[Ansteorra-announce] Stefan's files for December

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to folks across the Known World,

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

I also publish a version of this article meant for web publication.
For instance, it includes the HTML link for each file. If you
manage an SCA website or know someone who does, and would like to
sign up to get this version of this article on a monthly basis,
please contact me.

I would like to send this article to all the kingdom mail lists
unless the folks on a particular list would object to this.
However, some of the kingdom mail lists have changed their addresses
or no longer accept messages from non-list members. If you are
not getting this article on a list you think it would be appropriate
for please let me know. If a list is blocked to non-members, I
am also open to sending it to an individual who would forward
it to a particular list.

As always, I'm interested in getting feedback on whether the
Florilegium is proving useful to you or others in your group. I
will listen to any suggestions, comments or criticisms that you
might have. Many of the changes that I have made to the file
formats or the website have been in response to folks that have
written me.

Stefan

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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past eleven 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

Files that are new or have been updated are indicated by a special
marker in the filelists at the website. In addition, the file
-updated-files is a listing of these files in chronological order.

A copy of my complete filelist is available in most sections of the
website. This filelist or any of my files is also available from me
by email in either Word or text formats.

If you find a bad link or other problem with the Florilegium website,
please let me know. Once I know about a problem I can usually fix it
that day but if no one alerts me to a problem it may be months before
I notice it myself.

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.

    THLord Stefan li Rous   (512)892-0036    stefan at florilegium.org
    Ansteorra                             mark.s.harris at motorola.com

The new files for this month are:
under ANIMALS:
   p-gme-animals-msg  Period game animals. Elk, deer, boar.
under BEVERAGES:
   Peach-Brandy-art   "Peach Coriander Brandy" by Lady Constance
                         de LaRose.
under COMBAT:
   chnmail-clean-msg  Cleaning mail armor in period and today.
   Killing-Blow-art   "The Killing Blow Dilemma; A Suggestion..."
                         by Lord Daniel Raoul le Vascon.
Under COMMERCE:
   Messengers-art     "Medieval Messengers" by Byron Whited.
Under FOOD:
   14C-Fingerfds-art  "English - 14th Century Fingerfoods"
                         by THL Kateryn de Develyn.
   Vinegar-NJFCC-art  "Vinegar: Not Just for Cleaning Coffeepots"
                          by THL Máirín ben Dhíarmait.
Under CULTURES:
   Janissaries-msg    An elite military group in service to the
                         Ottoman Turks.
under FOOD-BY-REGION:
   fd-France-msg      Food of medieval France. Referances.
Under FOOD-MEATS:
   p-marinating-msg   Period marination of meat.
   Shrympes-art       "Shrympes" by Lady Constance de Larose.
Under FOOD-SWEETS:
   cak-soteltes-msg   Cake based sotelties. Decorated cakes.
Under PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES:
   Herbs-Sm-Grdn-art  "Medieval Herbs for the Very Small Garden"
                         by Jadwiga Zajaczkowa.
   nettles-msg        Use of Stinging nettles in period. Recipes.

Here are a few of the files that have been updated this month:
   bone-msg           Working with bone and antler.
   Celts-msg          Info sources for the Celts.
   chainmail-msg      Making chainmail. Mail armor. References.
   illusion-fds-msg   Medieval illusion foods. Diguised food.
   livestock-msg      Medieval livestock. Pigs, cattle, sheep.
   marzipan-msg       Use of marzipan (almond paste) in sotelties.
   pottery-msg        Medieval pottery, kilns. modern equivalents.
   sotelties-msg      Sotelties and Warners - decorated food.
   waterbearing-msg   Water and beverage distribution at events.

And since the Yule holiday is coming up, here are a few files that might
be interesting for this:
   12th-nite-msg      12th Night celebrations.
   Christmas-art      Medieval Christmas.
   Pennsic-gifts-msg  Some gift ideas for those going to Pennsic.
   St-Nicholas-art    Article on the St. Nicholas traditions.
                         by Mistress Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester
   Vik-Shp-lst-art    "Little Viking's Holiday Shopping List"
                         by Gunnora Hallakarva.
   wassail-msg        Spiced cider and ale drinks. Traditions.
   Xmas-art           "The True Meaning of Xmas" by Mistress Nicolaa
                         de Bracton of Leicester
   Yule-msg           Yule celebrations.
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris            Austin, Texas          stefan at texas.net
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****