Feather quills

Country of Origin: Generic
Time Period: Medieval
Type of Item: Feather quill
Outer Colour: White
Construction Materials: Feather
Details of Construction: Cut down to nib
Details of Decoration & Finishes: No decoration
Made by:
Bought from: Spotlight
Documentation

Horn inkwell

Country of Origin: Generic
Time Period: Medieval
Type of Item: Inkwell
Outer colour: Mottled black
Construction Materials: Horn
Details of Construction: Horn tip set into horn base
Details of Decoration & Finishes: No decoration. Waxed for fluid repellancy.
Made by: cut down and remade by Rosalie
Bought from: Original piece from secondhand shop

Horn 'face' hinged spectacles

Country of Origin: Germany, Rhine region
Time Period: late 14th century
Type of Accessory: Spectacles
Outer Colour: Dark mottled brown
Construction Materials: Horn, metal
Metal: Bronze rivet
Details of Construction: Hand made with modern lenses set in.
Details of Decoration: Face design reproduced from existing artifact
Made by: Malcolm Fisher, Sweetness & Light, England
Documentation:

Horn hinged spectacles

Country of Origin: Germany, Rhine region
Time Period: late 14th century
Type of Accessory: Spectacles
Outer Colour: Cream
Construction Materials: Horn, metal
Metal: Bronze rivet
Details of Construction: Hand made with modern lenses set in.
Details of Decoration: Reproduced from existing artifact
Made by: Malcolm Fisher, Sweetness & Light, England
Documentation:

Wooden hinged spectacles

Country of Origin: Germany, Rhine region
Time Period: late 14th century
Type of Accessory: Spectacles
Outer Colour: natural wood
Construction Materials: oak, metal
Metal: Bronze rivet
Details of Construction: Hand made with no lenses set in.
Details of Decoration: Reproduced from existing artifact
Made by: Malcolm Fisher, Sweetness & Light, England
Documentation:

Leather-bound book

Country of Origin:
Time Period: 1300 onwards?
Type of Item: Journal
Outer Colour: Mid Brown
Construction Materials: Leather, hand-made paper
Details of Construction: Hand made
Details of Decoration & Finishes:
Made by: Pawel, Etsy shop, Poland

Map of the known world

Country of Origin: Emgland
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Map
Outer Colour: Coloured
Construction Materials: Canvas, print
Details of Construction: Print on cotton canvas
Details of Decoration & Finishes: Commercially made
Made by:
Purchased from: Temu

Wax Tablet
Set in leather case with brass stylus

Country of Origin:
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Wax tablets
Outer Colour: leather tooled case
Construction Materials: bone, red wax, brass.
Details of Construction: Hand stitched case with red wax set into bone tablets
Details of Decoration & Finishes: Carved fleur-de-lys on case
Made by: Mark Shier, Gaukler Medieval Wares
Documentation Artifact writing tablet and leather case 14th century Museum of London

Wax Tablets

Country of Origin: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Wax tablet
Outer Colour: Natural wool
Construction Materials: Wood, wax.
Details of Construction: Plain wooden frame with dark wax
Details of Decoration & Finishes: none
Made by:
Imported by: Mainly Medieval
Documentation Artifact writing tablet and leather case 14th century Museum of London

Stylus- brass x 2

Country of Origin: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Stylus
Outer Colour: Gold
Construction Materials: Brass
Details of Construction: Hand made
Details of Decoration & Finishes: none
Made by: Malcolm Fraser, Sweetness & Light, UK.
Documentation Artifact, Museum of London

Leather case with squirrels

Country of Origin: England, Europe
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Leather case
Outer Colour: Brown
Construction Materials: Leather
Details of Construction: Hand made
Details of Decoration & Finishes: squirrels in circles hand embossed
Made by: Paula Winkel.
Documentation Artifact, Museum of London

Leather case with decorative leather

Country of Origin: England, Europe
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Leather case
Outer Colour: Brown
Construction Materials: Leather
Details of Construction: Hand made
Details of Decoration & Finishes: hand embossed with lines and dots
Made by:
Documentation Artifact, Museum of London

Leather case with decorative leather

Country of Origin: England, Europe
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Item: Leather case
Outer Colour: Brown
Construction Materials: Leather
Details of Construction: Hand made
Details of Decoration & Finishes: hand embossed with lines and dots
Made by: Reenactor sold at St Ives market place
Documentation Artifact, 14th century case for a dyptych, British Museum