Medieval Woodworking Resources:
Technique
General
The Electronic Neanderthal - The Electronic Neanderthal is the single best guide to traditional woodworking resources on the Web.
I Love Wood - Stephen Sheperd's site with historical finishing products and a large selection of his essays on early 19th Century woodworking. There's a lot of potentially useful information here.
Holzarbeitung mit Handwerkzeug is a German (although there is a fair amount of English content) site that covers traditional woodworking from a European perspective.
Stefan's Florilegium is a collection of articles and messages from the rec.org.sca newsgroup
Technique
The Apprentice Neanderthal - John Gunterman's pages on handtool techniques.
Finishing
Painting Historic Interiors - A Preservation Brief from the National Park Service, has some good information on early modern paints.
Applied Decoration for Historic Interiors: Preserving Composition Ornament - Another NPS Preservation Brief with some interesting information on making composition ornament.
An article on oil paint with references to period practice - This appears to be notes for an arts course. I wish the author had documented some of her assertions.
Paints and Finishes - Tom Rettie's articles on period finishing.
Note Access - a site with notes on paints and painting. Includes complete texts of Cennini, Vasari, and a couple of other works on period technique and materials.
Timber Framing & Construction
Medieval Timber-Framed Houses in England and Wales - A very nice site covering the construction and history of timber-framed houses. Lots of good detail.
The Age of Carpentry: New Art and Society in Plantagenet England - An essay concerning the development of carpentry in 12th and 13th Century England.
Contents © 2001 Gary R.Halstead