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A Clerk of Oxford: May 2015
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A Clerk of Oxford. Sunday, 24 May 2015. We wurðiað þæs Halgan Gastes tocyme': An Anglo-Saxon Sermon for Pentecost. BL Add. 49598 f.67v. We wurðiað þæs Halgan Gastes tocyme mid lofsangum seofon dagas, forðan ðe he onbryrt ure mod mid seofonfealdre gife, þæt is, mid wisdome and andgyte, mid geðeahte and strencðe, mid ingehyde and arfæstnysse, and he us gefylð mid Godes ege. All the holy company of Christ's followers were speaking in all languages, and, what was more wonderful, when one of them preached in ...
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Corset Update: Opening Up Shop – Sewing Empire
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Regency and Historical Needlework. Corset Update: Opening Up Shop. Sunday, July 19th, 2015. Sunday, July 19th, 2015. And, one day before the next exam, I am back with the long overdue corset update: Tonight I finally got around to ironing my fabric (yay! And the altered and finished master pattern is waiting to go onto it for cutting. Empire-era wrap stays, worn by Juliette Récamier (Musée Galliera, c. 1800). Now, we are all set to go…. Heat-shrink tubing, 6-8 mm wide. By Kim of “Steam Ingenious...
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The Clandestine Regency Bonnet: A Quick Making-Of – Sewing Empire
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Regency and Historical Needlework. The Clandestine Regency Bonnet: A Quick Making-Of. Tuesday, July 14th, 2015. Without me noticing, the next exam season has crept up on me. So, the blogging and corset-making have fallen a bit short of late. But I am still here and was very happy to receive all the positive feedback on the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. You guys are all amazing sewers and bloggers so it was really, really hard for me to stick to just ten nominations. :). Now, it was time to deci...
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Sewing Empire – Page 2 – Regency & Historical Needlework.
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Regency and Historical Needlework. HSM Re-Do: The Finished Regency Ensemble. Thursday, December 31st, 2015. Finally, the dress is complete. I wore it quite extensively over the holidays and, just now, my dad volunteered to take some pictures for you. :) Now I can show it all to you, at long last. Yay! As for that, here are the two photos I liked best and the challenge details for the Historical Sew Monthly:. The finished early Regency gown. A look at the back (and out the window). And the back view.
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Waterloo 200 : The Sergeant, The Jacket And The Eagle – Sewing Empire
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Regency and Historical Needlework. Waterloo 200 : The Sergeant, The Jacket And The Eagle. Thursday, June 18th, 2015. Thursday, June 18th, 2015. Today marks the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, the great battle that sealed both the fate of Napoleon, and the fate of 19th-century Europe. For this very special occasion, I have decided to share a very special find with you. As opposed to my usual posts, it has little to do with historical fashion, or sewing. C W – One of Waterloo’s heroes. In the following, I w...
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carvings | Flickering Lamps
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History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past…. Carved skeletons, Elizabethan theatre giants, and a cat: St Leonard’s, Shoreditch. There are so many fascinating old churches in London – however, St Leonard’s in Shoreditch is the first church where I’ve been greeted by a cat. Schrödinger, who was featured in an article on. Schrödinger the cat waits outside the church doors. Posted in 16th Century. July 17, 2016. Posted in 18th Century. July 3, 2016. It’s a little known fact t...
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The historian and the baron: tales from two churches in a Lancashire village | Flickering Lamps
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History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past…. The historian and the baron: tales from two churches in a Lancashire village. The octagonal tower of the church of St Margaret dominates the village of Hornby. A church has existed on the site since the 14th Century, but the imposing tower dates from about 1514. Carved stone gargoyles leer down at visitors from the tower. One of four surviving copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. This copy is one of two held at the British Library....
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History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past…. Carved skeletons, Elizabethan theatre giants, and a cat: St Leonard’s, Shoreditch. There are so many fascinating old churches in London – however, St Leonard’s in Shoreditch is the first church where I’ve been greeted by a cat. Schrödinger, who was featured in an article on. Schrödinger the cat waits outside the church doors. Posted in 16th Century. July 17, 2016. The last ruins of Dunwich, Suffolk’s lost medieval town. June 12, 2016.
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Graveyards | Flickering Lamps
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History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past…. Exploring West Norwood’s magnificent Greek Necropolis. The word “necropolis” is incredibly evocative – it is somehow a far more atmospheric term for a burial ground than “graveyard” or “cemetery.” The word derives from the Ancient Greek term. Posted in 19th Century. August 14, 2016. Winged skulls and hot air balloons: the grave of Étienne-Gaspard Robert, pioneer of phantasmagoria. Posted in 18th Century. July 3, 2016. Is taking a bre...
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