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  • May/June A&S Watch Party: Medieval Ladies’ Head-dresses

    As part of our Covid-19 response, our Shire had been having A&S themed Watch Parties, hosted via Facebook, Watch2gether, and YouTube, in lieu of our usual hands-on, in-person A&S classes. For May and June, our theme was how to cover your head if you are re-enacting a medieval European lady. Below, you’ll find links to each of the videos selected for our watch party. The Shire does not take responsibility for the contents of these videos, though an effort was made to select videos which would be useful to the medieval re-enactor.

    With Just a Piece of Cloth


    Video: A Simple Veil

    Video : A Simple, Draped Veil

    Video : A Simple Turban

    Video : An Italianesque Headrail

    Video : Twisted and Tucked Headwrap

    Video : Pearl Earring Wrap

    Video : Late Anglo-Saxon Veil

    Video : Late Anglo-Saxon Veil (using a mobius strip/infinity scarf)

    Piece of Cloth With Pins


    Video : A Basic, tucked veil (with pins)

    Some Sewing Required


    Video : Early Modern German- Schleier and Bundlen

    Video : 15th Century Horned Veil

    Video : A Short Hood

    St. Birgitta Cap- Making and Using


    Video : Making a St. Brigitta Cap

    Video : St. Brigitta Cap

    Video : Veil and Whimple anchored on a St. Brigitta cap

    More Complex Construction


    Video : A French Hood

    Video : An English/Gabled Hood

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  • July A&S Class Watch Party- Part 4: Just For Fun

    The final selection for our online A&S Watch party for July 2020 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) was a few hairstyles which are of questionable authenticity, having been designed to be quick, easy hairstyles for Halloween costumes, or to emulate tv shows or movies inspired by our era of interest, rather than actual historic references. But, they are fun and pretty.

    Video One: Princess Braid

    Video Two: Double Dutch Braided Crown

    Video Three: Renaissance-Inspired “Heidi” Scarf Braids (Tudor era inspired)

    Video Four: Anne Boleyn costume (16th c. inspired)

    Video Five: Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess Halloween Costume (17th c. inspired)

    Video Six: Borgias 2011 TV Series (15th-16th c. inspired)

    Video Seven: Borgias 2011 TV Series (15th-16th c. inspired)

    Video Eight: Medici, Masters of Florence 2016 TV Series (15th c. inspired)

    Video Nine: A Grecian Fantasy (Ancient Greek/Roman Inspired)

    Video Ten: A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1989) (5th-6th c. inspired)

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  • July A&S Class Watch Party- Part 3: Renaissance Era Hairstyles

    The third part of our hairstyles watch-party (see Part 1 and Part 2 for more details), went into ladies’ hairstyles of the Renaissance. As before, while an effort was made to choose videos that contained references to specific historic resources, no member of the Shire of An Dun Theine can or will vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these videos.

    Video One: 15th century

    Video Two: Simonetta Vespucci, 15th c. Italy

    Video Three: Botticelli, 15th c. Italian

    Video Four: 1495 Italian

    Video Five: 16th c. Dutch

    Video Six: 16th century

    Video Seven: Lucrezia Borgia, 16th c. Italy

    Video Eight: Elizabeth I, 16th c. England

    Video Nine: Tudor-era Hair Taping

    Video Ten: 17th century

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  • July A&S Class Watch Party- Part 2: Medieval European Hairstyles

    Continuing the playlist of hairstyle videos we chose from for our July online A&S watch party, here are videos featuring hairstyles from the early through late middle ages (5th century AD to 14th century AD). As mentioned in Part 1, An Dun Theine does not take responsibility for the accuracy of any of these tutorials, though some effort was made to pick videos which reference specific, historic resources.

    Video One: 5th-12th century

    Video Two: Nordic (and pre-Nordic) women

    Video Three: Eleanor of Aquitaine, 12th century

    Video Four: 13th-15th century

    Video Five: 14th century Italian

    Video Six: 14th century

    Video Seven: “Late Medieval” “Gretel”

    Video Eight: “Late Medieval” Crown Braid

    Video Nine: “Late Medieval” Rope Braid

    Video Ten: “Late Medieval” Two Buns Under a Hairnet

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  • July A&S Class Watch Party- Part 1: Ancient World Hairstyles

    Due to ongoing social distancing, our July class was an online watch party, viewing YouTube videos on recreating (primarily) ladies’ hair styles from Europe. We are not guaranteeing the accuracy of any of these videos, though an effort was made to find videos that referenced specific historic resources. Here is the first part of the playlist we chose videos from: the Ancient World.

    Video One: Sythian, Seubian, and Norse “Warrior’s” hairstyles

    Video Two: Ancient Grecian Cross-tied hairstyles

    Video Three: Ancient Greece

    Video Four: Ancient Greece

    Video Five: Ptolemaic Egypt (Cleopatra)

    Video Six: Roman Girl, 40 BC

    Video Seven: Livia of Rome, 1st century BC to 1st century AD

    Video Eight: Flavian Dynasty, 1st century Rome

    Video Nine: Agrippina the Younger, 1st Century Rome

    Video Ten: Empress Sabina, Ancient Rome (1st to 2nd century)

    Video Eleven: Empress Sabina, 1st century Rome

    Video Twelve: Faustina the Elder, 2nd century Rome

    Video Thirteen: Faustina the Younger, 2nd century Rome

    Video Fourteen: Herennia Etruscilla, 3rd Century Rome

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  • Business Meeting: July 2020

    Below you can download the meeting minutes from An Dun Theine’s monthly business meeting held on July 14, 2020.

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  • Watch This Spot

    Until now, the Shire of An Dun Theine has been using this blog space to share the minutes from our monthly business meetings. However, moving forward, we plan on expanding the blog to include more information about our Shire, our members, and our activities. So, watch this spot for upcoming posts containing information like handouts from some of our local A&S classes and spot lights on some of our members’ A&S and Heavy Fighting projects and research.

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  • Business Meeting: June 2020

    Below you can download the meeting minutes from An Dun Theine’s monthly business meeting held on June 10, 2020.

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  • Business Meeting: May 2020

    Below you can download the meeting minutes from An Dun Theine’s monthly business meeting held on May 12, 2020.

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  • Business Meeting: April 2020

    Below you can download the meeting minutes from An Dun Theine’s monthly business meeting held on April 14, 2020.

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