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

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

I will be leaving for Pennsic in a few days. I will be staying with  
my household, SPCA, down by the lake next to the Orluk Oasis in  
section W10. If anyone would would like to drop by and discuss the  
Florilegium, or anything else, please do. Now is your chance to  
deliver any comments, suggestions or criticisms about the Florilegium  
directly to me.

I also will be teaching a class at this year's Pennsic on the  
Florilegium.

"The Florilegium - What it is and is not, it's history and why it  
exists. The useful and the weird stuff which can be found in the  
files. How it is organized and why. Also some useful ideas on how  
best to use it and various ways you can help with it".

Not knowing whether I would be able to make Pennsic this year I  
requested a class time too late to get it into the published Pennsic  
booklet. Alas, I have also been unable to contact the class organizer  
and find out the exact time and date for when it has been scheduled,  
but I requested a day early in the second week of the War. Please  
look for it in the newly added classes notices at the War and come  
find out more about the Florilegium.

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 ACCESSORIES section:
    Signet-Rings-art      “A Brief Historical Summery of Signet Rings”
                             by Lord Gustav Minnesinger.
In the CLOTHING section:
    shoes-lnks            Links to info on medieval footwear by Dame
                             Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the ENTERTAINMENT section:
    Bowling-art          “Bowling” by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
    Cockstride-srt       “Cockstride” by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
    Shove-Groat-art      “Shove Groat” by THL Dagonell Collingwood
                            of Emerald Lake.
In the FEASTS section:
    EK-Crwn-Fst2-art     Review and Recipes for a French-style feast
                            for the EK Crown Tourny, AS 41 by Petru.
    Of-Course-art        "Of Course It's 'Course'! Remove 'Remove'!"
                            by Dame Alys Katharine, O.L., O.P.
In the FOOD-BREADS section:
    Ital-fnl-caks-art    "Italian Funnel Cakes" by Mistress
                            Helewyse de Birkestad
    Litle-Morsels-art    "Little morsels or biscotti from 16th cent.
                            Italy" by Lady Helewyse de Birkestad.
In the FOOD-SWEETS-DECORATED section:
    cakes-msg            Period cakes and cake recipes.
    Dresng-t-Dish-art    “Beyond the Soeltie: Garnished, Fringed,
                            Dressed and Flourished”
                            by Donna Serena da Riva.

Here are some of the updated files.
    bev-water-msg        Water as a beverage in period.
    birth-control-msg    Period birth-control.
    camp-ovens-msg       Small period and SCA camp ovens.
    chocolate-msg        History and description of early chocolate.
    coffee-msg           Coffee and coffee-type drinks.
    exotic-meats-msg     Period and SCA exotic meats. Swans, ostrich,
                            crawfish, dormice, cat.
    fd-Ireland-msg       Medieval Irish food. references. recipes.
    flour-msg            Types of flour. Sources. Period flour.
    galangale-msg        Period use of the spice galangale.
    gourds-msg           Gourds, pumpkins, squash. Recipes.
    greens-msg           Period cooked, leafy vegetables.
    sops-msg             Slices of bread soaked in a sauce.
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Copyright 2006, 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 ****