Saturday, January 31, 2026

Useful Links

 Links to useful information that I use all of the time.

last updated 1/31/26


Bibliography tools:

Bibcitation: The site I use to assist with my bibliographies.

Scribal Links:

Manuscript Miniatures: An image resource with tons of tags to help narrow down image searching.

Manuscript Art: Another site organized into various categories. Most images have links to the original source. Sometimes very slow but worth it.

Walters Art Museum's Flikr page: Thousands of high resolution, manuscript images.

Opening phrases: A list of opening phrases from Caid's wiki page.

The Aberdeen Bestiary: Good quality images of this wonderful manuscript.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Links to a number of period documents with English translations.

The Scriptorium: A collection of resources and examples of writing for SCA award scrolls.

The Plumpton Letters and Papers: A collection of late period letters.

Original letters, illustrative of English history; with notes and ..., Volume 1: Another book with excellent period letters that can be used as inspiration for scroll wording.

A Formula Book of English Official Historical Documents: Another book with period wording. Most are in Latin.

Letters Written by the Six Wives of Henry VIII:

16th Century Documents : 1500 - 1599: A good resource for grant of arms.

Fifteenth Century English Patents of Arms:

Research links:

A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: 1259-1400: A great resource for period pricing.

Measuring Worth: a must have website to help figure out the modern value of period money.

Things to buy:

Alchem Incorporated Crossbows: The site also sells fencing swords and daggers. 

Cookbooks:

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The accomplisht cook

Martial Arts:

Wiktenauer: An online resource of period fencing handbooks. With images.

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