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

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

I'm sure that by now most of you have heard of the recent hurricane  
which has dealt quite a blow to parts of the Kingdoms of Meridies and  
Trimaris and the soon to be Kingdom of Gleann Abhann. Many of our  
fellow members have been displaced and often lost most of their  
material goods including SCA stuff. Please keep in mind these folks  
and keep an eye out for how you might be able to help out. And if  
some of these folks find themselves in your area, please welcome them  
and help them feel at home, whether for weeks, months or longer.

I know that there are a number of SCA oriented relief efforts going  
on. However, right now things are still in a bit of flux, so I'm not  
going to try to give an exhaustive list but here are a few:
The Meridian Disaster Relief webpage: http://hurricane- 
relief.valhalla-computers.com/
A mail list set up for not only this current disaster, but also for  
the future: SCA-Disaster at yahoogroups.com

On a different note, I am considering adding an RSS service to the  
Florilegium. This will allow folks with the proper software, to get  
more continuous and comprehensive updates on what is new in the  
Florilegium. RSS now comes standard with the latest Apple Safari  
browser, for instance. Before I go to the effort of implementing and  
maintaining this additional feature though, I'd appreciate comments  
on whether this would be of interest or not to the users of the  
Florilegium.So, please send me an email if you have any comments, pro  
or con about this.

Thanks,
    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:
    bees-Markham-art     A translation by Baroness Morgan of Anglesey
                            of the section on bees and beekeeping in
                            one of Gervase Markham’s books.
In the COMMERCE section:
    prostitution-lnks    Links to info on medieval prostitution
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the LIFE-STEPS section:
    bog-bodies-lnks      Links to information on bog bodies
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the PENNSIC section:
    Pennsic-lnks         Links to information on Pennsic
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section:
    poppyseeds-msg       Use of poppyseeds in period. Recipes.
In the SCA-STORIES section:
    Atlant-rapier-msg    History of rapier combat in the SCA Kingdom
                            of Atlantia.

Here are just some of the updated files. This month many of the SCA  
history and story files have been updated. Of course, I’m still  
looking for additions to these files.
    Aten-hist-msg        Histories of the Kingdom of Atenveldt.
    Atlantia-hist-msg    Histories of the Kingdom of Atlantia.
    breadmaking-msg      Period bread recipes and re-creations.
    Caid-hist-msg        Histories of the Kingdom of Caid.
    Lochac-hist-msg      History and description of the Kingdom
                            of Lochac. (Australia)
    placenames2-msg      More origins and meanings of SCA placenmaes.
    SCA-as-family-msg    Sometimes the SCA is more like family.
    SCA-reasons-msg      The reasons various people joined the SCA.
    West-hist-msg        Histories of the West Kingdom.
    you-know-msg         You know you're in the SCA when...
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Copyright 2005, Mark S. Harris.
Permission to reprint in SCA-related publications is hereby granted  
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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 ****