[MR] Stefan's files for December

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to the Gentles across the Known World,

Here is a copy of my Florilegium article for December, detailing what is new 
in the Florilegium this month.

I'm always looking for neat, useful articles, bibliographies or even class 
handouts or A&S documentation that would be useful to folks around the Known 
World. If you know of any, please contact me. The copyright stays with the 
author. I just want to get these items out where interested folks can make 
use of them.

Also, to help cover the overhead of running the Florilegium site I have 
added a PayPal donation button on the top page of the site. You do not have 
to have a PayPal account to use this. If you prefer not to use PayPal, 
contact me by email and we can arrange something else. The Florilegium 
doesn't count as a non-profit in the government's eyes, so your donation is 
not tax deductible, but I appreciate it and if you've found the Florilegium 
to be useful or interesting through the years, this is one way to help it 
continue to do so.

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 CLEBRATIONS AND EVENTS section:
   holiday-gifts-lnks   Links to medieval holiday gifts
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the CRAFTS section:
   Tool-Making-art      "Tool Making" by Master Tamlene ap Guidgen,
                           O.L. A class handout on making tools.
In the FOODS-BY-REGION section:
   ME-revel-fds-art     Medieval Middle Eastern foods suitable for a
                           revel or buffet w. recipes by Anahita.
In the TEXTILE-ARTS section:
   sprang-bib           Annotated bibliography on the art of sprang
                           weaving by Medb ingen Dungaile.

Here are just a some of the updated files, usually those with the largest 
amounts of new material:
   cl-Germany-msg       Clothing of Medieval Germany.
   birds-recipes-msg    Bird recipes. Squabs, pheasants, quail.
   blood-dishes-msg     Use of blood in period foods. Recipes.
   exotic-meats-msg     Period and SCA exotic meats. Swans, ostrich,
                           crawfish, dormice, cat.
   horse-recipes-msg    Period horse recipes. References.
   illusion-fds-msg     Medieval illusion foods. Diguised food.
   lamb-mutton-msg      Medieval lamb and mutton. Recipes.
   meat-smoked-msg      Medieval smoked meats. Smoking meats.
   organ-meats-msg      Period cooking of organ meats.
   rabbit-dishes-msg    Period rabbit and hare recipes.
   salmon-msg           Period use of Salmon. Recipes.

Here are a couple of files to help celebrate the holiday season:
   12th-nite-msg        12th Night celebrations.
   St-Nicholas-art      Article on the St. Nicholas traditions.
   Sugarplums-art       "Visions of Sugarplums" by Mistress
                           Renata Kestryl of Highwynds.
   toys-msg             Period and SCA toys.
   Toys-in-th-MA-art    "Toys in the Middle Ages" By Lady Margritte
                           of Ravenscroft.
   wassail-msg          Spiced cider and ale drinks. Traditions.
   Xmas-art             "The True Meaning of Xmas".
   Yule-msg             Yule celebrations.
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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 ****