Renaissance and Regency Rummage Repository

A rummage through random aspects of the past that interest me and may be of use or interest to other readers and writers of period fiction. Please note that the stories featured and my artwork for the covers are copyright; and have the courtesy to ask permission if you wish to use anything that is mine, and duly acknowledge it if you do.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Renaissance and Medieval Advent and some Winter Weather Lore

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Advent begins with the first Sunday in Advent which is the first Sunday on or after St Andrew’s day, the 27 th November. Advent is a...

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Saturday, 26 November 2011

A brief history of printing cloth from the Medieval to Jane Austen’s time

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Pictures mostly taken from ‘English Printed Textiles’, V&A English Printed Textiles, 1720-1836 Block Printing Cennino Cennin...

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Guest Blog - Mike Rendell with a Georgian Treasure Trove

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Mike Rendell, author of the Diary of a Georgian Gentleman has kindly agreed to give us a bit of background on how researching his extraordin...

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Friday, 18 November 2011

So this is how I did the cover for Death of a Fop, an Austen sequel

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I wanted to have a very Regency feel, not a glossy painting, largely because I tend to associate glossy paintings with bodice rippers. Jan...

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Sarah: Well, let me see, I'm a bibliophile, Ailurophile, technophobe and practising to be a grumpy old woman. I get irritated by glaring anachronisms in fiction, and I love to read a well researched book. I live in East Anglia in England, and I love the history that surrounds me there. My major field of interest is in textiles; I also sew.

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