Lanterns

Subjects covered in this issue: hairstyles for men in 1476; a few 15th century recipes; illustrations of buckets, lanterns, boxes, cooking utensils, and personal goods; and mottoes.

Subjects covered in this issue: medieval lanterns; and biscuit.

Links to lanterns (and illustrations of lanterns) from the 12th-16th centuries.

I live West of the Mississipp i River, so open flame fire bans are the norm during camping season. I wanted a lantern that looked like a medieval lantern, was easy to make, inexpensiv e, and could be used with an electric light source. This version uses a standard three-LED taplight.