[Artemisia] Fw: Stefan's files for August

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 Greetings to those across the Known World!

Here is a copy of my Florilegium article for August describing what is  new
in the Florilegium this month.

 I am off on pilgrimage to Pennsic next week. I will be camping with my
household, SPCA, in section W10 which is down by the lake. If you are also
going to be making this pilgrimage this year,  please feel free to come stop
by.
 Thanks,
 Stefan
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 A Blending of the Past and Present

 Over the past fourteen 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.

       THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

 One of my prime concerns currently is to update all files to the new
format which includes several new features such as making links  "pickable"
and some  disguising of all email addresses to make it  harder for the
spammer's programs to harvest email addresses from this  site. I support the
execution of any convicted spammer. Yes, I am  modifying all 1800+ files as
fast as I can. This  means that while I  will continue to add new files each
month, the usual amount will  be  reduced. However, as I update the files to
the new format, I am adding  any information I have waiting to go in a file,
so there will be more  updated files. Please let me know if you like the new
format or have
 any suggestions.

 Here are the new files for this month:

 In the CRAFTS section:
    p-petroleum-msg      Period use of petroleum. Crude oil.
 In the PENNSIC section:
     New-2-Pennsic-msg    Information for those new to Pennsic.
 In the SCA-CAMPING section:
     camp-toilets-msg     Camp toilets for private camps.

 Here are just a some of the updated files, usually those with the  largest
amounts of new material:
     almond-cream-msg     A sweet custard filling used in sotelties.
     berries-msg          Period berries and berry recipes.
     comfits-msg          Period candied spices and seeds. Recipes.
     cordials-msg         Period cordials and liqueurs. SCA creations.
     corsets-msg          Tudor and Elizabethian corsets. making them.
     desserts-msg         Medieval and SCA dessert recipes. Sweets.
     fruit-citrus-msg     Period citrus fruits. Recipes.
     fruit-pears-msg      Period pears and pear recipes.
     gingerbread-msg      Medieval gingerbread. Recipes.
     ice-chests-msg       Using ice chests at SCA events. Disguises.
     jalabs-msg           Drinks with a sugar or honey-syrup base such as
Sekanjabin (Persian Mint Drink).
     kumiss-msg           Mongol drink made from mare's milk.
     marmalades-msg       Period marmalades and fruit jellies and jams
     marzipan-msg         Use of marzipan (almond paste) in sotelties.
     newcomers-msg        How to make newcomers to your group  confortable.
                     Integrating newcomers.
     saffron-msg          Types of saffron. period uses.
     soap-msg             Period soap and soapmaking.
     spiced-wine-msg      Spiced wines. Hippocras. Recipes.
     wine-msg             Medieval wines.

 And for those going to Pennsic, take a look at the files in the PENNSIC
and SCA-CAMPING sections for some interesting stories and history about  the
event and some good info about how to manage the camping at such an  the
event, especially if this is your first Pennsic.
 ---
 Copyright 2004, 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 ****