Here are some links I've found useful in my SCA journeys
Period "songbooks"
Textes
et Musique du Moyen Age (Texts and Music of the Middle Ages) Home Page. This
wonderful French website has lyrics in the original dialects AND midi files of a
number of medieval song collections, specifically:
Adam de La
Halle (13th c. France)
Bayeux
Manuscript (15th c. France)
Cantigas
de Amigo (Martin Codax, 13th c. Spain)
Cantigas
de Santa Maria (13th c. Spain)
Carmina
Burana (13th c. Germany)
Dances
(14th c. Italy)
Guillaume
de Machaut
Flemish
Composers (14th-15th c.)
Llibre
Vermell de Monserrat
Minnesangers
(13th-15th c. Germany)
Miracles
of Notre Dame (Gautier de Coincy 12th-13th c. France)
Motets
(various)
Polyphonic
songs (14th-15th c.)
Instrumental
Music
Trecento
(Italy)
Trouveres
(France)
Katherine
Rowberd's Period Music Songbook
Steve Hendricks Music
Collection (a monumental collection of songs, dance music and consort pieces
arranged by Lord Samuel Piper)
Hymns and Carols of Christmas
(some period, some not, but a great online resource for Christmas pieces).
Music manuscripts
Digital Image Archive of Medieval
Music (UK)
Cantigas de Santa Maria
Thomas Ravenscroft online by Gregory Blount. See the SCA Minstrel and Music
Homepages listed below for even more.
More music links
Chant
Resources
Choral Public Domain Library
The Silvis Woodshed (MIDI
files of choral works)
The Internet Renaissance
Band (MIDI files of medieval and Renaissance tunes)
SCA Minstrel Homepage
and SCA Medieval &
Renaissance Music Homepage
The Psaltery
The psaltery
Musica Antiqua's
psaltery
The hurdy gurdy, organistrum, symphonie, vielle a roue or zamphona
Olympic Musical Instruments (Hurdygurdy.com)
Musica Antiqua's symphonie
Organistrum (Spanish language site
on the organistrum)
The history of hand cranked
street organs (also known as hurdy gurdies)
Other Medieval Musical Instruments
American Recorder Society
Citole Project
by Arden of Icombe
Clarsach.net (Celtic harps)
Guide to
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments with photos, descriptions and sound
samples.
Harp Spectrum
(A general harp site)
Lute Society of America (No, I
don't play, but after some knowitall "bard" declared - wrongly -
that there is no sheet music available for the lute, I decided it was definitely
worth bookmarking.)
Rebec Project by Arden
of Icombe
Saxon Lyre
by Dofinn-Hallr Morrisson and Thóra Sharptooth
Music and Musical Instrument Merchants
Antique Sound Workshop. Historical winds and other instruments.
Courtly
Music Unlimited. Specializes in recorders and sheet music for all budgets
and skill levels.
Lark In The Morning. They've got
instruments I've never even seen before. Do your homework first - a great deal
may be a cheap instrument that's more trouble than it's worth, and make sure you
know what the return policy is before ordering something.
Music
Maker Kits (They produce kits for woodworking hobbyists, so be aware that
you won't walk away with an historically accurate harp, hurdygurdy or psaltery,
but worth checking out if you want to try your hand at instrument building.
Caveat, read the articles on hurdygurdy kits at www.hurdygurdy.com.
It sounds like kit-built hurdygurdies may be more trouble than they're
worth.
Historical Clothing (European)
Reconstructing History.
Kass McGann's excellent website on historical clothing spans centuries and
hemispheres. Her beginner section is excellent and she is now offering patterns
of historical clothing for men and women.
Virtue Ventures. Mistress Cynthia is a hat buff and it shows. In addition to
a number of useful articles on medieval clothing, she has ways to finish your
look with appropriate hats and head wear.
Robin Netherton.
The Renaissance Tailor. Even if you don't do Renaissance fashion, this site
has a number of useful tutorials on sewing techniques.
Some
Clothing of the Middle Ages I. Marc Carlson's work on extant garments.
Historic Enterprises
merchants medieval reproduction clothing and accessories for the ready-to-wear
re-enactor. Not cheap, but the quality is excellent and the look is accurate.
Raymond's Quiet Press
sells reproduction jewelry, belt fittings. His early period pieces are lovely
and if you've absolutely got to have a plaque belt, his are worth checking out.
Gaukler Medieval Wares also does
reproduction jewelry and real medieval antiquities.
Dru Shoemaker (shoes)
Historical Clothing (Japanese)
Kyoto Costume Museum
Reconstructing History
Liza Dalby (author of "Kimono: Fashioning Culture")
Japanese Culture in the SCA
An Online Japanese Miscellany is
part of Master Edward of Effingham's website on things Japanese.
Fabric
Phoenix Textiles is a good place to look for deals pretty much any fashion
or home decorating fabric. Get on their email list and they'll notify you of
special sales and promotions. Customer service is excellent and in the land of
the Phoenix, a yard is 39 inches!
ITA Textiles specializes in linen in a variety of weights and colors.
Dharma Trading got their start doing tie dye t-shirt supplies. They're an
excellent source for undyed silk yardage, fabric dyes, paints (their Versatex
fabric ink is great for painting your pavilion) and other supplies.
Silk Connection comes highly
recommended as another source for undyed silk yardage. I must try their fuji
broadcloth one of these days.
Thai Silks is yet another place to buy
undyed silk at good prices.
Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
British Museum
Getty Museum
British Library (main link), Digitized
Treasures collection
Manuscript: Alfonso X's Book of Games
Manuscript: King Rene's
Book of Love
Manuscript: Manesse
Codex
Manuscript: Gaston
Phoebus' "Book of the Hunt"
Art (Japanese)
Picture Scroll of
The Tale of Genji (12th century Japan)
Tale of Genji
Scroll (18th century Japan)
Kyoto National Museum
Tokyo
National Musem
E-Museum (Japanese National Treasures)
Japanese Art
in the Asia Society Collection
Some Medieval Monkeys
Ape
from the Aberdeen Bestiary
Monkey
Beaker
Ape from the Harley
Bestiary
York
Minster monkey with flask
Monkey driving a cart, from the Luttrell Psalter
Prince Edward with monkey
Pew carving, St.
Martin, Tuddenham (scroll to bottom of article)
Pew carving, St.
Edmund, Southwold
Lady
and the Unicorn series "Smell" (look for the monkey sniffing a
flower behind the lady)
Lady and
the Unicorn series "Taste" (monkey sits at the lady's feet).