[MR] Medieval Toys A&S Competition at the Barony of Lochmere's Mid Winter Revel on January 21st, 2012

[Stefan li Rous]

Magistra Sigrid Briansdotter said:
<<< In honor of our children, and
those that are children at heart, the competition I wish to sponsor will
have a theme of Medieval Toys.

Please
bring a toy, or many, made by your own hand and tell me, in writing so I
may remember, what is this toy and where and when this toy would have
been used. I would also appreciate it if you would tell me what you know
about how it would have been made and how you
made it (and if there are differences, why). Perhaps you would also be
so kind as to include a picture or illumination that inspired you, so
that I too may be inspired. >>>

To help give some ideas and support this effort, here are some files  
in the CHILDREN section of the Florilegium which might a help:
toys-msg          (70K)  1/22/11  Period and SCA toys.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/toys-msg.html

Toys-in-th-MA-art (26K)  8/30/99  "Toys in the Middle Ages" By Lady  
Margritte
                                      of Ravenscroft.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/Toys-in-th-MA-art.html

2-Hobbyhorses-art  (5K)  1/28/01  "Two Ideas for Hobbyhorses" by  
Mistress
                                      Slaine ni Chiarain.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/2-Hobbyhorses-art.html

dolls-msg         (25K)  3/ 6/11  Medieval fashion and toy dolls.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/dolls-msg.html

teething-toys-msg (22K)  1/ 5/01  Period and SCA teething toys for  
infants.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/teething-toys-msg.html

I hope this gives some folks a starting point, and of course, if you  
turn over some new research on any of these subjects or on a totally  
new toy, I'd love to have such information or perhaps even an article  
on this subject.

Stefan

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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
http://www.linkedin.com/in/marksharris
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****