[Ansteorra-announce] Stefan's files for October

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to gentles across the Known World,

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

I am always looking for new material for the Florilegium. If you have 
written an article for a local newsletter, or created a class handout 
or some A&S documentation which will stand alone without the class or 
A&S object, please consider sending a copy for the Florilegium. This is 
one way to share what you have done with the rest of the Known World 
and this way your effort goes further and everyone benefits.

If you are an editor and would like to get on my list to get a copy of 
this article several weeks in advance so you can meet your publication 
deadlines, please contact me. I also have a version formated just for 
web publication.

Stefan
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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past fourteen 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.

      THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

One of my prime concerns currently is to update all files to the new 
format which includes several new features such as making links 
"pickable" and some  disguising of all email addresses to make it 
harder for the spammer's programs to harvest email addresses from this 
site. I support the execution of any convicted spammer. Yes, I am 
modifying all 1800+ files as fast as I can. This  means that while I 
will continue to add new files each month, the usual amount will  be 
reduced. However, as I update the files to the new format, I am adding  
any information I have waiting to go in a file, so there will be more 
updated files. Please let me know if you like the new format or have 
any suggestions.

Here are the new files for this month:

In the ANIMALS section:
horses-lnks             Links on medieval and SCA horses by Dame
                            Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the COMBAT section:
Women-Warriors-art      "Women Warriors: Myth or Reality?"
                            by Mistress Siobhan ni Seaghdha.
In the CRAFTS section:
tools-lnks              Links on medieval tools by Dame Aoife Finn
                            of Ynos Mon.
In the PERSONAL CARE section:
Hist-of-Soap-art        "What no Soap?" by Lord Xaviar the Eccentric.
In the RELIGION section:
nuns-a-monks-lnks       Links to medieval holy orders by Dame Aoife
                            Finn of Ynos Mon. Nuns. Monks.

Here are just a some of the updated files, usually those with the 
largest amounts of new material:
    cl-Germany-msg       Clothing of Medieval Germany.
    cl-Wales-msg         Clothing of medieval Wales. Resources.
    coins-msg            Period coins, making coins.
    commerce-msg         Commerce and trade in period.
    cotehardies-msg      Making 13th century cotehardies.
    feast-menus-msg      Feast menus from various SCA feasts.
    merch-books-msg      Directory and reviews of book merchants.
    merchanting-msg      Merchanting in the SCA.
    p-spice-trade-msg    The period spice trade. Routes, methods.
    salt-msg             Medieval salt production and use.
    underwear-msg        What to wear under garb. SCA and period.

Here are a few files which are appropriate for October:
Halloween-art           "Halloween, Medieval Style" by Lady Muireann
                            ni Riordain (Jessica Wilbur).
gourds-msg              Gourds, pumpkins, squash. Recipes.
maize-msg               Discovery of maize (Indian corn) in the
                            Americas and its introduction to Europe.
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Copyright 2004, 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 ****