Companium Sancti Georgii te salutat in pagina interrete sua

Companium Sancti Georgii societas historiae-viventis est. Fere viginti annos vitam quotidianam parvuli comitati artillerie (sicut res tormentaria) aetate Caroli Temerarii Ducis Burgundie (mcdlxvvij - mcdlxxvij) reviximus. In his foliis continentur multis indicia picturiaeque companii nostri et partes investigationum nostrarum et condiciones companium intrare. Atque tabulae nuntiis memoriae accedere potes.

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Nuntiis de blog Companii (in lingua anglica)

To make a bread oven

Since a quite long time from now, Alain-Gilles started to turn his mind around bread. Generally in the castles we go, when it's possible, he uses the kitchen oven. Unfortunately lot's of them have been modified for modern reasons and don't give us an optimal medieval way for cooking bread. Sometimes ovens are too small, sometimes they have a modern extraction for the smoke.

Strike-a-lights, flints and tinders: which historical sources?

This is a guest piece by Andrea Carloni

When talking about lighting a fire, especially for domestic use, modern man automatically thinks of matches and lighters, because collective memory actually ignores that, for thousands of years and at least up to the end of 19th century, this task had been invariably performed through strike-a-lights, flints and tinders. The longevity of this outdated custom is confirmed by many historical literature quotes, even from worldwide known works, such as I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni (1842) which reads in a passage: «...cava fuori esca, pietra, acciarino e zolfanelli ed accende un suo lanternino» (transl. «...takes out tinder, flint, strike-a-light and sulfur sticks and lights up his little lantern»).

The Ursula Shrine Linnen Armour (Padded Jack Series I)

The Saint Ursula Shrine, painted by Hans Memling before 1489, is one of the best known works of the Flemish art of the 15th century. This liturgical shrine is not very big. In fact, the painted panels are only 35cm high. The paintings depict the martyrdom of St. Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins in Cologne and feature a wide selection of arms and armour. Among them are two pieces of thick linnen armour, both worn over mail.


Three of the side panels of the Ursula shrine by Hans Memling.

Malesov

On the Thursday 30 August 2012, the Company of Saynt George settled in the castle of Malesov, a small but very nice castle in the greater area of Prague in the Czech Republic. Ondrej Slacalek has been restoring this castle for ten years up to now, to make it look like it would have in the 15th century. He is now getting close to his goal. In order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the restoration, Ondrej invited the Company for its first event in the Czech Republic.

So I Went to Russia to Meet Some Reenactors

I have been to Russia lately. Call it a research trip. A trip to meet fellow reenactors from bern.ru and to participate at the presentation of a book I have been involved with. In fact, the book has been presented in Moscow and in Nizhny Novgorod the day after.


Lenzburg, Switzerland, July 21 - July 26, 2009