i almost didn’t reblog this because i was like “oh just another nude lady swordfight, not that interesting” and then i remembered that not everyone has my life.
more information on nude lady swordfights and why they were a thing
Ugh, look at that messy floor. Their poor feet.
Four medievalist photographs by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
Rose Lawrie in ‘Waiting for the Trumpet’, 7 July 1875. Wearing chain-mail specially made by Henry Holiday, illustrator of The Hunting of the Snark.
Evelyn Dubourg as ‘Joan of Arc’, 12 July 1875 (two versions)
Marion Terry as ‘Fitz-James’, 12 July 1875. Interestingly ‘Fitz-James’ is a male character from Sir Walter Scott’s The Lady of the Lake; the photograph is inscribed with a quote from the poem.UM. THIS IS GREAT. Reblogging for posterity + future reference.
This is the best armour cosplay i’ve ever seen.
Mooncustafer 