[Sca-cooks] 30th Year Celebration

[Stefan li Rous]

Anne-Marie replied to my questions about "The Thirty Year Journal of  
Acedemic Papers" with:
> Actually, I bet I can track down most of the authors, though the
> original publication is still available (I think?) through the AnTir
> stock clerk. Might be wrong about that...

Oh? I would not have even thought of looking for it there. If that  
can be confirmed and I can get the contact info, I'd like to add a  
comment about that to any articles I republish, so that if folks like  
an article they know where they might find some more they might like.

> The doc did have "issues" though...we were mortified to realize that
> what went to press was actually a very rough draft. Many typos and
> spelling errors and just plain wacky formatting. Doh!

The "doc"? The editor? or you mean this publication? I don't remember  
there being that many typos. And yes, I notice those. I think editing  
the Florilegium for a number of years may contribute to that. Anyway,  
I've seen a number of other SCA publications, including the "Compleat  
Anachronism" which have often been much worse. A lot of which could  
be fixed by a simple proof-reading.

That is one of the reasons that I'm hoping that if I can reach some  
of these authors I can get a copy of their article in electronic  
form. If I scan and OCR an article, I'm likely to introduce more  
errors and I never seem to get around to doing that and the stuff in  
electronic form gets edited first. Another reason is that if the  
author submits their article they can correct as well as update it  
with the info they've learned since the original publication.

> It would also be interesting to see what ht elevel of research is now,
> 10 years later... :)

Yes, but if we always wait until something is perfect, it never gets  
published. An imperfect publication is still of use to those who  
aren't as expert as the author and (I like to think that) the  
questions, comments and questions that come back to an author from  
Florilegium readers help the authors improve their work. My standard  
policy is to take updates to previously submitted articles at any time.

> Anyway, if I can be of any help, just let me know.

Okay, I have managed to find my copy of the publication and I will  
read through it and make up a list of the authors I would like to get  
a hold of. Being flighty as I am, there are still a number of  
articles in it that I've not read yet. I sometimes read some articles  
in a volume like this, put it down and don't get around to reading  
the others. I may find some more pearls in those that I would like to  
publish as well.

> I know for sure I can find at least one of the authors (me ;))

Oh! I suspect you may be speaking of "Agricultural Practices During  
the Middle Ages - They Cycle of the Seasons and the Tasks Associated  
with Them" By Maitresse Anne-Marie d' Alilleurs. This was in fact one  
of the articles, if not the one that first put the idea in my mind  
that I wanted some of these articles for the Florilegium. It is a  
good overview of a topic that wasn't much touched upon ten years ago,  
although it had come up a few times on this list by then. The other  
concern is that most of the SCA these days, myself included, come  
from an urban background and have no real feel for the agricultural  
seasons and how they ruled life in the Middle Ages, even if you were  
lord and lady and noble.

But who is this "d' Alileurs" person? I don't think I've ever seen  
the name before. :-)

Stefan
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