New gear - A leather scrip.

 New gear - A leather scrip.

I need a new bag to carry all those thirteenth century essentials like dice, flint & steel, possibly the odd piece of bread and cheese and, of course, my asthma inhaler. The design I have chosen came from this Facebook post by "Cives Regni Siciliae". 

 

It is based this depiction of a bag on a Flemish town seal from Oudenaarde dated to 1275-1305.

The bag and the closure strap are made from quite thin goatskin and the shoulder strap is made from a thicker piece of pigskin for extra strength.  The main body of the bag measures fourteen inches (355mm) wide by seven inches (177mm) deep and so should be big enough to be of use if I decide to go pilgrimage.

 

The bag is unrooled on the left and the top tube is rolled down and buckled on the right.

The small buckle for the closure strap is one that I found on-line which reminded me of this 12th/13th century Welsh bust of a king.

The lefthand picture is from Museum Wales - found at Deganwy Castle, north Wales, in 1965. Deganwy Castle had changed hands many times, but from 1213 it was rebuilt by Llywelyn. This head, which dates from this period, may represent Llywelyn himself

Wearing it at the Battle of Evesham event, I found that it defintely makes in hard to lose small items by tipping them out of the opening and it is very secure.