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

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

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

If you know someone who has written a good article on some aspect of  
the SCA or of the time period and cultures we study, please urge them  
to contact me and send a copy of their article for possible inclusion  
in the Florilegium. This is a good way for them to get some  
recognition for their work as well as help or entertain other folks  
across the Known World. Class handouts and A&S documentation are also  
good sources of info that others may find useful.

As mentioned below, May is also the anniversary of the SCA. 40 Years.  
Wow. From this perspective things often look like they were pre- 
ordained and that the SCA was meant to be the way it is. Not  
necessarily. See the various files in the SCA-STORIES section of the  
Florilegium for stories of the early days of the SCA. And if you were  
around in the early days, please consider writing up something, from  
a simple message to an article about those early days for the  
Florilegium and let those of us who weren't playing then, know what  
it was like.

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 CHIVALRY section:
    oaths-lnks           Links to info on oaths of fealty, loyalty
                            and homage by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon
In the FOOD section:
    chestnuts-msg        Medieval harvesting and use of chestnuts.
                            Roasting. Recipes.
In the FOOD-BREADS section:
    bagels-msg           Period bagels.
In the FOOD-SWEETS section:
    candied-peels-art    "Candied Fruit Peel" by Dame Alys Katharine.
In the FOOD-UTENSILS section:
    cooking-pots-art     “The Vassal with the Vessel” by Mistress
                            Andrea MacIntyre, OM, OSC, OBT.
In the FOOD-VEGETABLES section:
    lentils-msg          Period lentil dishes and comments on lentils.
in the SCA-EVENT-PLANNING section:
    waterbearing-art     "Waterbearing As I See It" by Lady Zubeydah
                            Jamilla al-Badawiyya

Here are some of the updated files.
    bread-msg            Medieval breads and grains.
    breadmaking-msg      Period bread recipes and re-creations.
    cabbages-msg         Period cabbages. Broccoli, Cauliflower,
                            Brussel Sprouts. Recipes.
    clothng-forms-msg    Commercial and homemade clothing forms.
    kumiss-msg           Mongol drink made from mare's milk.
    leavening-msg        Period leavening agents other than yeast.
    nuts-msg             Nuts, acorns, nut flours in medieval foods.
    soapstone-msg        Use of Soapstone in period. Modern sources.
    vanilla-msg          The vanilla bean in late-period Europe.
    vegetables-msg       Period vegetables. Recipes.

May first is celebrated as the anniversary of the SCA. If you are new  
to the SCA, or just like learning more about what it was like in  
earlier days in the SCA, I recommend you take a look at the files in  
the SCA-STORIES section. There are first-hand accounts of the early  
days of the SCA and of many of the kingdoms in there, as well as some  
SCA stories and a lot of humor.
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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 ****