[MR] Stefan's Florilegium files for May

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

If you know someone who has written a good article on some aspect of  the 
SCA or of the time period and cultures we study, please urge them  to 
contact me and send a copy of their article for possible inclusion  in the 
Florilegium. This is a good way for them to get some  recognition for their 
work as well as help or entertain other folks  across the Known World. Class 
handouts and A&S documentation are also  good sources of info that others 
may find useful.

As mentioned below, May is also the anniversary of the SCA. 40 Years.  Wow. 
>From this perspective things often look like they were pre- ordained and 
that the SCA was meant to be the way it is. Not  necessarily. See the 
various files in the SCA-STORIES section of the  Florilegium for stories of 
the early days of the SCA. And if you were  around in the early days, please 
consider writing up something, from  a simple message to an article about 
those early days for the  Florilegium and let those of us who weren't 
playing then, know what  it was like.

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 CHIVALRY section:
   oaths-lnks           Links to info on oaths of fealty, loyalty
                           and homage by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon
In the FOOD section:
   chestnuts-msg        Medieval harvesting and use of chestnuts.
                           Roasting. Recipes.
In the FOOD-BREADS section:
   bagels-msg           Period bagels.
In the FOOD-SWEETS section:
   candied-peels-art    "Candied Fruit Peel" by Dame Alys Katharine.
In the FOOD-UTENSILS section:
   cooking-pots-art     “The Vassal with the Vessel” by Mistress
                           Andrea MacIntyre, OM, OSC, OBT.
In the FOOD-VEGETABLES section:
   lentils-msg          Period lentil dishes and comments on lentils.
in the SCA-EVENT-PLANNING section:
   waterbearing-art     "Waterbearing As I See It" by Lady Zubeydah
                           Jamilla al-Badawiyya

Here are some of the updated files.
   bread-msg            Medieval breads and grains.
   breadmaking-msg      Period bread recipes and re-creations.
   cabbages-msg         Period cabbages. Broccoli, Cauliflower,
                           Brussel Sprouts. Recipes.
   clothng-forms-msg    Commercial and homemade clothing forms.
   kumiss-msg           Mongol drink made from mare's milk.
   leavening-msg        Period leavening agents other than yeast.
   nuts-msg             Nuts, acorns, nut flours in medieval foods.
   soapstone-msg        Use of Soapstone in period. Modern sources.
   vanilla-msg          The vanilla bean in late-period Europe.
   vegetables-msg       Period vegetables. Recipes.

May first is celebrated as the anniversary of the SCA. If you are new  to 
the SCA, or just like learning more about what it was like in  earlier days 
in the SCA, I recommend you take a look at the files in  the SCA-STORIES 
section. There are first-hand accounts of the early  days of the SCA and of 
many of the kingdoms in there, as well as some  SCA stories and a lot of 
humor.
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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 ****