Website Links - Artefacts

[SimonH]

Feel free to PM me any other links in a reply and I'll add them to the list, Thanks

BUCKLES
Buckle ID - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/buckletitlepage.htm
Late Roman Buckles - http://www.lateromanbuckles.org.uk/

BUTTONS
British Uniform Buttons  New - http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue20/iss20p2.html
Button Back Marks - http://pw1.netcom.com/~jimyce/bm.html
Crown & Cyphers on British Uniform Buttons - http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue20/iss20p2.html
Buttons of UK Railways - http://www.ourpasthistory.com/file_download/18
Buttons of Shipping Companies Ferries etc - http://www.ourpasthistory.com/file_download/17
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/cart/pc/home.asp
Vintage Button Net - http://www.vintagebuttons.net/shanks.html
The Renaissance Tailor - http://www.renaissancetailor.com/demos_buttons.htm
GaryD's Mucky Fingers - http://www.geocities.com/garys_hoard/Buttons/
Virginia Digs – Broaddus Flats - http://www.virginiadigs.net/broaddus_flats/images/artifacts/artifacts_3.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 'Finds A-Z' - http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/index.html
De West Frisiae 4 - Index of Finds - Buttons - http://wf4.nl/Engels/index/indexengelsknopen.htm
Corinth Civil War Relics  - http://www.corinthcivilwarrelics.com/buttonsfloraldug.html
http://www.corinthcivilwarrelics.com/buttons.html


HALLMARKS
Silver - http://www.silvercollection.it/ENGLISHSILVERMARKSXHDUE.html
UK Hallmarks - http://www.assayoffice.co.uk/Services/UK_Hallmarks.asp

HERALDIC PENDANTS
Horse Pendants - http://www.theinterestingshop.com/pages/heraldicpendants.html

SPURS
Spurs through the ages - http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-Collection.html

THIMBLES
Thimble Slogans - http://www.thimbleselect.bizland.com/slogan.htm

KEYS
Keys & Locks - http://www.aschkenes.com/indexJeff.htm

SEALS
General - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix1.htm
General - http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/seals.htm
Royal seals : 1 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal.htm
Royal seals : 2 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal2.htm
Aristocratic seals : 1 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal3.htm
Aristocratic seals : 2 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal4.htm
Seals of the Gentry - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal5.htm
Seals of Townsmen and Merchants - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal6.htm
Papal seals - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal7.htm
Seals of Ecclesiastical Institutions :1 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal8.htm
Seals of Ecclesiastical Institutions : 2 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal9.htm
Seals of Clergy : 1 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal10.htm
Seals of Clergy : 2 - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal11.htm
Seals of Town Corporations - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal12.htm
Seals of Guilds - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal13.htm
Seals of particular Authority - http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/seal14.htm
Part 1 - to 12th century - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix1.htm
Catalogue 1 - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix2.htm
Part 2 - mid 13th to mid 14th century - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix3.htm
Catalogue 2 - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix4.htm
Part 3 - 14th to 17th century - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix5.htm
Catalogue 3 - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix6.htm
Catalogue 4 - 14th to 19th century - http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix7.htm
Old French and Latin inscriptions - Useful notes on seals]http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/SealMatrix8.htm] Useful notes on seals

WEIGHTS
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/weights.htm

ARMOUR & MILITARY EQUIPMENT

ALL PERIODS
Royal Armouries
http://www.armouries.org.uk/collections


ROMAN
Roman Numismatic Gallery
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment.html
Legion XXIV
http://www.legionxxiv.org/index/
The Kalkriese Lorica Segmentata
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/kalklor.html
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
The Art of Chivalry
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/medieval/chivalry/
The Armour Archive
http://www.armourarchive.org/
Armoury of the dukes of Burgundy
http://www.armourarchive.org/armour_dukes_burgundy/
The Higgins Armory Museum - Armour
http://www.higgins.org/Research/virtualexhibitions.shtml

POST MEDIEVAL
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://pub2.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/09_civilwar/dress.asp

BOOK FURNITURE

FITTINGS
The Strong Collection - Book Clasps
http://tinyurl.com/5bdswu
York Archaeology - 41-49 Walmgate York: Books
http://www.iadb.co.uk/wgate/main/life3.php
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/photoout1.asp?id=59
Jamestown Rediscovery - Brass Book Furniture
http://www.apva.org/ngex/c10book.html
Buchbinderei Müller - Metal Book Furniture (Click on each of the links under “Buchbeschläge”)
http://www.mueller-buch.de/
A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Hülleneinband: late-14thC
http://www.kb.nl/galerie/100hoogtepunten/008-en.html
The British Library - Database of Bookbindings - search on ‘boss* and clasp*’ (37 hits)
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/
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 - Bindings and bookboxes
http://www.schoyencollection.com/bindings.htm
and these are the links on above page with metal furniture
http://www.schoyencollection.com/liturgy.htm#198
http://www.schoyencollection.com/patristic.htm#032
http://www.schoyencollection.com/OtherBible.htm#690
http://www.schoyencollection.com/law.htm#1393
http://www.schoyencollection.com/patristic.htm#1833
Edlyn's Scriptorium - Spencer Collection MS. 39 - A 15th Century German Girdle Book
http://tinyurl.com/5fxdmw
Digital Scriptorium
http://www.scriptorium.columbia.edu/
Decorative Bookbindings at the Brera
http://www.braidense.it/bookbinding/ukd.htm
New Link British Library Database of Bookbindings
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/Links.aspx

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.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/books/medbook1.html
The Orb - Medieval and Renaissance Book Production – Printed Books
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/books/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
Umilta Website – Julian of Norwich
http://www.umilta.net/
and
http://www.umilta.net/folio.html



BROOCHES

All Periods & General

The Strong Collection
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/cgi-bin/Strong_Collection.cgi
Gathering the Jewels – Brooches
http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/the-domestic-sphere/dress-and-personal-accessories/brooches/
ElectricScotland - TaIismanic Brooches and Rings
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/charms11.htm

Roman
Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire – The Brooches. D. F. Mackreth
http://www.eastonvilla.com/brooches.htm
Detecteur.net
http://www.detecteur.net/objets/index.php3?incl=fibule

Early Medieval
Fröjel Gotlandica
http://www.frojel.com/Galleries/Gotland01.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 illustrations here,as some pictures are missing in the above link.
http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/final.zip
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://pub2.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/collections/medieval/?imageid=206
Detectorvondsten - Luc van Ravels
http://www.detectorvondsten.nl/vitrine/gespen.htm
Billy and Charlie - Decorative Brooches (informative repro’s)
http://www.billyandcharlie.com/ooch.html
Fourteenth-Century Brooches and other Ornaments in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland – J. Graham Callander (New)
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_058/58_160_184.pdf


BUCKLES

ALL PERIODS
C J's Metal Detecting Pages
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/buckletitlepage.htm
Weyland Reproductions - repro Roman to Tudor
http://www.re-enactment.biz/bronzeindex.html

ROMAN
Late Roman Buckles in Britain
http://www.lateromanbuckles.org.uk
The End of Roman Rule in Britain and the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of England during the 5th Century
http://www.fectio.org.uk/articles/hwb/hwbindexfigures.htm
Roman Numismatic Gallery
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-cingulum.html

MEDIEVAL
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://tinyurl.com/2ssjv7
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden. Use link 'Finds A-Z'
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/index.html
De West Frisiae 4 - Index of finds - Buckles
http://wf4.nl/Engels/index/indexengelsgespen.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!!
Click on ‘Belagerer’, then the small index link under the picture, then look at items 62 to 76
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
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

[SimonH]

CLOTH SEALS

SEALS
The Wreck Site of the Earl of Abergavenny. The Cloth Seals - Geoff Egan
http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/research.htm#Section6
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 appears to only work intermittently.
http://www.geocities.com/losttownsproject/leadseals
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden. Use 'Finds A-Z' link
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/index.html
De West Frisiae 4 - Index of finds – Lead Seals
http://wf4.nl/Engels/index/indexengelslakenloden1.htm
Ourpasthistory.com – Lead Cloth and Bag Seals
http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallery/bagseals

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/
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/coin_weights.php
CJ's Metal Detecting Pages - Coinweights for English Gold Coins
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Coinweight1.htm
Bona Tiele & Daventria
http://www.bonatiele.nl/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://wf4.nl/Engels/index/indexengelsmuntgewichten1.htm
Piet the Searcher - Piet van Gemerden
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzcoinweights1.htm
http://home.hetnet.nl/~vangemerden/blzcoinweights2.htm
Simmons Gallery – Click ‘Weights’ for Latest Auction
http://www.simmonsgallery.co.uk/
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


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.liongate-armsandarmour.com/
Sword Forum
http://swordforum.com/museum/eriktracy/

BRONZE AGE
Gathering the Jewels - The Hundleton dagger
http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ31712/
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/logan/exhibitions/virtual_exhibitions/before_history/europe/station_la_tene.php

ROMAN
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.vikingsword.com/virtmus.html
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/Main-Collection.html


MEDIEVAL-POST MEDIEVAL
The Higgins Armory Museum
http://www.higgins.org/Research/
Close combat weapons from the Armoury of the Dukes of Burgundy
http://www.truefork.org/Photography/Burgundian_Close_range_weapons.php
The Dragon Preservation Society – links to original sources
http://www.truefork.org/DragonPreservationSociety/index.htm
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 – Edged Weapons
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/index.cfm/category/edgedweapons
A Study of Period Rapiers – William Wilson
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing/blades.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://internetsword.com/
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
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/en/small/item/GTJ08428/
Gathering the Jewels - Roman silver inlaid dagger sheath from Usk
http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ31584/

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://tinyurl.com/5o3dax


POST MEDIEVAL
Military Images of the 1660s – 1700s
http://www.kipar.org/military-history/index.html

FINGER RINGS

All Periods & General

The British Museum - search for finger ring (Images only) (964 results)
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx search for finger ring images
Les Enluminures - Every ring tells a story
http://www.medieval-rings.com/introduction.php
The Strong Collection - Jewellery
http://tinyurl.com/5kxkkm
Ejeweller – Posy Ring Scout
http://www.ejeweler.com/posyscout.htm
Posy Ring Mottos (New)
http://www.inrebus.com/ringmottos_a.php
Antique and Vintage Jewelry (New)
http://www.limogesbox.com/index1RINGS.htm

Roman
Exeter City Council Time Trail - A soldier’s ring from Pennsylvania, Exeter
http://pub2.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://pub2.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/04_darkages/object_detail.asp?photoref=5_07

Medieval
Exeter City Council Time Trail – Medieval rings
http://pub2.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/dress.asp
http://pub2.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_detail.asp?photoref=7_75
http://pub2.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_detail.asp?photoref=7_76
http://pub2.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://thingsgoneby.com/category/rings/



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/british/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://www.peterdyson.co.uk/acatalog/
Militaryheritage.com - Muskets
http://www.militaryheritage.com/muskets.htm
Ambrose Antiques
http://www.ambroseantiques.com/fpistols.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
Indiana University - The Rifle-Musket vs. The Smoothbore Musket
http://www.iusb.edu/~journal/static/volumes/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
The Minie Ball (New)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_ball
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
Black-powder - Loading Data For Muzzle Loading Firearms
http://www.black-powder.co.uk/userguide.htm


POWDER AND SHOT FLASKS
C W Slagle Antiques Inc.
http://www.cwslagleantiques.com/view_cat.cfm?catid=70
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

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


FURNITURE FITTINGS

HARDWARE
Robinson’s Antiques
http://www.robinsonsantiques.com/
Whitechapel Ltd – historical guides
http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/hist/handles.htm
Larrivee Designer Hardware (Pictures not all loading)
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/
Londonderry Brasses Ltd
http://www.londonderry-brasses.com/
Marshall Brass
http://www.marshall-brass.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/
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
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
Wikipedia – Gunter’s Chain (New)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunter%27s_chain

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://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Edmund_Gunter
Edmund Gunter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Gunter



HOOKED TAGS

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
Markland - Anglo-Saxons and Viking Hosen. Keith Doms
http://www.markland.org/docs/anglovikhosen.pdf
Baldurstrand - Winingas
http://www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/winingas/winingas.html
Kingdom of Atlantia - Textiles and Weaving Links
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=39
Angelcynn - Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons
http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/culture/dress.html

POST MEDIEVAL
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://wf4.nl/Engels/index/indexengelskledinghaakjes.htm
Peter Pinxter en Peter Hengsdijk (in Dutch)
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/phengsdijk/klehaak/klehaakres.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://tinyurl.com/6rhbz8
Sporting Collection – Equestrian and Sporting Antiques
http://www.sportingcollection.com/
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
C J's Metal Detecting Pages - Medieval Harness Pendants
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/pendanttitlepage.htm
The Interesting Shop - medieval heraldic horse pendants
http://www.theinterestingshop.com/pages/heraldicpendants.html
http://www.theinterestingshop.com/heraldicpendants2/index.htm
Allmetal
http://www.allmetal.karoo.net/medart1.html
http://www.allmetal.karoo.net/medart3.html
The Antique Horse Company
http://antiquehorse.com/
Classic Bells
http://classicbells.com/categories.asp?cat=1
National Horse Brass Society (New)
http://tinyurl.com/57zdyb

SPURS
Allen Antiques
http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-Collection.html
http://www.allenantiques.com/Spurs-ForSale.html
The Strong Collection
http://tinyurl.com/5af4g5
Medieval Spurs (New)
http://www.argentcompany.org/?url=spurs.argentcompany.org
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/museum/history.php?pageid=9

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LOCKS AND KEYS

GENERAL
Roman Era in Britain - John Ward. Locks and keys
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/_Periods/Roman/_Texts/WARREB/13*.html
The Keyless Lock Store – History of Keys
http://www.nokey.com/ankeymus.html
Jeff’s Key and Lock Collection
http://www.aschkenes.com/indexJeff.htm
Lockcollectors Review
http://www.lockcollectors.com/domestic.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://wf4.nl/Engels/index/indexengelssleutels.htm
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

PADLOCKS AND KEYS
http://historyoflocks.com/foyer.html
Roman Locks (New)
http://romanlocks.com/
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
Reed Farmstead Archaeological Site - Padlock
http://www.reedfarmstead.com/html/padlock.htm
Padlocks
http://www.padlock.s-a-w.net/lockidx.htm
The First Internet Lock Museum – mostly modern American
http://1st-net-lock-museum.com/
American Lock Collectors Association - Links
http://alca.name/public_html/e107_plugins/links_page/links.php

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/inventory/chains.htm



PORTABLE SUNDIALS

Science Museum - Science and Society Picture Library – 10th Century Saxon Pocket Sundial
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10240776
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/collections/explore/index.cfm/category/90091
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/explore/object.cfm?ID=AST0249&picture=0#content
http://www.maryrose.org/life/nav2.htm
Pocket Sundials
http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/Pocket%20Sundial.htm
Science Museum - Science and Society Picture Library Search for ‘Sundials’ (87 hits)
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/
National Maritime Museum – Sundials
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/search/lightbox.cfm/category/sundials
Sundials of Antiquity and the Middle Ages – Gudrun Wolfschmidt
http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/spag/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://lewis.dur.ac.uk/seals/
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.schoyencollection.com/seals.htm
Medieval Writing - Seals
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/sealindex.htm
The Library of the Medieval Institute – Medieval Seals
http://www.library.nd.edu/medieval_library/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_Seals.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://lewis.dur.ac.uk/seals/popes_bishops.htm

GENERAL
The 1911 Encyclopedia
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Seals



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/
&*$gen und Gewichte
http://www.&*$genundgewichte.de/main/index.htm (use SHOP link)
Simmons Gallery – Click Weight for latest auction
http://www.simmonsgallery.co.uk/

OPIUM WEIGHTS
L’Asie Exotique
http://www.lasieexotique.com/mag_opiumweights/mag_opiumweights.html

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

[SimonH]

reserved for a big list

[Legacy Hunter]

cant wait to see it
debs