[MR] Stefan's Florilegium files for October

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

I am currently putting together a list of "desired articles" to be  posted 
on the website. Perhaps this list will encourage some of the  talented 
authors we have in the SCA, who say "But I don't know what  to write about" 
to produce an article or two. So, if there are any  articles you would like 
to see written, please email me and I will  consider your suggestions for 
this list.

Thanks,
   Stefan

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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past sixteen 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.

For those who would like to help support the Florilegium project in  another 
way, I have added a PayPal donation button on the top page of  the site. Any 
donations, while not tax deductible, do help pay the  overhead costs of 
keeping the site running.

     THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

Here are the new files for this month:
In the ENTERTAINMENT section:
   fireworks-lnks       Links to info on medieval fireworks
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the FEASTS section:
   rasng-fd-fsts-msg    Raising plants and animals for SCA feasts
In the FOOD section:
   bag-cheeses-art      “Making Simple Bag Cheeses / Cheese in
                           Period” by Lord Jakys the Chesemonger.
In the FOOD-MEATS section:
   skewred-meats-msg    Period meat dishes cooked on skewers.
In the PERSONAL CARE section:
   cosmetics-lnks       Links to info on medieval cosmetics and
                           perfumes by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the STRUCTURES section:
   fountains-msg        Period fountains. Building fountains.
In the UNCATALOGUED section:
   crime-punish-lnks    Links to medieval crime and punishment
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.

Here are some of the updated files.
   tent-dsguises-msg    Ideas for disguising modern tents.
   tent-floors-msg      What to use on the ground in your tent.

Since this is October, and Halloween is coming up, here are some of  the 
files in the Florilegium associated with this holiday:
gourds-msg        (99K)  1/22/05    Gourds, pumpkins, squash. Recipes.
Halloween-art      (8K)  9/14/00    "Halloween, Medieval Style" by  Lady 
Muireann
                                       ni Riordain (Jessica Wilbur).
Halloween-lnks     (7K) 12/26/04    Links to Halloween and its origins
                                       by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
Walking-Dead-art  (50K)  9/ 4/96    "The Walking Dead: Draugr and  Aptrgangr 
in
                                       Old Norse literature".
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Copyright 2005, 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 ****