[MR] Stefan's files for August

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to those across the Known World!

Here is a copy of my Florilegium article for August describing what is new 
in the Florilegium this month.

I am off on pilgrimage to Pennsic next week. I will be camping with my 
household, SPCA, in section W10 which is down by the lake. If you are also 
going to be making this pilgrimage this year,  please feel free to come stop 
by.

I believe I have lost my contact for the Middlebridge mail list in the 
Middle Kingdom, who was Kahlen since the email address I have for her is 
bouncing. If someone can pass on word to her to contact me, please do. Or if 
you are on that list and would like to be my backup representative for that 
list, or possibly my primary representative if I can't contact Kahlen, 
please contact me.

Thanks,
Stefan
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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past fourteen 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

I am always interested in new articles. 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.

I am also interested in volunteers who might be interested in helping me 
maintain the Florilegium. Everything from collecting materials, editing and 
web work is needed. Again, please contact me for more details.

     THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

One of my prime concerns currently is to update all files to the new format 
which includes several new features such as making links "pickable" and some 
  disguising of all email addresses to make it harder for the spammer's 
programs to harvest email addresses from this site. I support the execution 
of any convicted spammer. Yes, I am modifying all 1800+ files as fast as I 
can. This  means that while I will continue to add new files each month, the 
usual amount will  be reduced. However, as I update the files to the new 
format, I am adding  any information I have waiting to go in a file, so 
there will be more updated files. Please let me know if you like the new 
format or have any suggestions.

Here are the new files for this month:

In the CRAFTS section:
   p-petroleum-msg      Period use of petroleum. Crude oil.
In the PENNSIC section:
   New-2-Pennsic-msg    Information for those new to Pennsic.
In the SCA-CAMPING section:
   camp-toilets-msg     Camp toilets for private camps.

Here are just a some of the updated files, usually those with the largest 
amounts of new material:
   almond-cream-msg     A sweet custard filling used in sotelties.
   berries-msg          Period berries and berry recipes.
   comfits-msg          Period candied spices and seeds. Recipes.
   cordials-msg         Period cordials and liqueurs. SCA creations.
   corsets-msg          Tudor and Elizabethian corsets. making them.
   desserts-msg         Medieval and SCA dessert recipes. Sweets.
   fruit-citrus-msg     Period citrus fruits. Recipes.
   fruit-pears-msg      Period pears and pear recipes.
   gingerbread-msg      Medieval gingerbread. Recipes.
   ice-chests-msg       Using ice chests at SCA events. Disguises.
   jalabs-msg           Drinks with a sugar or honey-syrup base such
                           as Sekanjabin (Persian Mint Drink).
   kumiss-msg           Mongol drink made from mare's milk.
   marmalades-msg       Period marmalades and fruit jellies and jams
   marzipan-msg         Use of marzipan (almond paste) in sotelties.
   newcomers-msg        How to make newcomers to your group.
                           confortable. Integrating newcomers.
   saffron-msg          Types of saffron. period uses.
   soap-msg             Period soap and soapmaking.
   spiced-wine-msg      Spiced wines. Hippocras. Recipes.
   wine-msg             Medieval wines.

And for those going to Pennsic, take a look at the files in the PENNSIC and 
SCA-CAMPING sections for some interesting stories and history about the 
event and some good info about how to manage the camping at such an the 
event, especially if this is your first Pennsic.
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Copyright 2004, 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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