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ARMOUR & MILITARY EQUIPMENT


ALL PERIODS
Royal Armouries (pending)
http://www.armouries.org.uk/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=59

ROMAN
Roman Numismatic Gallery
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment.html
Legion XXIV
http://www.legionxxiv.org/index/
The Kalkriese Lorica Segmentata
http://mysite.freeserve.com/kalkriese
Exploratio
http://www.exploratio.org/image_database/exploratio.htm
Nix Imperial Creations - repro
http://www.niximperial.com/main.html

MEDIEVAL- POST MEDIEVAL
Allen Antiques
http://www.allenantiques.com/Armour-Collection.html
http://www.allenantiques.com/Armour-ForSale.html
Humanities-Interactive Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Center
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/medieval/chivalry/
The Armour Archive
http://www.armourarchive.org/armour_dukes_burgundy/
http://www.armourarchive.org/

POST MEDIEVAL
The Higgins Armory Museum - Armour
http://users.wpi.edu/~jforgeng/MachiavelliIQP/default.php
http://users.wpi.edu/~jforgeng/MachiavelliIQP/browse.php?cid=2000
Virginia Department of Historic Resources - includes some edged weapons
http://state.vipnet.org/dhr/Armor/pike_man.htm
Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.apva.org/ngex/
Jamestown - check the interim reports too (pdf files)
http://www.apva.org/pubs/index.html
Exeter City Council – Time Trail – Civil War Armour
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/09_civilwar/dress.asp



BOOK FURNITURE


FITTINGS
Corinium Museum - Medieval Collection: book fittings
Collection Search Result
The Strong Collection - Book Clasps
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi?maincat=Books&subcat=Clasps&object=0
York Archaeology - 41-49 Walmgate York: Books
http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/wgate/main/life3.php
Oikos - Book-Clasp from the Oxford Greyfriars – 15thC
http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/museums/oikos/oikos96.htm
Artlex.com - English Fifteenth Century Book Clasp
http://www.artlex.com/delahunt/bookclasp.html
Florida Museum of Natural History – Book Clasp
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/gallery/photoout1.asp?id=8
Jamestown Rediscovery - Brass Book Furniture
http://www.apva.org/ngex/c10book.html
Buchbinderei Müller - Metal Book Furniture (use links at top of page)
http://www.mueller.ihre-seite.info/bbset.htm
A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Hülleneinband: late-14thC
http://www.kb.nl/kb/100hoogte/hh-en/hh008-en.html
The British Library - Database of Bookbindings - search on ‘boss* and clasp*’ (29 hits)
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/keysearch.asp
Cornell University Library - The Evolution of the Medieval Book
There are also excellent digital images here of many original manuscripts and books.
I have concentrated only on those with metal furniture.
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/medievalbook/intro.htm
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/medievalbook/leather_chains/Chained_Binding.htm
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/medievalbook/leather_chains/Metal.htm
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/medievalbook/manuscripts/Charter_Nobility.htm
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/medievalbook/appetite_destruction/Eaten_Worms.htm
The Schoyen Collection - Checklist of Manuscripts: Contents
There is much to admire here
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/contentnew3.html
The Schoyen Collection - Bindings and bookboxes
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.8/index.html#15
and these are the links on above page with metal furniture
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.2/index.html#198
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.1/index.html#032
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.1/415.html#690
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.4/index.html#1393
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.1/index.html#1833
Edlyn's Scriptorium - Spencer Collection MS. 39 - A 15th Century German Girdle Book
http://home.earthlink.net/~ckbonder/id1.html
Digital Scriptorium - Huntington Catalog Database
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Scriptorium/hehweb/titles.html
the individual image links for each entry do not appear to work but the image database
here will reveal many with metal furniture still in situ (medium size image works)
http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/dsheh/heh_brf?Description=&CallNumber=HM+1
Decorative Bookbindings at the Brera
http://www.bookbinding.it/ukd.htm

BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS - GENERAL INFO
Medieval Writing – History Heritage and Data Source
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/writing.htm
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/map.htm - site map
The Orb - Medieval and Renaissance Book Production - Manuscript Books
http://www.ukans.edu/~bookhist/medbook1.html
The Orb - Medieval and Renaissance Book Production – Printed Books
http://www.ukans.edu/~bookhist/medbook2.html
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: Terminology – Clasps
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt0709.html
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: Terminology - Bosses
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt0446.html
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: Terminology - Shoes
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt3088.html
Digital Scriptorium Database
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Scriptorium/form.html
Umilta Website – Julian of Norwich
http://www.umilta.net/
Umilta Website – Julian of Norwich. Lots of links to Manuscript sites
http://www.umilta.net/folio.html



BROOCHES

All Periods & General
DCMS - Treasure Annual Reports.
Many brooches described and illustrated. Use the archive links to the right.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/cultural_property/QuickLinks/publications/default.htm
Detectormomenten - Marco Klomp & Klaas vd Veen.
http://www.detectormomenten.com/modules.php?name=Fibulae
The Strong Collection
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi
Gathering the Jewels - Brooches
http://www.gtj.org.uk/subjects.php?lang=en&s=2813
ElectricScotland - TaIismanic Brooches and Rings
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/charms11.htm

Roman
Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire – The Brooches. D. F. Mackreth
http://www.eastonvi.freeserve.co.uk/brooches.htm

Early Medieval
Fröjel Gotlandica
http://www.frojel.com/Galleries/Gotland01.html
Detektor Net – Brooches 8th-11th Century
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Fibulae_8_-11__Jh_/fibulae_8_-11__jh_.html
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Fibulae_8_-11__Jh_/Fibulae_Seite_2/fibulae_seite_2.html
Mittelalter Fibeln Online
http://www.scheibenfibeln.de/

Medieval
Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest - Jewellery
http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/jewel1.htm
Download the full pdf manual here (8Mb) as some pictures are missing online.
http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/index.htm
Museum of Antiquities - Gold fede-ring brooch from Whinfield Park, Cumbria
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/old_fotm/old_fotmjl98/
Museum of Antiquities - Silver Ring Brooch from Aesica
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/old_fotm/old_fotmo97/
Museum of Antiquities - Silver Ring Brooch from Benwell
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/old_fotm/old_fotmmy97/
Exeter City Council Time Trail – Medieval Brooch
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_detail.asp?photoref=7_84
The Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology – Silver Ring Brooch
http://www.dur.ac.uk/fulling.mill/en/artefact.php?id=12
Detectorvondsten - Luc van Ravels
http://www.detectorvondsten.nl/vitrine/gespen.html
Detektor Net – Circular Brooches
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Ringfibulae/ringfibulae.html
Billy and Charlie - Decorative Brooches (informative repro’s)
http://www.billyandcharlie.com/ooch.html



BUCKLES

ALL PERIODS
C J's Metal Detecting Pages
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/buckletitlepage.htm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Timeline of Art History. (76 hits)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/toah_results.asp?q=buckle&x=8&y=9
Weyland Reproductions - repro Roman to Tudor
http://www.re-enactment.biz/Roman_Buckles.html

ROMAN
The End of Roman Rule in Britain and the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of England during the 5th Century
http://www.fectio.org.uk/groep/hwb/list1map.htm
Roman Numismatic Gallery
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-cingulum.html
Exploratio
http://www.exploratio.org/image_database/exploratio.htm

MEDIEVAL
Kipar – Frankish Costume (grave goods of of Queen Arnegunde, d.570AD)
http://www.kipar.demon.co.uk/frankish.html
The Viking Project - Fröjel Discovery Programme
http://frojel.hgo.se/Object%20Gallery/Belt%20buckles/index.html
Fröjel Gotlandica
http://www.frojel.com/Galleries/Gotland06.html
The Vikings
http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources/authenticity/basickit/basickit12.html#belt-manu
House of Marsvin
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/belts/belts.html

MEDIEVAL – POST MEDIEVAL
The Strong Collection
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi?maincat=Buckles&subcat=0&object=0
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden. Use link 'Findings A-Z'
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/index.html
Detektornet
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Schnallen_allg_/schnallen_allg_.html
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Profilschnallen/profilschnallen.html
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Limoge_Schnallen/limoge_schnallen.html
De West Frisiae 4 - Index of finds - Buckles
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/frameengels.htm
Dutch Artifacts – J. Rink
http://home.hetnet.nl/~rink7/buckles_from_the_12th_until_the_.htm
People.zeeelandnet - Peter Pinxter en Peter Hengsdijk
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/phengsdijk/g/g1.htm

POST MEDIEVAL
Military Artefacts of Spanish Florida, 1539-1821 – An Internet Museum
http://www.artifacts.org/default.htm - home page links to all sections
http://www.artifacts.org/Mission.htm
http://www.artifacts.org/Fleetpage.htm
http://www.artifacts.org/Bucklepage.htm
Tilly-Fund: Heidelberg 1622 - some possible implications for buckle dating here!!
Use the top links and then the buttons under the picture to navigate - the middle button gives the menu.
http://www.hdbg.de/winterkoenig/tilly/index.html
National Maritime Museum – Collections online (24 hits)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/unicorn/chartList.cfm?Category=Jewellery&name=Buckle&sortBy=title
Candice’s Collections
http://www.candicehern.com/collections/02/buckles.htm
Colonial Williamsburg – The Anthony Hay Site
http://www.pastportal.com/Archive/Research%20Reports/Html/RR1554.htm
American Thunder Antiquities – ‘Snake’ Buckles
http://www.rulen.com/4f/snake.htm
Corinth Civil War Relics
http://www.corinthcivilwarrelics.com/buckles.html
Karen Augusta Antique Lace and Fashion
http://www.antique-lace.com/date1/1719/1719.htm
Morning Glory Antiques and Jewellery
http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/collectSash.html
Limoge Box.com (also check pages 108 & 109)
http://www.limogesbox.com/107.htm



BUTTONS

Diana’s Buttons
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/dianaspage/DianasButtonsWelcome.html
Button Bytes Light
http://www.tias.com/articles/buttons/index.html
Button Bytes Light – Archived Articles
http://www.tias.com/articles/buttons/archives.html
Livery Buttons -- A Glimpse into History - Joan Nathan
http://www.tias.com/articles/buttons/archives/98_03_08/articles.html
Byson Buttons
http://www.bysonbuttons.com/page2.html
Military Artefacts of Spanish Florida, 1539-1821 – An Internet Museum
http://www.artifacts.org/default.htm - check all the links
The Waterbury Button Company – Pattern Catalogue
http://www.waterburybutton.com/patterns.shtml
Vintage Button Net
http://www.vintagebuttons.net/shanks.html
The Renaissance Tailor
http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_buttons.htm
GaryD's Mucky Fingers
http://www.geocities.com/garys_hoard/Buttons/
Virginia Digs – Broaddus Flats
http://www.virginiadigs.com/broaddus_flats/essays/evidence/evidence_6.html (click on picture to enlarge)
Collector C@afe
http://www.collectorcafe.com/article.asp?article=110
http://www.collectorcafe.com/article_archive_list.asp?article=110
Berry Head Archaeology 2000 - some clickable links in the lists
http://www.brixhamheritage.org.uk/arch/berry_head_report2000.htm
World Collectors Net - Crown & Cyphers on British Uniform Buttons
http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue20/iss20p2.html
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden. Use link 'Findings A-Z'
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/index.html
Detektor Net
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Knopfe_allg_/knopfe_allg_.html
De West Frisiae 4 - Index of Finds - Buttons
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/frameengels.htm
Corinth Civil War Relics
http://www.corinthcivilwarrelics.com/buttonsfloraldug.html
http://www.corinthcivilwarrelics.com/buttons.html
Colonial Williamsburg – The Anthony Hay Site
http://www.pastportal.com/Archive/Research%20Reports/Html/RR1554.htm



CLOTH SEALS

SEALS
The Wreck Site of the Earl of Abergavenny. The Cloth Seals - Geoff Egan
http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/research.htm#Section3
Review of The Earl of Abergavenny
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue14/reviews/petts.html#biblio
Jamestown Rediscovery 1998 Interim Report – Selected Artefacts – Cloth Seals
http://www.apva.org/pubs/98report.pdf
Santa Margarita Lead Bale Seal: Artifact 49987
http://www.imacdigest.com/bale.html
17th Century Lead Cloth Seals from Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Al Luckenbach and C. Jane Cox
This link is a bit suspect so e-mail me (foot of page) if you want the PDF file.
http://www.geocities.com/losttownsproject/leadseals
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden. Use 'Findings A-Z' link
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/index.html
De West Frisiae 4 - Index of finds – Lead Seals
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/frameengels.htm
Free Pages - Harz Sonde. Use the PLOMBEN link
http://free.pages.at/harz_sonde/index.htm
Wissen Über Bleiplomben. 2 pages
http://free.pages.at/ruebezahl/index.html

TEXTILES
Recent Working Papers - by John Munro. Abstracts and pdf downloads.
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/munro5/HomePageWP.htm



COINWEIGHTS & SCALES

WEIGHTS & SCALES
Scales and Weights - Matthias Hass
http://www.scales-and-weights.com/
Malter Galleries
http://maltergalleries.com/auction02/112402auctioncat1.htm
http://www.maltergalleries.com/031101auctioncat.html
http://maltergalleries.com/auction03/851.htm
http://www.vcoins.com/maltergalleries/store/listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=81
Gilai Collectibles - Scales & Balances
http://www.gilai.com/science/scales/scales_index.html
The Streeter Collection
http://www.isasc.org/Streeter/coin_scales.htm
CJ's Metal Detecting Pages - The Medieval Tumbrel
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/tumbrel1.htm

COINWEIGHTS
The Portable Antiquities Scheme - English Coin Weights
http://www.finds.org.uk/finds/coinweights.asp
CJ's Metal Detecting Pages - Coinweights for English Gold Coins
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Coinweight1.htm
Bona Tiele & Daventria
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~amvherwijnen/FDETUK/coinweights.html
Detectorvondsten
http://www.detectorvondsten.nl/muntenalbum/muntgewichten.htm
Minelab Owners Forum - Members Gallery
http://gallery.minelabowners.com/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/521/password//page/1
De West Frisiae 4
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/index/indexcoinweights.htm
Colin Cooke Coins
http://www.colincooke.com/weights.htm
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden. Use 'Findings A-Z' link
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzcoinweights1.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzcoinweights2.htm
Simmons Gallery - Mailbid 30 - includes lots of coinweights (save to disc - these will be deleted)
http://www.simmonsgallery.co.uk/2001site/weights/MB30.htm
Flowerdew Hundred Museum
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/flowerdew/cat/long/coinwt.html
Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.apva.org/ngex/c6weight.html
BBC History Homepage - Viking Money
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/money_02.shtml

KNOWN MAKERS MARKS (mostly Antwerp & Amsterdam)
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/muntgewichtmakerengels.htm



EDGED WEAPONS SCABBARDS & FITTINGS

WEAPONS

ALL PERIODS
Reading Museum - The Thames Water Collection (link on this page)
There are 215 items listed and illustrated under ‘Warfare’.
For a more specific list enter ‘Bronze Age’ ‘Saxon’ etc.
http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/index.htm#intercol
LionGate Arms & Armour
http://www.antiqueswords.com/European_Edged_Weapons.htm
http://swordforum.com/museum/eriktracy/
European Single Hand Swords and Daggers AD 50 – 1500
http://personal.jax.bellsouth.net/d/e/deodand23/blades/blades2a.HTM

BRONZE AGE
Gathering the Jewels - The Hundleton dagger
http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=25850&t=1
Museum of Antiquities - The Reaverhill Dagger
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/old_fotm/old_fotmau96/

IRON AGE
Logan Museum of Anthropology – Iron Age Europe
http://www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/paleoexhibit/latene.htm

ROMAN
Exploratio
http://www.exploratio.org/image_database/dagger_sword/index.htm
Roman Numismatic Gallery
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html#pugio

MEDIEVAL
Sutton Hoo: Burial-Ground of the Wuffings
http://www.wuffings.co.uk/MySHPages/SHTreasure/SHSword.htm
http://www.wuffings.co.uk/MySHPages/SHTreasure/SHSwordHilt.htm
Beowulf on Steorarume – Illustrated glossary of Weapons and Armour
http://www.heorot.dk/beo-guide.html
Regia Anglorum – Arms and Armour
http://www.regia.org/spear.htm
Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum - Swords
http://www.aiusa.com/medsword/vmframe.html
Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum - On-line library
http://www.aiusa.com/medsword/document.html
Mediæval Sword Virtual Museum - Links
http://www.aiusa.com/medsword/links.html#anchor933020
Historical Weapons – Oakeshott's sword blade typology.
http://www.historicalweapons.com/swordstypology.html
The Oakeshott Institute
http://www.oakeshott.org/
Ambrose Antiques
http://www.ambroseantiques.com/swords.htm
Allen Antiques - daggers
http://www.allenantiques.com/Daggers-Collection.html

MEDIEVAL-POST MEDIEVAL
The Higgins Armory Museum - Daggers
http://users.wpi.edu/~jforgeng/MachiavelliIQP/browse.php?cid=1210
The Higgins Armory Museum - Swords
http://users.wpi.edu/~jforgeng/MachiavelliIQP/browse.php?cid=1230
Close combat weapons from the Armoury of the Dukes of Burgundy
http://www.geocities.com/ulfberth/Leger2.htm
The Dragon Preservation Society – links to original sources
http://www.geocities.com/ulfberth/
The Saint Louis Art Museum
http://www.slam.org/exhibits/armsandarmor/edged.html
Therion Arms – repro but some originals on this page
http://therionarms.com/old_armor_page.shtml
Arms & Armor - repro
http://www.armor.com/2000/catalog/item110.html

POST MEDIEVAL
Virginia Department of Historic Resources – The Pikeman
http://state.vipnet.org/dhr/Armor/sword.htm
National Maritime Museum Collections – search on edged weapons
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections
A Study of Period Rapiers – William Wilson
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing/blades.html
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing.html
Alonso Perez Sword Maker of Toledo. Abraham Lopez
http://www.imacdigest.com/Toledo.htm
Arms Collectors – early 19thC military swords
http://armscollectors.com/mgs/3_swords_part_two.htm
The Swordcollector Homepage
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/research.html
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/photoID.html
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/USpatterns/
Internet Sword Collectors Association
http://members.aol.com/machood/swordsociety1.html
Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets
http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/brit_bayo.html
MilitaryHeritage.com - repro
http://www.militaryheritage.com/swords.html

SCABBARDS AND BELT FITTINGS

ROMAN
Exploratio
http://www.exploratio.org/image_database/dagger_sword1/index.htm
http://www.exploratio.org/image_database/dagger_sword/index.htm
Roman Numismatic Gallery
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html#pugio
Gathering the Jewels - Scabbard from Castell Collen Roman fort, Llanyre
http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=15548&t=1
Gathering the Jewels - Roman silver inlaid dagger sheath from Usk
http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=25434&t=1

MEDIEVAL – POST MEDIEVAL
Sutton Hoo: Burial-Ground of the Wuffings
http://www.wuffings.co.uk/MySHPages/SHTreasure/SHSwordBelt.htm
The Strong Collection – Scabbard parts
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi?maincat=Military&subcat=Scabbard&object=0

POST MEDIEVAL
Revolutionary War. Part 1 - Bayonet Scabbard Frog Clips/Hooks & Attachment Devices
http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/issue4/revolution.htm
Revolutionary War. Part 2 - Bayonet Scabbard Tips.
http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/issue5/revolution.htm
Detector.net – Sabre scabbard clips
http://www.detektor.net/Information/UFO_s/ufo_s.html
Bonhams and Butterfield - Auction Catalogue
http://www.butterfields.com/areas/arms/7378A/EdgedWeapandArmor.htm
Military Images of the 1660s – 1700s
http://www.kipar.org/society/kirkes_uniforms_1660s.html



FINGER RINGS

All Periods & General
DCMS - Treasure Annual Reports.
Many rings described and illustrated. Use the archive links to the right.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/cultural_property/QuickLinks/publications/default.htm
The British Museum - 26 hits searching on 'finger ring'.
British Museum Compass Search
Les Enluminures - Every ring tells a story
http://www.lesenluminures.com/ringsexhibition.htm#
The Strong Collection - Jewellery
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi
Gathering the Jewels - Rings
http://www.gtj.org.uk/subjects.php?lang=en&s=568
R.L. Chambers’ Book of Days (Vol.1: 1864) - The Wedding Ring
http://www.moonstonerp.com/docs/rings.htm
Ejeweller – Posy Ring Scout
http://www.ejeweler.com/posyscout.htm
Stefan’s Florilegium – Finger rings
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/finger-rings-msg.html

Roman
Exeter City Council Time Trail - A soldier’s ring from Pennsylvania, Exeter
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/02_romanfortress/object_detail.asp?photoref=2_37
Museum of Antiquities - The Aemilia Ring
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/old_fotm/old_fotmm96/
Museum of Antiquities - Carnelian Intaglio from High Rochester
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/old_fotm/old_fotmau98/

Early Medieval
Exeter City Council Time Trail - A Middle Saxon gold finger-ring
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/04_darkages/object_detail.asp?photoref=5_07

Medieval
Exeter City Council Time Trail – Medieval ring
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/dress.asp
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_detail.asp?photoref=7_75
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_detail.asp?photoref=7_76
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_detail.asp?photoref=7_78
Norman-World.com
http://www.norman-world.com/angleterre/archeo/Angleterre/metal/rings.htm

Post-Medieval
Colony of Avalon – Ferryland
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/avalon/arch/rings.html
Things Gone By – Antique Rings
http://www.thingsgoneby.com/antique_jewelry/antique_rings.htm



FIREARMS POWDER AND SHOT

FIREARMS
Handgonnes and Matchlocks – A preliminary essay in the history of firearms to 1500
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dispater/handgonnes.htm
Espingarda Perfeyta – The Perfect Gun
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dispater/perfectgun.htm
The Art and Mysterie of the Gun-Founder
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dispater/cannons.htm
Virginia Department of Historic Resources – The Musketeer
http://state.vipnet.org/dhr/Armor/musketer.htm
http://state.vipnet.org/dhr/Armor/firing_mech.htm
Research Press – Firearms History
http://www.researchpress.co.uk/firearms/index.htm
Research Press – British Firearms
http://www.researchpress.co.uk/firearms/britain/index.htm
Scriptorium - Period Firearms
http://www.silcom.com/~vikman/isles/scriptorium/firearm/firearm.html
Fort Scott – Evolution of Weapons
http://www.nps.gov/fosc/weapons_info4.htm
Guns of the India Mutiny – Garry James
http://www.royalengineers.ca/India.html
REME Museum of Technology – The Weapons Collection
http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/armindex.htm
The Rifle Shoppe Inc
http://www.therifleshoppe.com/Catalog.htm
Peter Dyson & Son Ltd
http://81.29.66.120/peterdysoncatalogue.co.uk/acatalog/
Militaryheritage.com - Muskets
http://www.militaryheritage.com/muskets.htm
Ambrose Antiques
http://www.ambroseantiques.com/guns.htm
Track of the Wolf – Gun Parts
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categories/catList.aspx?catID=14
The Baker Rifle
http://www.personal.usyd.edu.au/~slaw/SuesPage/baker.htm
The Flintlock
http://www.personal.usyd.edu.au/~slaw/SuesPage/flintlk.htm

SHOT & POWDER
Guns Connect – Bullet Types
http://guns.connect.fi/gow/QA18.html
The Fairfax Battalia. - Musket
http://www.fairfax.org.uk/main/soldiers/musket.htm
Traitors Gate Online - Diverse Notes on Musket Ranges
http://www.jaspersports.com/fencing/diverse_thoughts.htm
Indiana University - The Rifle-Musket vs. The Smoothbore Musket
http://www.iusb.edu/~journal/2000/stanage.html
British Service Small Arms Ammunition - J.D. Winterburn
http://ccv.northwestcompany.com/bsa.htm
Butler’s Rangers - Uniforms, Accoutrements and Weapons
http://www.iaw.on.ca/~awoolley/brang/brunif.html
VRWC – The Minie Ball
http://www.vrwc.us/archives/000068.html
Greg’s Relics – (American) Civil War Bullets Page
http://members.tripod.com/gregsrelics/bullets.html
International Ammunition Association - A Guide to Ammunition Collecting
http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/glossary.htm
The Lavase River Archaeology Project - Percussion Cap
http://www.city.north-bay.on.ca/lavase/97FRS629.HTM
Black-powder - Loading Data For Muzzle Loading Firearms
http://www.black-powder.co.uk/userguide.htm

GUNFLINTS
The Lavase River Archaeology Project - Gunflints
http://www.city.north-bay.on.ca/lavase/97FRS626.HTM

POWDER AND SHOT FLASKS
C W Slagle Antiques Inc.
http://www.cwslagleantiques.com/web/powderflasks/powderflasks.htm
Ambrose Antiques
http://www.ambroseantiques.com/hornsflasks.htm
Virginia Department of Historic Resources – Bandolier Cap
http://state.vipnet.org/dhr/Armor/band_cap_1404.htm

LOADING TOOLS
Antique Reloading Tool Collector's Association
http://www.antiquereloadingtools.org/index.html
http://www.antiquereloadingtools.org/international10.html



FURNITURE HARDWARE

HARDWARE
Colonial Williamsburg – The Anthony Hay Site
http://www.pastportal.com/Archive/Research%20Reports/Html/RR1554.htm
Detektor.net
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Mobelbeschlage/mobelbeschlage.html
Robinson’s Antiques
http://www.robinsonsantiques.com/
Whitechapel Ltd – historical guides
http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/hist/handles.htm
Larrivee Designer Hardware
http://www.win.net/~larrivee/hardware_history.html

REPRO
Whitechapel Ltd (useful info and pictures)
http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/
Horton Brasses Inc. (useful info and pictures)
http://www.horton-brasses.com/a/sitemap
Londonderry Brasses Ltd
http://www.londonderry-brasses.com/
Architecturals.net
http://www.architecturals.net/restore/home.cfm
http://www.architecturals.net/antiques/home.cfm
Brass Foundry Castings
http://www.brasscastings.co.uk/acatalog/catalogue.htm
Ball and Ball Antique Hardware Reproductions
http://www.ballandball-us.com/products.html



GUNTER'S CHAIN

CHAINS
C J's Metal Detecting Pages
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Gunter's%20Chain.htm
Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Use the links at bottom of page for further description, history and pictures
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/surveying/type.cfm?typeid=4
Surveyors-Interchange.org
http://www.surveyors-interchange.org/gunter.html
Measuring America.com – Gunters Chain – Andro Linklater
http://www.measuringamerica.com/gallery.php
Topographical Engineer Detachment - The Gunters (Surveyors) Chain
http://www.texasonline.net/people/adixon/topogs/Chain.htm
Antique Maps - Carl Moreland and David Bannister
http://www.antiquemaps.co.uk/contents.html
Virtual Museum of Surveying - Chains
http://www.surveyhistory.org/chains.htm
Virtual Museum of Surveying - Surveyor’s Chains
http://www.surveyhistory.org/surveyor's_chain.htm
How to Make a Gunter's Chain - David Manthey
http://www.orbitals.com/self/survey/chain/chain.html

BACKGROUND
Virtual Museum of Surveying – links to various articles on surveying and equipment
http://www.surveyhistory.org/backsights_articles1.htm
Old Hampshire Mapped – surveying notes relating to John Ogilby, 1675
http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/hantsmap/hantsmap/miscsvyf.htm
Old Hampshire Mapped
http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/hantsmap/hantsmap/hantsmap.htm
Edmund Gunter
http://7.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GU/GUNTER_EDMUND.htm
Wath & Deane Valley Resources Site
http://www.gleaden.plus.com/measure.htm



HOOKED TAGS

ALL
Detectormomenten - Marco Klomp & Klaas vd Veen
http://www.chg-metaldetecting.com/modules.php?name=Kledinghaakjes

EARLY MEDIEVAL
'Wickelbander' - Peter Beatson - NVG Mikligard
http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/miklagard/Articles/legwraps1.htm
http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/miklagard/Articles/legwraps2.htm
http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/miklagard/Articles/legwraps3.htm
http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/miklagard/Articles/legrefer.htm
Gwerin Y Gwyr - Pouches: Recent Research for Regia Anglorum
http://www.gwerin.org.uk/articles/pouches.htm
The Viking Experience - Hooked tags
http://www.viking-experience.co.uk/authenticity/hooked_tags/
Markland - Anglo-Saxons and Viking Hosen. Keith Doms
http://www.markland.org/anglovikhosen.php
Baldurstrand - Winingas
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/winingas/winingas.html
Kingdom of Atlantia - Textiles and Weaving Links
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/text.htm
N.A.D.A.R.A. - Clothing Links List
http://www.nadara.net/kitguide/kitstan3.htm#1
Angelcynn - Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons
http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/culture/dress.html

POST MEDIEVAL
UKDN Album - Ceejay’s Gallery - Dress Hooks
http://galleryukdetectornet.co.uk/showphoto.php?photo=162&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=3
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzclothinghook1.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzclothinghook2.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzeyeandhook.htm
De West Frisiae 4 – Clothing Fasteners
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/index/indexengels_C.htm#clothfasteners
Detektor Net – Clothing Hooks
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Kleidungshaken/kleidungshaken.html
Dutch Artifacts - door J.Rink
http://home.hetnet.nl/~rink7/50_verschillende_kledinghaakjes_.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~rink7/kleding_en_mantelhaken.htm



HORSE ACCOUTREMENTS

GENERAL
World of the Celts - Chariots
http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/chariot.htm
Western European Tack from 900-1600 c.e. - Madonna Contessa Ilaria Veltri degli Ansari
http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/tack.html
The Strong Collection
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi?maincat=Horse&subcat=0&object=0
Sporting Collection – Equestrian and Sporting Antiques
http://www.sportingcollection.com/
Detektor Net
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Pferd___Reiter/pferd___reiter.html
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/eusi/hob_04.3.478a,b.htm

HARNESS DECORATION
The Interesting Shop - medieval heraldic horse pendants
http://www.theinterestingshop.com/pages/heraldicpendants.html
http://www.theinterestingshop.com/heraldicpendants2/index.htm
allmetal.karoo.net
http://www.allmetal.karoo.net/medart1.html
http://www.allmetal.karoo.net/medart3.html
Detektor Net
http://www.detektor.net/Information/UFO_s/ufo_s.html
The Antique Horse Company
http://antiquehorse.com/
Fairmloons (4 pages)
http://www.fairmloon.co.uk/horseharness.htm
Classic Bells
http://classicbells.com/Info/BellDesign/BellDesign.htm
Work Horse Sundries – Decorations
http://www.workhorsesundries.co.uk/Deccatologue.htm#intro
http://workhorsesundries.co.uk/decorations.htm

SPURS
Allen Antiques
http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-Collection.html
http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-ForSale.html
The Strong Collection
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi?maincat=Spurs&subcat=0&object=0
Medievalspurs.com
http://www.medievalspurs.com/research.htm
http://www.medievalspurs.com/spurs.htm
Humanities-Interactive.org
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/medieval/chivalry/ex018_11e.html
National Park Service Museum Collections – Guildford Courthouse
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/gucoimg/guco1836spurs.html

THE HORSE
International Museum of the Horse – The Legacy of the Horse
http://www.imh.org/imh/kyhpl1a.html



LOCKS AND KEYS

GENERAL
Roman Era in Britain - John Ward. Locks and keys
Roman Era – Lock and Keys
The Keyless Lock Store – History of Keys
http://www.nokey.com/ankeymus.html
Jeff’s Key and Lock Collection
http://www.aschkenes.com/index_Jeff.htm
Lockcollectors Review
http://www.lockcollectors.com/domestic.htm
Bill and Johns Metal Detecting Pages - Keys
http://www.bradshaw83.freeserve.co.uk/Keys.htm
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzkey1.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzkey2.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzlock.htm
De West Frisiae 4 - Keys
http://home.planet.nl/~tolsm031/Engels/index/indexengels_K.htm#keys
Detektor.net – Keys and Locks
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Schlussel/schlussel.html
Detecteur.net - Keys
http://www.detecteur.net/objets/index.php3?incl=clef
Detection Systems Holland – Locks and Keys
http://www.metaaldetectors.nl/vondsten/kogelslot.html
Key Collecting – Maurice Onraet
http://www.users.voicenet.com/~onraet/index.html

PADLOCKS AND KEYS
Norman-World.com
http://www.norman-world.com/angleterre/archeo/Angleterre/iron_index.htm
C J’s Metal Detecting Pages – Medieval Barrel Padlock
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Barrel%20Padlock.htm
Dorantiq - Padlocks
http://www.dorantiq.com/collections/padlock/index.htm
Reed Farmstead Archaeological Site - Padlock
http://www.reedfarmstead.com/html/padlock.htm
Padlocks
http://www.padlock.s-a-w.net/lockidx.htm
Oldpadlocks.com – mostly modern American
http://www.oldpadlocks.com/
J C’s Padlocks – mostly modern American
http://members.aol.com/pdx2001/padlocks/index.htm
The First Internet Lock Museum – mostly modern American
http://1st-net-lock-museum.com/

CLOCK AND WATCH KEYS
Pieces of Time – watch keys
http://www.antique-watch.com/idxa/keys_f.html
http://www.antique-watch.com/idx/keys_f.html
Passionfever – watch keys
http://www.passionfever.co.uk/listkeys.htm
Atlam – watch chains keys and fobs
http://www.atlam-watches.co.uk/pm/weblog8.php?id=C0_8_1
Watches2watch – watch key c1780
http://www.watchestowatch.com/acatalog/index_Keys_5.html
Detektor.net – watch keys
http://www.detektor.net/Information/Themen_Allg_/Uhrschlussel/uhrschlussel.html



PORTABLE SUNDIALS


Science Museum - Science and Society Picture Library – 10th Century Saxon Pocket Sundial
http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/piclib/search.asp?search=same_object(1950-0010)
Sphaera - The Quadrans Vetus
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/sphaera/index.htm?issue1/articl5
National maritime Museum - 15thC Navicula Sundial
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it1666z&axis=946006095&flash=false
The Mary Rose
http://larae.net/photo/britain/maryrose/sundial2.jpg
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/content/images/2003_1770.JPG
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayRepro.cfm?reproID=D8436&picture=0#content
http://www.maryrose.org/life/nav2.htm
Pocket Sundials
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Pocket%20Sundial.htm
Pirate Plunder - Steven R. Woodbury
http://sundials.org/publications/sample/pirat.pdf
Science Museum - Science and Society Picture Library – Sundials (82 hits)
http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/piclib/search.asp?search=SUNDIAL&startcount=13
National Maritime Museum – Sundials
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayCollection.cfm?item_class=Sundials
Sundials of Antiquity and the Middle Ages – Gudrun Wolfschmidt
http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/math/ign/xyz/ca00-v5.htm#tth_sEc1
The North American Sundial Society – links page
http://www.sundials.org/links/



SEALS AND BULLAE


SEALS & MATRICES
Durham University Library - The Durham Cathedral Muniments
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/seals/index.htm
Durham University Library - Medieval seals (based on Greenwell & Blair's catalogue)
A massive illustrated archive – use the handlist link
http://flambard.dur.ac.uk:6336/dynaweb/handlist/ddc/dcdmseal
The Schoyen Collection - Seals
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.6/index.html#2223_14
Medieval Writing - Seals
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/sealindex.htm
Public Record Office – An Introduction to Seals
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/advice/pdf/seals.pdf
The Library of the Medieval Institute – Medieval Seals
http://www.nd.edu/~medvllib/seals/
CJ's Metal Detecting Pages - The Seal Matrix
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix1.htm
Norman-World.com - York, 21-33 Aldwark - bone seal matrix
http://www.norman-world.com/angleterre/archeo/Angleterre/bone/seal.htm
Wesley’s Metal Detecting Finds - The Wicklewood Rude Matrix
http://www.geocities.com/junwez/matrix.htm

PAPAL BULLAE
Typology of the Papal Seals - Fernando-J. de Lasala, S.J.
http://www.unigre.it/pubblicazioni/lasala/Papal%20Seals.pdf
Medieval Writing – Papal Seals
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal7.htm
Medieval Writing – Papal Bulls
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/word/bull.htm
New Advent – Bulls and Briefs
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03052b.htm
New Advent – The List of Popes
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm
Papal Encyclicals Online
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/pictures.htm
C J’s Metal Detecting Pages – The Papal Bulla
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Papal%20Bulla.htm
University of Rochester - 150 Treasures from the Libraries (item 9)
http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=1802
Durham University Library – Bulla of Pope Martin IV
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/seals/popes_bishops.htm
Bull of Pope Pius VI with Bulla attached - good close-ups
Cache this quickly as it will soon disappear (e-mail me for copy)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3292079172

GENERAL
Some Notes on the Historical and Physical Context of Letters
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/heb4/letters.html
The 1911 Encyclopedia
http://65.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SE/SEALS.htm
Old Sturbridge Village - Sealing Wafers and Sealing Wax
http://www.osv.org/learning/DocumentViewer.php?Action=View&DocID=1974



SCALES WEIGHTS & MEASURES

English Weights and Measures
http://home.clara.net/brianp/
Scales and Weights - Matthias Hass
http://www.scales-and-weights.com/
The Streeter Collection
http://www.isasc.org/Streeter/
Waagen und Gewichte
http://www.waagenundgewichte.de/main/index.htm (use SHOP link)
Venus Galleries
http://www.vcoins.com/venusgalleries/store/listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=37
Malter Galleries
http://maltergalleries.com/auction02/112402auctioncat1.htm
http://www.maltergalleries.com/nov799/Nov799final.html
http://maltergalleries.com/auction03/851.htm
http://www.maltergalleries.com/031101auctioncat.html
Ancient Lamp
http://www.ancientlamp.com/items.jsp?catId=weights
Simmons Gallery - Mailbid 30 - Ancient Weights (save to disc - these will be deleted)
http://www.simmonsgallery.co.uk/2001site/weights/MB30.htm

OPIUM WEIGHTS
Mighty Bead
http://mighty-bead.com/weights.htm

APOTHECARIES WEIGHTS
Apothecaries Weights - David Coates
http://home.iprimus.com.au/davecoates/

WEIGHT CONVERSION TABLES & INFORMATION
Online Conversion
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Convert-me
http://www.convert-me.com/en/
Ancient Weights Volumes & Measurements
http://www.celticnz.co.nz/Weights_Measures_Volumes/Weights_Measures.htm
Roman-Britain.org - Roman Tabular Data
http://www.roman-britain.org/appendix1.htm
British Imperial Weights and Measures
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/index.htm
Hemyock Castle - Glossary of Terms
http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/measure.htm


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