[MR] Stefan's Florilegium files for February

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to Gentles across the Known World,

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

I will be at the upcoming Gulf Wars event again this year and along  with my 
oft-repeated hands-on pewter casting class using carved  soapstone molds 
(see the casting-msg file), I will be teaching a  class about the 
Florilegium. I will be camping with my home barony  and would welcome folks 
coming by to say hello.

As always, I'm interested in considering any articles on the SCA or  our 
period of study for the Florilegium. These can range from short  articles 
written for local newsletters to A&S documentation or class  handouts which 
will stand alone without the exhibit or the class, to  Compleat Anachronists 
to Master's Thesises. Papers written for A&S  contests are especially good. 
The copyright remains with the author  and I accept updates as you learn 
more.

If you are the editor of an SCA newsletter and would like to get a  monthly 
copy of this article several weeks in advance for publishing  in your 
newsletter, please email me for details.

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 EDUCATION section:
   Hist-English-lnks    Links to info on the history of the English
                           language by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the FEASTS section:
   Servng-Roylty-art    "When Royalty Graces Your Head Table" by
                           Dame Alys Katharine, O.L., O.P.
In the FOOD-MEATS section:
   Turkeys-a-GB-art     "On Turkeys and Great Birds" by Johnnae llyn  Lewis.
In the FOOD-SWEETS section:
   hais-msg        A medieval, Middle East sweet made of dates,
                           bread crumbs, ground nuts, and sugar.
In the FOOD-UTENSILS section:
   jugs-pitchrs-lnks    Links to info on medieval and Ren. Jugs and
                           Pitchers by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the PERIOD-THOUGHT section:
   Pr-Mod-Soc-Mv-art    "Pre-Modern Social Movements: A Research
                           Note" by Baron Hrolf Herjolfssen.
In the SCRIBAL ARTS section:
   medvl-libres-lnks    Links to info on medieval libraries
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.

Here are some of the updated files.
   desserts-msg         Medieval and SCA dessert recipes. Sweets.
   horseradish-msg      Period use of horseradish. Recipes.
   hotel-events-msg     Holding SCA events in hotels. Suggestions.
   insect-prtctn-msg    Insect repellants and protection.
   maize-msg            Discovery of maize (Indian corn) in the
                           Americas and its introduction to Europe.
   organ-meats-msg      Period cooking of organ meats.
   polenta-msg          Period polenta. Wheat and maize polenta.
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Copyright 2006, 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 ****