[MR] Stefan's Florilegium files for September

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

I'm sure that by now most of you have heard of the recent hurricane  which 
has dealt quite a blow to parts of the Kingdoms of Meridies and  Trimaris 
and the soon to be Kingdom of Gleann Abhann. Many of our  fellow members 
have been displaced and often lost most of their  material goods including 
SCA stuff. Please keep in mind these folks  and keep an eye out for how you 
might be able to help out. And if  some of these folks find themselves in 
your area, please welcome them  and help them feel at home, whether for 
weeks, months or longer.

I know that there are a number of SCA oriented relief efforts going  on. 
However, right now things are still in a bit of flux, so I'm not  going to 
try to give an exhaustive list but here are a few:
The Meridian Disaster Relief webpage: http://hurricane- 
relief.valhalla-computers.com/
A mail list set up for not only this current disaster, but also for  the 
future: SCA-Disaster at yahoogroups.com

On a different note, I am considering adding an RSS service to the  
Florilegium. This will allow folks with the proper software, to get  more 
continuous and comprehensive updates on what is new in the  Florilegium. RSS 
now comes standard with the latest Apple Safari  browser, for instance. 
Before I go to the effort of implementing and  maintaining this additional 
feature though, I'd appreciate comments  on whether this would be of 
interest or not to the users of the  Florilegium.So, please send me an email 
if you have any comments, pro  or con about this.

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 ANIMALS section:
   bees-Markham-art     A translation by Baroness Morgan of Anglesey
                           of the section on bees and beekeeping in
                           one of Gervase Markham’s books.
In the COMMERCE section:
   prostitution-lnks    Links to info on medieval prostitution
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the LIFE-STEPS section:
   bog-bodies-lnks      Links to information on bog bodies
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the PENNSIC section:
   Pennsic-lnks         Links to information on Pennsic
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section:
   poppyseeds-msg       Use of poppyseeds in period. Recipes.
In the SCA-STORIES section:
   Atlant-rapier-msg    History of rapier combat in the SCA Kingdom
                           of Atlantia.

Here are just some of the updated files. This month many of the SCA  history 
and story files have been updated. Of course, I’m still  looking for 
additions to these files.
   Aten-hist-msg        Histories of the Kingdom of Atenveldt.
   Atlantia-hist-msg    Histories of the Kingdom of Atlantia.
   breadmaking-msg      Period bread recipes and re-creations.
   Caid-hist-msg        Histories of the Kingdom of Caid.
   Lochac-hist-msg      History and description of the Kingdom
                           of Lochac. (Australia)
   placenames2-msg      More origins and meanings of SCA placenmaes.
   SCA-as-family-msg    Sometimes the SCA is more like family.
   SCA-reasons-msg      The reasons various people joined the SCA.
   West-hist-msg        Histories of the West Kingdom.
   you-know-msg         You know you're in the SCA when...
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Copyright 2005, Mark S. Harris.
Permission to reprint in SCA-related publications is hereby granted  if the 
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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 ****