[Ansteorra] What to wear the Central region 12th night
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Sat Dec 20 01:01:10 PST 2008
On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:18 AM, willowdewisp at juno.com wrote:
> Some of you are thinking. I can't make a Late Italian outfit or how
> can I get a disguise together for 12 night.
> I am here to save the day.
> First, Carnival goes back into history. While the first one that is
> mentioned is about 1160 something. it occurred non stop through out
> our period. So any time dress is OK.
> Two, people wear strange things when they put on a costume. So you
> can wear any period and claim you are portraying someone or something.
> Three, Costumes were different in period. For example, you want to
> be Bacchus, God of Wine.Today you would were a Greek outfit but in
> period and the latter you are the more likely you are to do this,
> you would wear a little drape and carry a wine cup with wreath on
> your head. They were into symbolic costumes.
> There were people that went totally out there.but there were all
> sort of people who just wore a token.
I do have this small file in the CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS section of
the Florilegium, but I would love to have more information or even an
article on the subject:
p-cstume-prty-msg (8K) 1/15/08 Period/medieval costume parties.
Included in this file are some descriptions of a period costume party
where several of the King's men burned to death. Please, please, we
do not need to carry our re-creation that far.
<<< A masquerade ball (or masque) is an event which
the participants attend in costume, usually including a mask.
King Charles VI of France and five of his courtiers
were dressed as woodwoses and chained together for
a mascarade at the tragic Bal des Sauvages at the
Queen Mother's Paris hotel, January 28, 1393.
In the midst of the festivities, a stray spark
from a torch set their hairy costumes ablaze,
burning several courtiers alive; the king's own
life was saved through quick action by his aunt,
the duchesse de Berry, who smothered the flames
in her cloak.
Quoted from "Encyclopedia: Woodwose";
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Woodwose >>>
> Also on the matter of masks. While there is a lot of info on how
> everyone wore masks at Carnival there is also some historical notes
> that said that Ladies did not wear masks to the special balls and
> parties. Often the masks were worn on the streets and taken off at
> the party. In the period painting we see a lot of women with their
> mask on sticks. Gentlemen, especially gentlemen who were part of
> stocking club wore their masks the whole time and created a air of
> anonymous mystery.
Perhaps these files in the PERFORMANCE ARTS section of the
Florilegium might be of use to those thinking about making some masks.
Mask-Making-art (16K) 12/26/00 "Mask Making 101 - A History of
Masks and
Instructions..." by Lady Meliora Leuedai
de Ardescote
masks-msg (61K) 9/26/04 Theatrical masks. Period and modern.
masks-mumming-lnks (12K) 2/15/04 Web links to medieval masks,
mumming and
Masques by Dame Aoife Finn of
Ynos Mon.
> Mistress Willow de Wisp
Stefan
(Hmm. Maybe *I* need to be looking into making a mask for 12th Night)
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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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