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[Chass Brown]

Does this mean my Lady Elizabeta actually stumped Stefan????? lol

Chass Brown aka Charinthalis Del Sans
Owner Dwarvenhome Armory    www.dwarvenhome.com
Minister of A&S of Canton of Rundel

Get a Taste for Religion, Lick a Witch.
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> Elizabeta of Rundel said:
> > I'd also like to try to play "Stump Stephen's
> > Florigellium"  lol  My question would be "What
> > gemstone was most commonly worn by women in 12th
> > Century Italy?"
>
> That is probably getting a little too specific for the
> exact answer to be in the Florilegium but some of the
> referances given there might give you a good start in
> researching this.
>
> However, my guess would be "glass".
>
> From jewelry-msg:
> jewelry-msg       (80K)  9/28/00    Medieval jewelry. Jewelry sources.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/jewelry-msg.html
> ---------------
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
> Subject: "Authenticity" done on the cheap
> From: una at bregeuf.stonemarche.org (Honour Horne-Jaruk)
> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 94 03:35:44 EST
>
> zkessin at ppp3253.wing.net (Zach) writes:
> >    "I'm talking about stuff like Austrian lead crystal, which is not
> >    period, but who has the money to go out and spend $100 a piece on
> >    real jewels for court dress? Not me!" ----Isabelle de Foix
> >
> >    I don't know about Austrian lead crystal, but fake gemstones are not
> >    only period, but common--all the way back to egyptian times.
> > Wouldn't glass beads have been very expensive in period too?
> >
> > Guiliam
>
> "Ahem" she says modestly, trying to be informative while not sounding
> like an advertisement....
> Maison Rive, which I run, and Cabochons, which (Thank God) I don't
> run, both sell researched, documented glass copies of medieval/renaissance
> glass `jewels', some of which come fromn the same factories in Venice that
> made the original fakes a thousand years (or so) ago...
> There are authentic fakes out there. Try Pennsic, Birka, and possibly
> the 30yr celebration.
> Honour/Una/Alizaunde
> ---------
>
> This file does have a number of referances on gemstones and
> medieval gemstones. Perhaps one of those referances will
> provide you more specific info.
>
> For more info on the carving of gemstones in period, and a
> very funny article, see this file:
> Rock-Crystal-art  (12K) 10/19/00    "Carving Rock Crystal According to
>    Theophilius" by Lord Valdis of Gotland (humor)
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/Rock-Crystal-art.html
>
> So, does this count?
>
> Stefan
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