Re: a question on backpacks and other carrying gears

[jlrreed-at-ix.netcom.com]

Thanks Christian !

You've given me an excuse to go look through my various book with pretty
pictures - my wife will kill you. (only joking)  ;-) I'll try to put
together a survey of how many of what type and list the sources for you
when I get a chance.

Cheers,

Bob Reed 

Company of the Wolfe Argent



At 16:03 03/08/99 +0200, you wrote:
>My question is on sources for medieval transporting gears.
>Lucca had a wonderful basket to carry on the back with him
>at Canova. There are some images of bags carried like
>todays backpacks. Other pictures suggest the use of
>ropes to bind the stuff in a netlike way. John Howe has some
>pictures on large bags. The Ursule-Shrine by Memling has
>a lovely bag with two buckles on it, carried on the shoulders.
>But is this already everything?
>
>I had a wooden construction with me at Canova. I made it
>some years ago for LiveRoleplaying, when accuracy was no
>real theme for me. But now I would like to see some sources
>before I continue to use it. Everyone I asked at Canova
>had to give up. They all thought it looked nice, but this
>is certainly not enough.
>
>The construction is as follows. In German you would use
>the word 'Raeff' (if you know it, but is not very likely to be used
>at all). It is a wooden construction:
>
>                  ¦
>                  ¦
>this is where --> ¦   <-- this is where the stuff is loaded
>your back is      ¦
>                  ¦---
>                  ¦
>
>(best viewed with a ASCII-art capable font)
>
>While it looks a bit stiff at the first glance it is actually
>quite comfortable. In Switzerland these types of gears are used
>for cheese transport from the Alpes to the valley up until today.
>(Not too often anymore of course)
>
>Now my question is: has anyone ever seen such a thing dated
>to the medieval era? Are there carrying gears, that can be thought 
>of?
>
>with a lot of thanks for any input
>
>christian folini
>
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