[Ansteorra-announce] Stefan's Florilegium files for December

[Stefan li Rous]

A Happy Yule season to the Gentlefolk scattered across the Known World!

Sometimes it is hard to believe that another year has come to pass,  
but here we are in December again. In addition to the usual list of  
new files added to the Florilegium this month, I've also included  
some of the files that highlight this season.

Many SCA folks in the coastal areas of several kingdoms had high  
personal losses during this year's hurricane season, as did many non- 
SCA folks. Please remember these folks and help out as you can. I  
have heard of at least several grassroots efforts to aid our SCA  
brethren put their SCA lives back on track as well as their modern ones.

There *will* be a Gulf Wars event this year, despite both the site  
and the surrounding area having taken damage during the hurricanes.  
If you have been considering attending Gulf Wars, and particularly if  
you haven't been before, perhaps this is the year to go. The  
surrounding community can use the injection of money that we bring  
and if everyone pitches in a few hours helping clear downed timber  
and such, much of the damage can be fixed. Many of the volunteers who  
help run Gulf Wars are among those who have suffered large losses  
this year. By helping out a little bit more than usual, perhaps we  
can make their jobs a little bit easier or help make up for those  
who, having to put back together their modern lives, are unable to  
attend the War this year.

As usual if you have any comments, suggestions or criticisms about  
the Florilegium, please feel free to contact me.

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 CLOTHING section:
    pants-trews-lnks     Links to info on medieval trews and pants by
                            Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the COMBAT section:
    blades-lnks          Links to info on medieval blades, swords and
                            knives by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the CULTURES section:
    London-Hist-art      "A Brief History of the City of London" by
                            Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester.
In the FEASTS section:
    Lansknecht-fst-art   EK Lansknecht Feast by Jadwiga Zajaczkowa.
    Winter-Feast-art     A 12th Night Feast served near Hamburg,
                            Germany in 2004 by Giano Balestriere.
In the FOOD section:
    larded-milk-msg      Larded milk. A fried, fresh cheese dish.
    paella-msg           Possible history of the Spanish rice and
                            seafood dish called paella.
In the FOOD-SWEETS section:
    jellied-milk-msg     An Elizabethan sweet similar to modern Jello
In the INFO-SOURCES section:
    med-machinry-lnks    Links to info on medieval machinery by Dame
                            Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the NORSE section:
    N-furniture-lnks     Links to info on Norse furniture by Mistress
                            Gunnvor Hallakarva.
In the PEOPLE section:
    Black-Prince-art     “Prince Edward, The Black Prince of Wales”
                            by Matthias Kotok.
    Elanor-o-Aqu-lnks    Links to info on Eleanore of Aquitaine
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section:
    sassafras-msg        Use of the New World plant sassafras in
                            Europe prior to 1600 CE.

Here is one of the updated files.
    fd-Spain-msg         Food of medieval Spain. Cookbooks.
    herbs-cooking-msg    Period herbs used in cooking.
    swordcare-msg        Comments on the care of steel swords.

The Yule season is fast approaching. Here are a few files connected  
with this season:
    12th-nite-msg        12th Night celebrations.
    Christmas-art        Medieval Christmas.
    food-gifts-msg       Period food items that make good gifts.
    Holiday-Celeb-lnks   Links to medieval holiday celebrations
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
    holiday-gifts-lnks   Links to medieval holiday gifts
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
    Pennsic-gifts-msg    Some gift ideas for those going to Pennsic.
    St-Nicholas-art      Article on the St. Nicholas traditions.
    T-H-Dreidel-art      "The Hannukah Dreidel" by Lady Meliora
                            Leuedai de Ardescote.
    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".
    Yule-msg             Yule celebrations.
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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
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