[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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