Persia-msg - 7/3/10

History and culture of period Persia.

NOTE: See also the files: fd-Persia-msg, Middle-East-msg, Islamic-bib, Turkey-msg, fd-Mid-East-msg, ME-revel-fds-art, za-atar-msg.

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Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 20:10:37 -0500
From: rmhowe <MMagnusM at bellsouth.net>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Embroidery motif question

> Does anyone know a good scholar of 18th century embroidery?  Middle
> Eastern embroidery?

Got a book in ex Design Library, NC state U.

Suggest you review The Traditional Crafts of Persia
Their Development, Technology, and Influence on Eastern and Western
Civilizations, by Hans E. Wulff
MIT Press, Massachusetts Instutute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass
an London England, 1966     LoC # 66-22462

Covers making gold threads among a host of other techniques.
Tremendous amount of technology covered, not always to my satisfaction
though. Leaves you wanting to see the other books referenced, some
in German. Gives a whole lot of Farsi (Persian) terms for everything.
Textiles, a little leather, cloth soled shoes, metals, engineering,
etc are covered.

Magnus - supper's getting cold now.


Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:10:20 -0400
From: Sam Wallace <guillaumedep at gmail.com>
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: [Sca-cooks] 15th Century Travelogues

I found this set of travelogues while digging through Google Books. They 
are of a pair of Italians who ventured to Persia, Poland, Russia and 
other regions. There is some interesting mention of cuisine and culinary 
customs, but not as many details as might be desired. It is worth 
digging around in them as these areas did not produce many culinary 
works until well after 1600.

Travels to Tana and Persia
http://books.google.com/books?id=RxgRAQAAIAAJ

Guillaume

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