Tewkesbury Festival and Religious Iconography in the WoRs

A few comments and images from another excellent, hot day at the festival, with many of the reenactors suffering from the heat during the and after the fight. As ever, I found the living history at the camps the real jewel, with plenty of generous and welcoming re-enactors.

There was a real international feel this year with French, German and Belgium groups, as well as the Italian flag throwers.

I was particularly struck by the flag below, the five wounds of Christ, carried by a member of the Paston Household. It is good to see some religious as well as heraldic imagery in use.  More on this is latter posts.

Woodcut from an English blockbook, ca. 1495

Loius XII

Another off-period project, Louis XII, based on Jean Bourdichon’s images from Jean Marot’s “La voyage de Genes” both depicting Louis XII's Genoa Campaign of 1507. Both are great sources for the colours and designs of French gendarme.

 

I’m quite happy with the end result, bar the bees which are rather stick-insect like and I should have removed the raised boss on the front of the horse furniture.

Stuart Mulligan’s Tudor dollies have just arrived so they may become Garde Ecossaise for him. Do read Stuart’s excellent, as ever, blog on how he has crafted and painted these. Alternatively, Louis may get repainted along, to create Flodden set along with the Tudor castings.

28mm Towton figures are next, really.

Tewkesbury Medieval Fayre

Another year, another visit to Tewkesbury, next weekend. For more details see - http://www.tewkesburymedievalfestival.org/