This story has been writen by a group of children from Italy. It tells the story of the arrival to Posadas of saracens. Posada is a small village in the south of Italy.
This book has been made by a group of year five students. Obviously, it is a short version of the original legend. However, it tells briefly the main facts of this famous medieval italian story.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Interview with Comenius Project Members from Spain.
In this video, you could see a TV program where some teachers of Comenius Project are explaining how the work of the fair has been, what things have made each group and how each subject has colaborated to the Medieval Fair.
Medieval Fair in Arahal.
From thirteenth minute, you could see a review of a Medieval Fair at San
Roque School. You could see a medieval market and a performance of
different medieval dances. It has been made by pupils from 3 years old
to 11 years old.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Monday, 15 April 2013
Bulgarian clothing in the Middle Ages
4a class pupils with their teacher Mrs.Frangova learned about materials and patterns of Bulgarian medieval clothing. The information was taken from local clothing, compared with wall-paintings and descriptions in the documents.
Fabrics
There are fragments of silk,cotton,linen and
woven fabrics and less used-wool.The use of silk and linen has not been defined
on the class-sign/in King Kaloyan’s burial was found linen./The women decorated
their heads with silk ribbons and cords. There was a variety of silk fabrics
and veiling. They are usually painted in red, brown, green, white and blue. In
the murals appeared yellow and orange clothing. High-ranking people from the
portraits wore brightly woven clothes.
Due to
the climate the most common was “sarma”/tinsel/-a kind of woven fabric with
thin metal stripes/”lame”/ or textile fibres. It was used for the clothes of people with different
social status. Poor people used it for decoration on the head. It was made by
cotton, silk, linen and metals such as silver, gold, copper.
Another kind of material for clothing was
leather.
Decorations on fabrics
The traditional decoration was embroidery - flowered or
geometric. Ordinary embroidery was in blue, gray, black, red, green. As decoration
were sewn fabrics, woven stripes, pearls, metal plates.
There was a variety of the female hats decoration:
beads, caps, silver and gilt stripes, silk cords.
Belts
The belts of the noble and rich people
were expensive, with beautiful silver decoration. The items were on silk or
woolen red-colored fabric. The highest-ranking Bulgarian wore covered with gold
belts. Poor people wore belts with iron, lead or copper decoration.
During The Second Bulgarian Kingdom was
developed the female-fastening of the belt-“pafti”.They were beautiful
round relief buckles, made from bronze, with small hooks and loops for
junction.
A Medieval fortress wall
Third grade pupils made a model of a fortress wall. They
learned a lot of new things about ancient medieval settlements.The villages were encircled
by walls to protect them from the
attacks of enemies. That’s why these walls were stronger, higher and more
impregnable. The most used material was stone. At the top of the wall there
were loopholes. In the middle of the walls and in the corners rose high towers.
In front of the wall people dug trenches
and filled them with water. There was a drawbridge in front of the fortress
gate.
The legacy of Khan Kubrat
The pupils of class 3a dramatized the legend ‘’Legacy
of Khan Kubrat”/by Angel Karalychev/.The small actors acted in roles of wise
Khan and his five sons: Batbey, Kotrag, Asparuch, Kuber and Alcek. As
the request of his father, Alcek broke a
cornel stick without any effort. Then Asparuch tried to break all the sticks in the
bundle but he couldn’t. In this way Khan
Kubrat bequeathed to his sons the lesson:
to be strong and invincible they need to stay always together.
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