[MR] Stefan's Florilegium files for February

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

There are now hundreds of SCA and medieval oriented mail lists. There  is no 
way I can keep up with more than a few of these. If you see a  message or 
message thread on a public mail list that you think would  make a good 
addition to the Florilegium, please send me a copy  including the message 
header so the author gets credit. Articles are  especially nice. I will give 
credit for forwarding the message or  leave the forwarder anonymous, as 
desired.

If you will be going to Gulf Wars in March, I will be teaching my  class on 
the Florilegium, twice. For those interested in pewter  casting, I will also 
be teaching my hands-on pewter casting class  using carved soapstone molds 
as well. Please check the official class  schedule for the specific days and 
times. If you would like to come  by and visit and talk about the 
Florilegium or practically anything  else, i will be camping with my barony, 
just across the road from the  Ansteorra gate.

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:
   sheep-lambs-msg      Medieval sheep and lambs. Breeds.
In the FEASTS section:
   Spanish-Feast-art    A Spanish Feast cooked by Mistress Jadwiga
                           Zajaczkowa at the Conviencia 2 event.
In the FOOD-BOOKS section:
   online-ckbks-lst     A list of online medieval cookbooks and food
                           manuscripts by Thomas Grozier.
In the PERFORMANCE ARTS section:
   CF-Drink-Sngs-art    Campfire Drinking Songs collected by Lord
                           Gyric of Otershaghe.
In the PERSONA section:
   Persona-Play-art     "Persona Play: A Suggestion for the Dream"
                           by THL Caitlin Christiana Wintour.
In the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section:
   p-fertilizer-msg     Use and composition of period fertilizers.

Here are some of the updated files.
   books-food-msg       Books about food. Not cookbooks.
   p-tableware-msg      Period tableware. Period references
   fruit-citrus-msg     Period citrus fruits. Recipes.
   livestock-msg        Medieval livestock. Pigs, cattle, sheep.
   lovage-msg           A medieval vegetable similar to celery.
   presrvd-lemons-msg   Dried, pickled and salted preserved lemons.
   rec-in-verse-msg     Period recipes written in a verse format.
   royal-deaths-msg     Stories of the best SCA royal deaths.

Now that we are in the depths of winter, I thought I would highlight  a few 
of the files in the Florilegium which deal with this season.
   Candlemas-msg        Candlemas celebrations.
   cld-weath-cmp-msg    Cold weather camping at SCA events.
   cloaks-msg           Cloaks, cloak pins and clasps.
   p-toasting-msg       Toasting customs in period. References.
   wassail-msg          Spiced cider and ale drinks. Traditions.
   Winter-Feast-art     A 12th Night Feast served near Hamburg,
                           Germany in 2004 by Giano Balestriere.
   wintr-sports-lnks    Links to info on medieval winter sports
                           by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
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Copyright 2007, 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 ****

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