[MR] Stefan's files for September

[Olwen the Odd]

A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past thirteen years in an ongoing effort, I have been collecting
bits of useful information from various newsgroups, mail lists and
articles submitted to me by their authors. In order to make this
information available to others, I have placed this information in
a series of files I call Stefan's Florilegium.

The Florilegium is on the web at: http://www.florilegium.org

In April I had my harddisk distroy itself. Things are almost back to normal, 
however the formatting of the new and updated files is still a bit rough. 
Please bear with me while I get the specialized reformatting programs 
required for a cleaner output rewritten.

If you have sent me an article for the Florilegium and have not seen it
appear on the website, could you please send a copy to me again, for alas,
I may have now lost it.

I am always interested in new articles. Especially now. :-) If you have
written an article that would be of interest to others in the SCA, please
send it to me for possible inclusion in the Florilegium. Contact me for
more details.

     THLord Stefan li Rous   (512)892-0036    stefan at florilegium.org
     Ansteorra                             mark.s.harris at motorola.com


Here are the new files for this month:
Under FOOD-BREADS:
   3-F-Toast-Rec-art    "Period French Toast Recipes"
                           by Lady Hauviette d’Anjou.
Under PENNSIC:
   Pennsic-101-art      An article for those new to Pennsic
                           by Culaan.
Under SCA-STORIES:
   Northshld-hist-msg   Histories of the Kingdom of Northshield.

And two of the updated files include:
   rattan-msg           Working with rattan. Rattan sources.
   strawberries-msg     Period strawberries. Recipes.

For several months now you have heard me talk about the Florilegium Tile 
Project. In June, we held our first display event at Lilies War. In August, 
we held a display at the Pennsic War and in September we will be holding a 
display at the Known World A&S Collegium in Atenveldt.

At Lilies we only had a single entry, but it was a very nice embroidered 
tile. At Pennsic, we had seven tiles created and entered using a variety of 
period arts. You can find pictures of these entries on the Florilegium Tile 
Project website in the near future.

The basic premise is to make an 4 x 4 inch or a multiple of that tile size 
using any art form done during the SCA period, whether it was used then for 
tiles or not. Perhaps a carved wood or ivory tile or a parchment tile of 
calligraphy or a tile of marzipan or metal tile. You could even make one of 
ceramic. No, no solid
chocolate tiles. It has to be a material known in period.

The design on the tile is up to the artist. Perhaps the members of an SCA 
group could create a number of tiles, perhaps in different media, each with 
the household or group badge on them.

You can find more details about this unusual arts display on the Florilegium 
Tile Project website: http://www.mindspring.com/~tripper/serena/TileProject/
We even have a maillist for those who would like to discuss tile ideas,
resources or ask questions. FlorilegiumTiles-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

Many folks have expressed an interest in seeing this project continue. If, 
like a number of others, you have yet to find time to create a tile please 
consider doing so and entering it at a future display. I would like to see 
others organize local or kingdom tile displays. Perhaps the tiles from these 
displays could then be gathered and transported to Pennsic for a larger 
display next year. Remember, you don’t have to attend the display event to 
enter a tile.
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Copyright 2003, Mark S. Harris.
Permission to reprint in SCA-related publications is hereby granted if
the contents are left unchanged and the author is notified of the
publication. Notification may be by email and reformatting is allowed.

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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org ****

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