lining is a necessity in the Baltic winter. My experience is that the padded coat (aketon/panzara, etc.) can become damp with perspiration or rain, and mail offers no resistance to the wind. Combined with metal's ability to radiate heat quickly, hypothermia can become a real risk. |
It sounds very plausible!
That idea combines both practical use and extravagance!
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