books2-msg - 12/7/93 More miscellaneous book reviews. NOTE: See also the files: books-msg, bibliog-msg, cookbooks-bib, Germany-bib, p-falconry-bib, Islamic-bib, Norse-crafts-bib, Arthur-bib. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with seperate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the orignator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THL Stefan li Rous mark.s.harris@motorola.com stefan@florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: Beth.Appleton@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Appleton) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Calligraphy Book Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 22:20:14 (this post is also on Fido_Medieval.... ) Here's a good book for those of you who are interested in calligraphy: _Medieval_Calligraphy_, by Marc Drogan It's available from Barnes & Noble, catalog no. 1782143 for $10.95 + $2.50 shipping & handling. Barnes & Noble 126 Fifth Ave NY, NY 10011 (201)767-7079 I also noticed in the blurb that it's now printed by Dover, so those of you with the Dover address can order it directly, or get it from a willing bookstore. * W * A * R * N * I * N * G * Being on B&N's mailing list can be fatal to the delicate budget. Members of Book Buyers Anonymous should NOT get on their mailing list. I ran a quick total of books I'd like to have, and quit when I got to $200. They're like Publisher's Clearing House, only with a far better/more extensive medieval history section. I don't have the address handy, but Edward Hamilton is very similar. When I got both catalogs (EH drops you quicker & doesn't take plastic), I always checked availability and pricing. There might be a $2-3 difference, which wasn't always going the same way (sometimes EH was cheaper, sometimes B&N). Oh, and EH tends to have some even harder to find and more expensive books. The highest priced book in my $200 total above was $14.98, and they very rarely have a book priced over $30. EH, OTOH, has some books priced $50-100, which you *won't* find in B&N. I bought my copy of _Hortus_Deliciarum_ from them quite a while back ($60). Enjoy! Gwenllian Cwmystwyth From: branwen@tony.ccc.amdahl.com (Karen Williams) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: The Celtic Church Date: 12 Mar 93 21:13:11 GMT Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA A while back I mentioned that I was interested in how the Celtic Church was different from the Roman Catholic Church. Since then, I happened on a book in a Barnes and Noble catalog that is a general introduction to just that topic. I've just started it, and so far it is very good. The book is: CELTIC INHERITANCE, by Peter Beresford Ellis, Dorset Press, New York, 1992, ISBN 0-88029-853-7. Branwen ferch Emrys The Mists, the West Karen Williams branwen@cerebus.ras.amdahl.com From: rschirme@digi.lonestar.org (Joe Schirmer) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Period porn -- I MODI Date: 12 Mar 93 16:20:38 GMT Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX In article ga_tewes@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Alex Tewes) writes: >In article , ae766@yfn.ysu.edu (David Sanders) >wrote: >> >> >> Unto the perverted gentles here assembled, >> Vajk sends greetings! >> >> Several persons have commented on the overall quality of >> CA #13, and have commented on the fact that much of the >> material is OOP. >> >> For those looking for period porn, the search may be >> frustrating, but the stuff IS available. > >The Oxford Book of Erotic Verse would be a good source for the more >literary amongst us ( ie no pictures ;) ) > >Martin de Mont Blanc >Shire of Ynys Fawr/Lochac/West Another good source that I recently picked up from the books store is "I MODI - The Sixteen Pleasures" by Lynne Lawner (Northwestern University Press). The sixteen pleasures are a series of sixteen prints from the sixteenth century Italy deplicting positions of intercourse, accompanied by a set of sixteen sonnents. I haven't had a chance to read very much of it yet, but it appears to be a very good work with historical background and translators notes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Schirmer rschirme@digi.lonestar.org OR digi!rschirme@uunet.uu.net DSC Communications Corporation Addr: MS 121, 1000 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75075 From: winifred@trillium.soe.umich.EDU (Lee Katman) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: woad from seed to dye Date: 14 Mar 1993 23:02:17 -0500 Organization: The Internet Hi, There is a book by Jamieson Hurry called Woad Plant and its Dye. I have not read it, but it was recommended to me. Here's a quote of a review: "scholarly and fascinating study of the woad plant. chapters include cultivation, manufacture of woad, the woad mill, the woad vat, extraction of Indican from woad and more. 238 pages, illustrations." 2 years ago, it was $42.50 (US) from Creek Water Wool Works PO Box 716, Salem Oregon, 97308, (503) 585-3302. No doubt you can get it from a bookshop that special orders. These folks also have a nice selection of other books on dyeing and spinning and weaving. Their catalogue is $4.00. Winifred From: STEWARTL@wood-emh1.ARmy.MIL (LOU STEWART) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Nursery Rhymes and Outdoor Games Date: 16 Mar 93 14:41:44 GMT Organization: The Internet Tio dell'abaco asked about a book on the original meaning of nursery rhymes. One I have used is: Thomas, Katherine Elwes. _The Real Personages of Mother Goose. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1930. Hope this helps. Luigsech ni hIfearnain, Calanais Nuadh, Calontir Organization: University of Central Florida - Computer Services Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 08:24:05 EST From: Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: When is a queen really a Queen? In article <733280727snx@sloth.equinox.gen.nz>, bloodthorn@sloth.equinox.gen.nz (Jennifer Geard) says: > >Moreach has responded to my questions about the consort's secondary role by >saying: > > > Part of this is that it's one place where our modern SCA mirrors the > > custom of the past fairly well. > >Where and when? (Genuine question.) From what I've seen, historic queens >consort did not sign or co-sign changes to law or the like unless they were >acting as regent during their husband's absence or their son's minority. I >know little about the ritual and ceremonial role of the queen consort: >anyone out there know? > I generally reply by e-mail, but I thought this might be interesting to enough people to warrant (HA!) the cluttering the Rialto. For some really good information about the role of the queen in early medieval Europe I recommend: 'Queens, concubines, and dowagers: the king's wife in the early Middle Ages' by Pauline Stafford. Stafford, Pauline. Queens, concubines, and dowagers: the king's wife in the early Middle Ages Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c1983 248 pages Includes index. Bibliography: pp211-226 ISBN: 0820306398 Library of Congress #: HQ1147.E85 S73 I liked this one well enough to re-read it. And I think I'll go get it again today, it's been at least a year since I looked at it. Cynthia Eldredge Orlando, FL Lady Catherine Elizabeth Somerton Barony of Darkwater, Trimaris From: dolge@lib.wfunet.wfu.EDU (brian dolge) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA Digest V6 #234 Date: 2 Apr 1993 10:57:18 -0500 Organization: The Internet Unto the folk of the Rialto doth Aaron Exile send wishes for all health and happiness. Geoffrey Scrymger asked about masks, masques, and the construction of both. Being amoung the theatrically impaired I can only help with the first, and that by way of reference. Try *The Propbuilders Mask Making Handbook* by James Thurston (Betterway Pub., 1990, ISBN 1-55870-167). It includes some general mask making guidelines, information on a working with a variety of period and modern materials (including paper mache, clay, metal, plaster and something called "friendly plastic" the details of which I did not inquire about). Of particular interest is a section on the comedia, it's charecters and conventions, including illustrations of actual period masks. The author also attended a workshop at an Italian mask makers shop and gives an excellent discription of the methods used there to make leather masks. The book is well written and heavily illustrated. I regret that I did not post this sooner but Mundane duties, as ever... Aaron Exile Brian Dolge Shire of Hindscroft Winston-Salem N.C. Atlantia dolge@lib.wfunet.wfu.edu From: branwen@cerebus.ccc.amdahl.com (Karen Williams) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Welsh recipes Date: 2 Apr 93 21:35:17 GMT Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA In article <1993Apr2.181924.9716@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> greg@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Hossein Ali Qomi (mka Gregory F. Rose)) writes: >>his home. One time he held a Welsh bardic feast, where all the food was >>made using Welsh recipes, and each guest was asked to bring a poem, song, >>or story to share. >Where, oh where did he get the Welsh recipes? Please????? You'd have to ask him (John? oh, John?), but what I do when I want Welsh recipes is use the Welsh mini-cookbook he brought me from Wales (it's called something like "Recipes from the Bards," and is made up of recipes of foods mentioned by Medieval Welsh bards), or, if none of those are feasible for the moment, I use "The Little Book of Welsh Recipes" (or whatever it's called; there's a whole series of "The Little Book of ____ Recipes" out now) which has "traditional" Welsh recipes in it. Branwen ferch Emrys The Mists, the West Karen Williams branwen@cerebus.ras.amdahl.com From: ferzocog@ere.umontreal.CA (Ferzoco George) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: A must-read on medieval cuisine Date: 9 Apr 1993 20:02:04 -0400 Organization: The Internet Hi guys and gals, Just to say "no hard feelings", I'd like to point out a book I haven't seen mentioned in sca; forgive me if I'm repeating this info. For all of you interested in the state of the art of research on medieval cookery, get the book Carole Lambert, ed., "Du manuscrit a la table. Essais sur la cuisine au moyen age et repertoire des manuscrits medievaux contenant des recettes culinaires." Montreal and Paris: Presses de l'Universite de Montreal and Champion-Slatkine, 1992. It contains 25 articles in English and French (with abstracts for each in English and French), an incredibly useful (to scholars) list of manuscripts containing culinary recipes, a complete bibliography, and indices of: titles and authors of cookery books Incipits of culinary texts titles of isolated recipes language of the texts place of production of the manuscripts Hope this is useful. If you want more info, please don't post to sca, but write to me directly. Ciao, George Ferzoco ferzocog@ere.umontreal.ca From: David Schroeder Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Sweet Thoughts, etc. Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1993 15:04:25 -0400 Organization: Doctoral student, Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Greetings good gentles -- I have recently been reading an entertaining volume, "Seeds of Change," by Henry Hobhouse (a journalist, not a professional scholar). The book looks at the historical import of five key plants or plant products: quinine, sugar, tea, cotton, and potatoes. [c.1985 ISBN: 0-06-091440-8 (ppbk)]. Some of the more interesting tidbits are worth sharing. For example, here's a chart of the relative cost of 10 pounds of sugar expressed as a percentage of 1 ounce of gold (taken as an average of London, Paris, and Amsterdam)... Period Sugar % Honey % 1350-1400 35.0 3.30 1400-1450 24.5 2.05 1450-1500 19.0 1.50 1500-1550 8.7 1.20 Note that Hobhouse doesn't cite his sources for this table and doesn't mention that the "value" of an ounce of gold may have changed in the last period due to the huge captured troves of the Aztecs and Incas, but it's still an interesting chart, if only to see the relative expense of sugar and honey. Clearly, using refined sugar in a dish would have been an expensive proposition during almost all of the Society's scope. Hobhouse also says: "The sugar industry survived the gradual expulsion of the Moors from the Mediterranean littoral, and was carried on by both Moslems and Christians as a profitable, expanding concern for two hundred years from about 1300. [Production was centered in Syria, Palestine, the Dodecanese, Egypt, Cyprus, Crete, Sicily, North Africa, and Southern Spain. *B*] The trade (as opposed to production) was under the domi- nance of the merchant bankers of Italy, with Venice ultimately con- trolling distribution throughout the then known world. The first sugar reached England in 1319, Denmark in 1374, and Sweden in 1390. It was an expensive novelty and useful in medicine, being unsurpassed for making palatable the odious mixtures of therapeutic herbs, entrails, and other substances of the medieval pharmacopoeia." Apparently, sugar cultivation in the Caribbean basin was substantial in the second half of the 16th century leading to cheaper sugar prices and a shift in leadership in the trade from Venice to Amsterdam. TEA On the matter of tea Hobhouse reports that in 1700 England was importing 50 short tons of tea with a wholesale value of 4,000 pounds sterling or about two pounds of money for one pound of tea. Again, not a cheap item! He further states (in what is probably a typographical error) that: "Tea, coffee, and cocoa all arrive in London in the same year, 1652. [Could it be 1562 or 1552?] The word "tea" occurs in Shakespeare and "cha," the Canton-Macao form, crops up in Lisbon from about 1550." It's hard to understand the Bard's use of a term for something introduced to England years after his death... I'd best sign off now and return to my reading... I found the book remaindered for $1.98 at my local Borders Bookstore, so you may have good luck finding a copy of your own. My best -- Bertram +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Bertram of Bearington Dave Schroeder Debatable Lands/AEthelmearc/East Carnegie Mellon University INTERNET: ds4p@andrew.cmu.edu 412/731-3230 (Home) +------------------------ PREME * Press On * PREME ---------------------+ From: TALLAN@flis.utoronto.CA (David Tallan) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: re:forwarded recipe Date: 19 Apr 1993 13:46:43 -0400 Organization: The Internet > Greetings from one who is new to the net and the SCA, but not to medieval > cooking: > > I have a very good book of recipes called "Fabulous Feasts" by Madeleine > Pelner Cosman which covers what was eaten, how it was presented and what > what was available. Definitely two thumbs up! This book has a whole > section on Appetizers. As someone who has been collecting medieval cookbooks for quite a while I would advise anyone new to medieval cookery to treat _Fabulous Feasts_ with a great deal of caution. While it does indeed contain many recipes which purport to be medieval, there is no indication of what the basis is on which they make that claim. In other words, unlike many medieval cookbooks on the market today, the original recipes are not given with the author's adaptations, nor is there ANY indication of what the source is. As a number of the recipes include Out Of Period ingredients, I think it is fair to say that, while any particular recipe in the book MIGHT be period, it might just as well not. And one has know way of telling which is which. David/Thomas David Tallan (tallan@flis.utoronto.ca) snail: 42 Camberwell Rd. Toronto ON M6C 3E8 #8-{D} [self portrait if you look at it sideways] Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: greg@bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Greg Rose) Subject: Re: Urban population sources Organization: MIT LCS guest machine Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 06:56:43 GMT For studies of medieval demographics, you might begin with the biblliographies in: _The Cambridge Economic History of Europe_ (vols. 2-3) H. Hallam, "Population Density in the Medieval Fenlands," _Economic History Review_, xiv (1961-62) R. Harvey, "The population trend in England, 1300-1358," _Transactions of the Royal Historical Society_, 5th series, 16 (1966) K. Helleiner, "The population of Europe from the Black Death to the eve of the Vital Revolution," in E.E. Rich and C.H. Wilson, eds., _The Cambridge Economic History of Europe_, vol iv. J. C. Russell, _British Medieval Population_ (Albuquerque, 1948) J. Tait, _The Medieval English Borough_ (Manchester, 1936) These are just off the top of my head. When I get back from Gulf War II, I'll do a little digging for a more extensive bibliography. Hossein/Greg Newsgroups: alt.sex.bondage,rec.org.sca From: amartell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex Martelli) Subject: Re: Reay Tannahill -- "religious-erotic flagellants of medieval Spain" Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci. Date: Sat, 19 Jun 93 11:11:41 GMT de452@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David E. Sanders) writes: ... >So the questions are: Does anyone know anything more about those >"religious-erotic flagellants of medieval Spain" ? Is Reay Tannahill "An illustrated History of the Rod", William M. Cooper, B.A.; Wordsworth Editions (8b East Street, Ware Hertfordshire), 1988, ISBN 1-85326-918-2, (UK pounds) 25, 544pp, index, 20 b/w plates of drawings (nice ones). A faithful reproduction of a book dating from around the year 1900. It's the most appreciated of the many gifts I have received from Onyx and Augustus... a real beauty. Chapters V to XV are devoted to various sorts of religious-oriented flagellation; a bit more than 100 pages overall; plus several snippets in other, geographically oriented chapters on Scotland, Russia, and so on. I suspect the reason Tannahill singles Spain out is that there self-flagellation was also regarded as a form of courtship, in a curious variation on the custom of serenading, in which a courting wooer would go lash himself on the bare back under a Lady's window and in her honour - according to Cooper's book, at least. Alex -- Alex Martelli - Bologna, Italia - also alex@am.sublink.org (less reliable) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: jaymin@maths.tcd.ie (Jo Jaquinta) Subject: Re: Irish Persona Help Needed! Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 09:53:14 GMT Summary: Read the annals Keywords: surnames, garb > What I'm having no luck with is costuming and "last names" (chiefly the > practices for such names in 11th - 13th c. Eire)... Could someone > recommend a book or two that talks about naming practices (especially > *last* names; the Fidelma Maguire and Donnchadh O/ Corra/in book is no > help in that regard)... I have always found indispensible tools for creating Irish personas are the various "Annals of Ireland". I have the Annals of Innisfallen and the Annals of Connacht. Don't be mislead by the names, they have very little to do with the area they are named after. These are basically journals where the monks of the abbey would write down a few paragraphs each year of what they though was important. Innishfallen covers from about 430 to 1270 and Connacht covers 1200 to 1400 (or thereabouts). These are *brilliant* source material. They are full of names of all sorts of people with a massive name index in the back. Instant irrefutable documentation. You can sit down a read through what happened in your persona's life time from a contemporary point of view. Needless to say they are woefully inaccurate about certain things but then your persona would be equally ignorant. One entry catalogs a 40' tall woman washing up on the shores of Scotland, another chronicles the King of Alba gifting Brian Boru with a camel. Good stuff. Arval writes: >I suspect that the Irish in that period did not have "surnames" as such. In the Annals people are usually "Blah, son of blah". Clan affiliations you seem to be expected to know by context or by working out the geneologies to the many "Blah, king of blah". >For a woman, the standard patronymic form is >"ni ". Actually I've poured through the annals and never found anything like this. There aren't too many women's names but every one I have found so far has been "Blah daugheter of blah" in the Irish as "blah ingen blah". What documents does "ni" or "nic" appear in? Original poster: > What I'm having no luck with is costuming and "last names" Costuming is always a problem. There are very few books on this. What period did you have in mind? There is a book on Anglo-Norman sculpture... Other than that there are two theories: 1) Take English fashion of fifty to a hundred earlier that your Irish persona. 2) Use English Fashion if you are from Leinster, Scotish fashion if you are from Ulster, French fasion if you are from Munster, and Spanish fashion if you are from Connacht. In any event, don't forget there is a SCA Shire in Ireland. We're always pleased to lend whatever hand we can to people with Irish personas... Yours in service, Seamus Donn % Seamus Donn Eva de Barri Sorcha Ui' Flahairteaigh %|% Jo Jaquinta Cathy Barry Lesley Grant /\\ | //\ jaymin@maths.tcd.ie cbarry@maths.tcd.ie lgrant@maths.tcd.ie ===== 44 Bancroft Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. /|\ for the Shire of Lough Devnaree (Lough Damh na Ri') Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: mittle@watson.ibm.com (Arval d'Espas Nord) Subject: Re: Book query Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 19:26:53 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Greetings from Arval! Thorfyrd wrote: > Is anyone able to recommend, or otherwise, the following books: > > "Records of the Medieval Sword", ISBN 0-85115539-1 > "Tournaments", ISBN 0-85115490-0 ISBN are wonderfully accurate for identifying books if you happen to have a computerized catalogue to cross-check. For mere mortals, the authors' names would be helpful. If the latter book is by Richard Barber and Juliet Barker, then I recommend it most highly: It is the single best general-purpose survey of the history of the tournament that I have encountered. It is quite readable, heavily illustrated, and has an excellent bibliography. =========================================================================== Arval d'Espas Nord mittle@watson.ibm.com Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: leeu@celsiustech.se (Leif Euren) Subject: Re: Book query Organization: CelsiusTech AB Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 09:23:22 GMT Thorfyrd Hakonson asks: > Is anyone able to recommend ... "Records of the Medieval Sword", > ISBN 0-85115539-1 In my oppinion, this is _the_ book on swords. The taxanomy and classification system devied by mr Oakeshott is used by most European museums nowadays. The book contains the details on the classifaction system, and an essay by mr Tony Mansfield on how to construct a modren replica of such a blade. But mainly it has descriptions of some 235 medieval swords, all with pictures and all available data. My copy says: Oakeshott, Ewart Records of the medieval sword ISBN 0 85115 539 1 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1991. First published 1991, reprinted 1991 and these adresses: Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9 Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3DF Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 41026 Rochester NY 14604 USA your humble servant Peder Klingrode | Leif Euren Stockholm, Sweden Holmrike, Nordmark, Drachenwald, East | leeu@celsiustech.se From: TALLAN@flis.utoronto.CA (David Tallan) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: New Book on Medieval Cookery (was, I believe, Scully etc. *LONG* Date: 25 Jun 1993 01:44:00 -0400 Organization: The Internet Angharad/Terry asks for enough info about that book out of Montreal that I mentioned to order it. The Following might be helpful. Title: _Du Manuscrit a` la Table_ Editor: Carole Lambert Publisher: Les Presses de l'Universite' de Montre'al 2910, boul. E'douard-Montpetit, Montre'al (Qc), Canada H3T 1J7 tel. (514) 343-6929, facs. (514) 343-2232 Distributer (?): gae[umlaut]tan morin e'diteur diffuseur exclusif des Presses de l'Universite' de Montre'al C.P. 180, Boucherville (QC), Canada, J4B 5E6 tel. (514) 449-7886, facs. (514) 343-2232 ISBN: 2-7606-1564-2 and to whet your appetite: TABLE DES MATIE`RES (extraits) Forward (or preface) by Carole LAMBERT _I - ESSAIS SUR LA CUISINE AU MOYEN A^GE_ 1. SOURCES Constance B. HIEATT "Listing and Analyzing the Medieval English Culinary Recipe Collections: a Project and its Problems" Johanna Maria van WINTER "Une livre de cuisine ne'erlandais du XVIe sie`cle" Allen J. GRIECO "From the Cookbook to the Table: a Florentine Table and Italian Recipes of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries" Bi SKAARUP "Sources of Medieval Cuisine in Denmark" Danie`le ALEXANDRE-BIDON "A` la table des miniaturistes: arche'o- iconographie des gestes et des mets" 2. DIFFUSION DES LIVRES ET DES RECETTES Philip et Mary HYMAN "Les livres de cuisine et le commerce des recettes en France au XVe et XVIe sie`cles" Melitta WEISS-AMER "The Role of Medieval Physicians in the Spread of Culinary Recipes and Cooking Practices" Mary Ella MILHAM "Platina and Papal Politics" 3. CUISINE ET DISTINCTIONS SOCIALES Bruno Laurioux, "Table et hie'rarchie sociale a` la fin du Moyen A^ge" Odile REDON "La re'glementation des banquets par les lois somptuaires dans les villes d'Italie (XIVe - XVe sie`cles) Agathe LAFORTUNE-MARTEL "De l'entremets culinaire aux pie`ces monte'es d'un menu de propogande" 4. PARTICULARITE'S RE'GIONALES Barbara SANTICH "les e'le'ments distinctifs de la cuisine me'die'vale me'diterrane'enne Rudolf GREWE "Hispano-Arabic Cuisine in the Twelfth Century Jeanne ALLARD "Nola: rupture ou continuite'?" Noe[umlaut]l COULET "La cuisine dans la maison aixoise du XVe sie`cle (1400-1450) Jean-Louis FLANDRIN "Structure des menus francais et anglais aux XIVe et XVe sie`cles Michel BALARD "E'pices et condiments dans quelques livres de cuisine allemands (XVe-XVIe sie`cles) 5. CUISINE ET CONTRAINTES Terence SCULLY "Les saisons alimentaires du _Me'nagier de Paris_" Carole LAMBERT "Astuces et flexibilite' des recettes culinaires me'die'vales francaises" Laurier TURGEON et Denis DICKNER "Contraintes et choix alimentaires d'un groupe d'appartenance: les marins-pe^cheurs francais a' Terre- Neuve au XVIe sie`cle" 6. LES DOUCEURS ET LE PLAISIR Liliane PLOUVIER "Le <>, un confiture du bas Moyen A^ge" Lucie BOLENS "Les sorbets andalous (XIe-XIIIe sie`cles) ou conjurer la nostalgie par la douceur" Mary HYMAN "<>: les confitures et la table" Bruno ROY "Trois reagards sur les aphrodisiaques" _II - RE'PERTOIRE DES MANUSCRITS ME'DIE'VAUX CONTENANT DES RECETTES CULINAIRES_ Pre'sentation Re'pertoire Bibliographie Index Now doesn't that make your mouth water! If no enterprising Pennsic merchant offers one for sale, my parents have offered (without too much arm twisting) to get me it for my birthday. Grad student budget or not, I cant miss this one. I've just got to start those French lessons now... Hoping that helped, Thomas/David David Tallan (tallan@flis.utoronto.ca) or David_Tallan@magic-bbs.corp.apple.com snail: 42 Camberwell Rd. Toronto ON M6C 3E8 Organization: Penn State University Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 16:55:02 EDT From: Therion Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Return of the Son of NIB's Here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for! | okay, who's the wise guy in the back who muttered: | "the day Therion loses his net access?" The triumphant return of New and Interesting Books! ^ ^ ^ As those of you who haven't long ago killfile'd me might remember, I supplement my income as thug for hire by working in the library at Penn State. Every time I see a new book that I think that SCAdians might find interesting, I save the reference in a file and post it to the Rialto when I remember to. Well, it's been a while since I remembered. I'll split this into two postings just to make life easier on the Rialto digestifier. As before, this list is nowhere near complete nor comprehensive, they're just books that caught my eye. I probably missed a lot of good ones, but what the hell. Note for the humor impaired - you can imagine smileys at the end of all of my annotatory comments if you want to. Or not. I don't care. Therion <><><><><><<><><><><><>><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >>> isbn 0810933128 Bearman, Frederick A. Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library. / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, H.N. Abrams, c1992. 271 p. ill. (some col.). 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibitions. 2. Bookbinding -- Washington (D.C.) -- Exhibitions. 3. Bookbinding -- Ornamental bindings -- Exhibitions. 4. Bookbinding -- History -- Exhibitions. <><><><><><<><><><><><>><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >>> isbn 0802076807 Forey, Alan, 1933- The military orders from the twelfth to the early fourteenth centuries / Alan Forey. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1992. xiv, 278 p. : maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-263) and index. 1. Military religious orders - History. [charge straight ahead? - T] <><><><><><<><><><><><>><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >>> isbn 0815308434 Modern Arthurian literature : an anthology of English and American Arthuriana from the Renaissance to the present / edited by Alan Lupack. New York : Garland, 1992. 494 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1420 Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-494). 1. Arthur, King Literary collections. 2. Arthurian romances Adaptations. 3. American literature. 4. English literature. <><><><><><<><><><><><>><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< Chancer, Lynn S., 1954-. Sadomasochism in everyday life, the dynamics of power and powerlessness. / Lynn S. Chancer. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, c1992. ix, 238 p. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ¦223á-230) and index. 1. Sadomasochism -- United States. 2. Power (Social sciences). 3. Interpersonal relations. [a how-to book for the SCASB folk? - T] <><><><><><<><><><><><>><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >>> isbn 0226290301 Gozzini Giacosa, Ilaria. ¦A cena da Lucullo. English.á A taste of ancient Rome. / Ilaria Gozzini Giacosa ; translated by Anna Herklotz ; with a foreword by Mary Taylor Simeti. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992. xii, 231 p., ¦16á p. of plates. ill. (some col.), map. 25 cm. Recipes in English and Latin. Translation of: A cena da Lucullo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index. 1. Cookery, Roman. [sure to lay to rest the "is pizza period?" question once and for all - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0812231236 Clark, Anne L. Elisabeth of Schonau, a twelfth-century visionary. / Anne L. Clark. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, c1992. x, 211 p. 24 cm. Series: Middle Ages series. Includes bibliographical references (p. ¦191á-204) and index. 1. Elisabeth, of Schonau, Saint, 1129-1164. 2. Visions -- History. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0300049188 Radding, Charles. Medieval architecture, medieval learning, builders and masters in the age of Romanesque and Gothic. / Charles M. Radding and William W. Clark. New Haven, Yale University Press, c1992. xiii, 166 p. ill. 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-164) and index. 1. Architecture, Romanesque. 2. Architecture, Gothic. 3. Architecture -- Philosophy. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0801843030 Cohn, Samuel Kline. The cult of remembrance and the Black Death, six Renaissance cities in central Italy. / Samuel K. Cohn, Jr. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992. xiii, 429 p. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Life style -- Italy -- History. 2. Black death -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History. 3. Charitable bequests -- Italy -- History. 4. Art and society -- Italy -- History. 5. Renaissance -- Italy. 6. Italy -- Social conditions -- 1268-1559. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0804720509 Goldberg, Jonathan. Sodometries, Renaissance texts, modern sexualities. / Jonathan Goldberg. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, c1992. xvi, 295 p. ill. 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-288) and index. 1. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. 2. Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century. 3. American literature -- Men authors -- History and criticism. 4. English literature -- Men authors -- History and criticism. 5. Homosexuality and literature -- United States. 6. Sodomy in literature. 7. Sex in literature. [Sodomy in literature? makes you wonder what subject headings those wacky folks at the Library of Congress will come up with next - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0859913589 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, sources and analogues. / compiled by Elisabeth Brewer. 2nd ed. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY, USA, D.S. Brewer, 1992. 184 p. 25 cm. Series: Arthurian studies, 27. Rev. ed. of: From Cuchulainn to Gawain. 1973. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Gawain and the Grene Knight -- Sources. 2. Gawaine (Legendary character) -- Romances -- Sources. 3. Arthurian romances -- Sources. 4. Literature, Medieval. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 9602131586 Sinai, treasures of the monastery of Saint Catherine. / general editor, Konstantinos A. Manafis. Athens, Ekdotike Athenon, c1990. 399 p. col. ill. 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-396) and index. 1. Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai) -- History. 2. Monasteries -- Egypt -- Mount Sinai. 3. Art, Byzantine -- Egypt -- Mount Sinai. 4. Art, Early Christian -- Egypt -- Mount Sinai. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> Bray, Dorothy Ann. A list of motifs in the lives of the early Irish saints. / by Dorothy Ann Bray. Helsinki, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1992. 138 p. 24 cm. Series: FF communications, no. 252. Includes bibliographical references (p. ¦24á-25). 1. Saints -- Ireland -- Legends. 2. Folk literature, Irish -- Themes, motives. [rocks. dirt. bugs. etc. - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0631159673 Fraser, Angus M. The gypsies. / Angus Fraser. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass. USA, Blackwell, 1992. ix, 359 p. ill., maps. 24 cm. Series: Peoples of Europe. Includes bibliographical references (p. ¦319á-339) and index. 1. Gypsies. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 082041767X Yarom, Nitza, 1943- Body, blood, and sexuality : a psychoanalytic study of St. Francis' stigmata and their historical context / Nitza Yarom. New York : P. Lang, c1992. 148 p. : port. ; 24 cm. Series: Studies in history and culture ; vol. 4 Includes bibliographical references (p. ¦135á-140) and index. 1. Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 Psychology. 2. Stigmatization Psychological aspects. [yes, you too can be published! just write whatever drivel you like and send it in to the address on the back of this package. Please close cover before striking - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0300053428 Duffy, Eamon. The stripping of the altars, traditional religion in England, c.1400-c.1580. / Eamon Duffy. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1992. xii, 654 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Reformation -- England. 2. England -- Religious life and customs. 3. England -- Church history. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0847816257 From Viking to crusader, the Scandinavians and Europe, 800-1200. / general editors, Else Roesdahl and David M. Wilson ; ¦translation from Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and German by Helen Clarke, with additional translations by Joan F. Davidson ... et al., Russian texts were translated from the Swedish translation of Ingmar Jansson, translation from the French by Joan F. Davidson, Gillian Fellows-Jensená. New York, Rizzoli, 1992. 429 p. ill. (some col.), col. maps. 28 cm. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Nordic Coucil of Ministers in collaboration with the Council of Europe. The 22nd Council of Europe Exhibition ... Grand Palais, Paris, 2 April-12 July 1992 ... Altes Museum, Berlin, 2 September-15 November 1992 ... Danmarks nationalmuseum, Copenhagen, 26 December 1992-14 March 1993"--P. ¦7á. Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-423) and index. 1. Vikings -- Europe -- History -- Exhibitions. 2. Vikings -- Material culture -- Exhibitions. 3. Vikings -- Jewelry -- Exhibitions. [some great pictures, if I remember correctly - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0859913554 Kennedy, Beverly, 1934-. Knighthood in the Morte Darthur. / Beverly Kennedy. 2nd ed. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY, USA, D.S. Brewer, 1992. 404 p. 24 cm. Series: Arthurian studies, 11. Includes bibliographical references (p. ¦384á-394) and index. 1. Malory,Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. / Morte d'Arthur. 2. Arthurian romances -- History and criticism. 3. Knights and knighthood in literature. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country, what the children saw and heard there. / by Joel Chandler Harris ... illustrated by Oliver Herford. Boston; New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1894. viii, ¦5á-230 p. front., plates. 22 cm. Sequel: Mr. Rabbit at home. [oops, how'd that one get in here? never mind. - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0029115736 The Jews of Spain, a history of the Sephardic experience. / Jane S. Gerber. New York, Free Press, c1992. xxv, 333 p. ill., maps. 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index. 1. Jews -- Spain -- History. 2. Sephardim -- History. 3. Spain -- Ethnic relations. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0198175108 Gardner, Julian. The tomb and the tiara, curial tomb sculpture in Rome and Avignon in the later Middle Ages. / Julian Gardner. Oxford, Clarendon Press; New York, Oxford University Press, 1992. xxiv, 183 p., ¦110á p. of plates. ill. 29 cm. Series: Clarendon studies in the history of art. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sepulchral monuments, Gothic -- Italy -- Rome. 2. Sepulchral monuments -- Italy -- Rome. 3. Sepulchral monuments, Gothic -- France -- Avignon. 4. Sepulchral monuments -- France -- Avignon. 5. Popes -- Tombs. 6. Cardinals -- Tombs. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// internet: || Therion Calgate || hzs@psuvm.psu.edu || Mountain Confederation || but wait, there's more! || AEthlemearc || I said what? || Golden Mooselette || \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Organization: Penn State University Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 17:12:08 EDT From: Therion Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Return of the Son of NIB's Part II - The Sequel more New and Interesting Books. See Part I for even more excitement. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0810964139 al-Andalus, the art of Islamic Spain. / edited by Jerrilynn D. Dodds. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1992. xxx, 432 p. ill. (some col.), maps. 32 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Alhambra, Granada, March 18-June 7, 1992, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, July 1-September 27, 1992. Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-412) and index. 1. Art, Islamic -- Spain -- Exhibitions. 2. Art, Medieval -- Spain -- Exhibitions. 3. Art -- Spain -- Exhibitions. [now this one I remember! some really nifty artwork - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0874776589 Kipnis, Aaron R. Knights without armor, a practical guide for men in quest of masculine soul. / Aaron R. Kipnis ; foreword by Robert A. Johnson. 1st ed. Los Angeles, Tarcher; New York, Distributed by St. Martin's Press, c1991. xv, 293 p. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-293). 1. Men -- Psychology. 2. Masculinity (Psychology). [makes me glad I've got armor. I know where *my* masculine soul is. wait a minute, I'm not a knight. Uh oh. Hang on, I'll go see if I can get some references for my masculinity. Or were they talking about Chivalry who fight in just helmets and loincloths? I'm confused. - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 3791311395 Krenn, Peter. Imperial Austria, treasures of art, arms & armor from the state of Styria. / by Peter Krenn and Walter J. Karcheski, Jr.; coordinated by Katherine S. Howe. Munich, Prestel, 1992. ix, 133 p. ill. 30 cm. Includes index. 1. Weapons -- Austria -- Styria -- Exhibitions. 2. Armor -- Austria -- Styria -- Exhibitions. 3. Art, Austrian -- Exhibitions. 4. Art, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- Austria -- Styria -- Exhibitions. 5. Art -- 16th century -- Austria -- Styria -- Exhibitions. [the book of last winter's Smithsonian exhibition that I missed. A major wish list - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 3433027056 Petruccioli, Attilio, 1945-. Fatehpur Sikri. / text, Attilio Petruccioli ; photographs, Thomas Dix ; :English translation, Cynthia Ipsen:. Berlin, Ernst & Sohn, c1992. 55 p. chiefly ill. (some col.). 31 cm. Series: Opus (Ernst & Sohn), 5. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Akbar, Empreror of Hindustan, 1542-1605 -- Contributions in architecture. 2. Palaces -- India -- Fatehpur Sikri. 3. Architecture, Mogul -- India -- Fatehpur Sikri. 4. Architecture, Islamic -- India -- Fatehpur Sikri. 5. Fatehpur Sikri (India) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 6. Fatehpur Sikri (India) -- Pictorial works. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0851153305 The Age of Sutton Hoo, the seventh century in north-western Europe. / edited by M.O.H. Carver. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY, USA, Boydell Press, 1992. xviii, 406 p., :32: p. of plates. ill., maps. 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. :373:-406). 1. Anglo-Saxons -- Kings and rulers -- Death and burial. 2. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Europe, Northern. 3. Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Suffolk. 4. Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Suffolk. 5. Ship burial -- Europe, Northern. 6. Ship burial -- England -- Suffolk. 7. Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. 8. Seventh century. 9. Sutton Hoo Ship Burial (England). 10. Suffolk (England) -- Antiquities. 11. England -- Civilization -- To 1066. 12. Europe, Northern -- Antiquities. [didn't notice if this was on the recent bibliography list - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0292770510 Mathisen, Ralph W., 1947. Roman aristocrats in barbarian Gaul, strategies for survival in an age of transition. / Ralph Whitney Mathisen. 1st ed. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1993. xv, 275 p. maps. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Romans -- France -- Cultural assimilation. 2. Nobility -- Rome. 3. Gaul -- History -- 58 B.C.-511 A.D. 4. Rome -- History -- Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0631178775 Dupont, Florence. :Vie quotidienne du citoyen romain sous la Republique. English.: Daily life in ancient Rome. / Florence Dupont ; translated by Christopher Woodall. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, USA, Blackwell, 1993. xi, 314 p. ill : 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. :297:-298) and index. 1. Rome -- Social life and customs. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0812230620 Riche, Pierre. :Carolingiens. English.: The Carolingians, a family who forged Europe. / Pierre Riche ; translated from the French by Michael Idomir Allen. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, c1993. xix, 398 p. ill., map. 24 cm. Series: Middle Ages series. Translation of: Les Carolingiens. Includes bibliographical references (p. :377:-380) and index. 1. Carolingians. 2. Middle Ages -- History. 3. Civilization, Medieval. 4. France -- History -- To 987. 5. Europe -- History -- 476-1492. 6. France -- Kings and rulers. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> Marinatos, Nanno. Minoan religion, ritual, image, and symbol. / Nanno Marinatos. Columbia, S.C., University of South Carolina Press, c1993. x, 306 p. ill., maps. 27 cm. Series: Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-295) and index. 1. Minoans -- Religion. 2. Crete (Greece) -- Religion. [great early garb documentation - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 1879836027 Sutton Hoo, fifty years after. / edited by Robert Farrell and Carol Neuman de Vegvar. Oxford, Ohio, American Early Medieval Studies, Miami University, Dept. of Art, 1992. 198 p. ill. 28 cm. Series: American early medieval studies, 2. "The papers in this volume were given at the twenty-fourth conference on Medieval Studies held at Western Michigan University, from 4 to 7 May, 1989."--p. 1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-197). 1. Sutton Hoo Ship Burial (England) -- Congresses. 2. Anglo-Saxons -- Congresses. 3. England -- Antiquities -- Congresses. [holy kalamazoo, batman! - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0631170782 Le Goff, Jacques, 1924-. :Intellectuels au Moyen Age. English.: Intellectuals in the Middle Ages. / Jacques Le Goff ; translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass., USA, Blackwell, 1993. xxiv, 194 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Civilization, Medieval. 2. Learning and scholarship -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500. 3. Europe -- Intellectual life. [they all hung out through Internet, of course - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0521343631 Cadden, Joan, 1944-. The meanings of sex difference in the Middle Ages: medicine, science, and culture. / Joan Cadden. Cambridge; New York, NY, USA, Cambridge University Press, 1993. xii, 310 p. ill. 24 cm. Series: Cambridge history of medicine. Includes bibliographical references (p. :283:-303) and index. 1. Medicine, Medieval -- History. 2. Sex differences -- Philosophy -- History. 3. Human reproduction -- Philosophy -- History. 4. Scholasticism. [vive le diffrence! or something like that. I'm English, can't speak a bloody word of French - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0521417139 Huot, Sylvia Jean. The Romance of the rose and its medieval readers, interpretation, reception, manuscript transmission. / Sylvia Huot. Cambridge :England:; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1993. xvi, 404 p. ill. 24 cm. Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature, 16. Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-395) and indexes. 1. Guillaume, ( de Lorris ), fl. 1230. / Roman de la Rose. 2. Jean, ( de Meun ), d. 1305 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. 3. Guillaume, ( de Lorris ), fl. 1230 -- Parodies, imitations, etc. 4. Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. 5. Love poetry, French -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. 6. Romances -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. 7. Authors and readers -- France -- History. 8. Books and reading -- France -- History. 9. Manuscripts, Medieval -- France. 10. Courtly love in literature. 11. Transmission of texts. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0300054424 Rome reborn, the Vatican Library and Renaissance culture. / edited by Anthony Grafton. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress; New Haven, Yale University Press, c1993. xxvi, 323 p. ill., facsims. 31 cm. "In association with the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City". Accompanies an exhibition at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Jan. 6-Apr. 30, 1993. Includes index. 1. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana -- Exhibitions. 2. Renaissance -- Exhibitions. 3. Renaissance -- Italy -- Rome -- Exhibitions. 4. Rome (Italy) -- Civilization -- Exhibitions. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0851153194 Medieval knighthood IV, papers from the fifth Strawberry Hill conference 1990. / edited by Christopher Harper-Bill and Ruth Harvey. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY, Boydell Press, 1992. xiv, 240 p., :16: p. of plates. ill. 24 cm. Papers from the first-fourth conferences published under title: The ideals and practice of medieval knighthood. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Knights and knighthood -- Europe -- History -- Congresses. 2. Chivalry -- Congresses. 3. Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Congresses. [not to be confused with the Boone's Farm conference that devastated the eastrealm chivalry back in AS VII - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0435086073 Ingham, Rosemary. The costume designer's handbook, a complete guide for amateur and professional costume designers. / Rosemary Ingham, Liz Covey. 2nd ed., rev. and updated. Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann, c1992. 286 p. ill. (some col.). 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-254) and index. 1. Costume design. 2. Costume. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0435086103 Ingham, Rosemary. The costume technician's handbook, a complete guide for amateur and professional costume technicians. / Rosemary Ingham, Liz Covey. :Rev. ed.:. Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann, c1992. 458 p., :8: p. of plates. ill. (some col.). 24 cm. Rev. of: The costumer's handbook. c1980. Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-423) and index. 1. Costume design. 2. Costume. [just the resources list makes this one to die for. Does anyone know how vacuform armor will hold up to rattan? - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> >>> isbn 0937274585 The Costumemaker's art, cloaks of fantasy, masks of revelation. / edited by Thom Boswell. Asheville, N.C., Lark Books, 1992. 144 p. col. ill. 29 cm. Includes index. 1. Wearable art -- United States -- Themes, motives. 2. Costume -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Themes, motives. [includes some really cool costuming by AEthelmearc SCAdians. Lady Animal X does a great sneer. - T] <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> That's all for now, folks! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// internet: || Therion Calgate || hzs@psuvm.psu.edu || Mountain Confederation || There. I'll bet you didn't || AEthlemearc || expect me to ever post I said what? || Golden Mooselette || anything serious. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ From: Tim@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Tim) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: scrolls..... Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 08:57:01 Robyyan wrote: DR> I've gotten a scribe to agree to do just that for me, if I can provide DR> examples in an appropriate hand for her to work from. My problem is DR> time -- I haven't been able to get to the library to hunt up any, in a DR> subject area I know almost nothing about. So can anyone give me some DR> timesaving pointers? Marc Drogin, *Medieval Calligraphy*, a book that no SCA scribe ought to be without. Widely available, not expensive; I think there's a paperback edition out. Tadhg, Hanaper ocitor!tim.4229@rwsys.lonestar.org * Origin: Herald's Point * Steppes/Ansteorra * 214-699-0057 (1:124/4229) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: BDP@HOLONET.NET Subject: Cooking refs Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access System: 510-704-1058/modem Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1993 19:38:12 GMT One other work which is now quite easy to find, and so I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned, is Maxime de la Falaise's _Seven Centuries of English Cooking_. (Barnes and Noble Press, 1992, ISBN 1-56619-112-2) de la Falaise's book covers from the 14th - 20th centuries. The first 100 or so pages of the book (which is sitting not six inches from my keyboard as I type this) are devoted to the 14th, 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries. The author includes both the references and original form of each recipe, as well as her modern English translation and an explanation of the social and/or cultural relevance of each. I *have* used this to make dinner for friends and family, actually. The onion-almond soup got my roommate and I through the worst of the rainy season, the tri-color potato soup is simmering right now for my luncheon date in an hour, and the Roast Chicken with cold spiced chicken relish and onion tarts was an interesting way to cook dinner for my mother and her fiancee last week (proving to them both that the money my family spent on my undergraduate degree in Medieval History was NOT wasted...) As you can guess by the publisher's name, this book is available through Barnes and Noble bookstore. I got it during an unadvertised sale clearance on Medieval and Renaissance reference texts for all of about 8 bucks. HIGHLY recommended, in fact, and if any of the recipes I've mentioned above has set mouths to watering, let me know and I'll send them to you. :) BDP/Malachi The Reverend Benjamin D. Pollack, [bdp@holonet.net] Minister & Archbishop, The First Church of Cyberspace aka "Morgan Bluejeans", [mbj@delphi.com] Chaplain & Business Manager, Dedaparamaxxaginos Productions From: greg@bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Greg Rose) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Romance of the Rose Date: 6 Jul 1993 05:21:10 -0400 Organization: MIT LCS guest machine Pedro de Alcazar writes: >I've heard about the ROMANCE OF THE ROSE as an important and much >read book during our period, and I've been wondering if there's a >good English translation of it around, as I have no command of >French or Latin. Thanks! Well, there's Geoffrey Chaucer's.... Seriously, I'd recommend Charles Dahlberg's translation, _The Romance of the Rose_ (Princeton, 1971; reprinted by University Press of New England in the 1980s). If you are interested in Chaucer's translation, take a look at: R. Sutherlind, ed. _The Romaunt of the Rose and Le roman de la Rose: A Parallel-Text Edition_. Berkeley, 1968. See whether old Geoffrey did Guillaume de Lorris justice or not. Hossein/Greg Organization: Penn State University Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 15:47:24 EDT From: Therion Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Livre de Chasse Lady Elizabeth asks: >I'm looking for help in locating a book: >Livre de Chasse (Book of the Hunt) by Gaston de Foix >Any hints? Hint, hint, m'lady - Gaston III, Phoebus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391. :Phebus des deduiz de la chasse.: Le livre de la chasse, Das Buch von der Jagd : vollst. Faks.-Ausg. im Originalformat des Manuscrit francais 616 d. Bibliotheque nationale, Paris. / Gaston Phoebus ; Kommentar, Marcel Thomas, Francois Avril ; ubersetzt von Eberhard Konig, Pierre Herzog von Brissac ; Transkription, Robert und Andre Bossuat. Graz, Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst., 1976. xviii, 58 p. 36 cm. & facsim. (138 leaves : col. ill. 36 cm.). Series: Codices selecti phototypice impressi, v. 53; 53*. First published in 1507 under title: Phebus des deduiz de la chasse des bestes sauuaiges et des oyseaux de proye. Includes modernized French translation with German commentary. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Hunting -- Early works to 1800. <--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--><--> Edward, of Norwich, 2d Duke of York, 1373?-1415. The master of game, the oldest English book on hunting. / Edited by Wm. A. and F. Baillie-Grohman. With a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. . New York, Duffield & Co., 1909; :New York, AMS Press, 1974:. xxix, 302 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes the original text and a modernized version. Includes index. In large part a translation from Count Gaston de Foix's Livre de chasse. Bibliography: p. 268-281. 1. Hunting -- Early works to 1800. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// internet: || Therion Calgate || hzs@psuvm.psu.edu || Mountain Confederation || But where's the Joy || AEthlemearc || these days, Elizabeth? I said what? || Golden Mooselette || \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Everything I say is official SCA policy, and God's own truth. Really. From: james@nucleus.cuc.ab.CA (James Prescott) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Cookery Books Date: 7 Jul 1993 18:52:34 -0400 Organization: Nucleus Information Service - Unto Angharad ver' Rhuawn and others, greetings. To your list of cookery sources you might add: Prescott, James, trans., _Le Viandier de Taillevent_, Alfarhaugr Publishing Society (Eugene, Oregon) 1989, ISBN 0-9623719-0-4 (hbk), ISBN 0-9623719-1-2 (pbk). A translation of the Vatican Library manuscript, with glossaries and extensive index. Alfarhaugr is a non-profit publisher in An Tir, and also publishes the Elf Hill Times (the kingdom A&S magazine) and the Elf Hill TImes Songbook. The cost of the Viandier is, I think, $12 US for the hardback, and $8 US for the paperback, plus $1.75 postage. Alfarhaugr Publishing Society 3025 Nelso Lane Eugene OR USA 97405 - Thorvald/James (james@nucleus.cuc.ab.ca) From: Jeffrey.L.Singman@um.cc.umich.EDU Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Living History Publications Date: 20 Jul 1993 07:11:50 -0400 Organization: The Internet I have been getting a lot of inquiries about the status of the various Vox Clamantis publications. The current story is: -The revised and expanded edition of the Elizabethan Handbook is now at the printer's, and will be picked up tomorrow. -The Chaucerian Handbook is just about finished--I am only waiting to hear from a correspondent in England about a 14th century living history group there. I plan to have it published within the next two weeks. -The Vox Clamantis Journal (which now covers only the period before 1560) has been taken over by a new editor in California, and hopefully will resume publication within the next few months. If you would like further information, feel free to e-mail me, write (2244 St Francis Dr. Apt A107 Ann Arbor MI 48104) or call (313-677- 1451). Jeffrey L. Singman From: danny@orthanc.cs.su.oz.au (Danny) Subject: Book Review - The Medieval Machine Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 09:04:19 GMT [ note followup ] The Medieval Machine - The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages Jean Gimpel Pimlico 1992 (2nd edition, first published 1988) (translated from the French) pp. 294 (+preface, +chronology, index) [ history of technology, economic history ] Economic history has a reputation for extreme dryness, and probably conjures up visions of statistical compilations in most people's minds. On the other hand works on the history of technology are few and far between. Gimpel's _The Medieval Machine_ is an unusual mixture of the two, being an extremely readable work aimed at a popular audience. It presents a potpourri of information about the technological successes and achievements of the Middle Ages, and should do much to correct the still stereotypical view of the Middle Ages as backward, superstition- ridden and technologically primitive. The basic idea is that in the two centuries from around 1050 Western Europe went through a kind of industrial revolution that was as significant as that of the nineteenth century. (The evidence Gimpel presents is drawn largely from France and England, but Italy and Germany and to a lesser extent other countries also get a mention.) This is fitted into a thesis of wider scope, which I discuss at the end of this review. The first three chapters deal with medieval "primary industry" - with energy sources, agriculture and mining. The first chapter describes the crucial importance to the economy of different sources of energy - river, wind and tidal. Their most important use was in mills for grinding corn, but they were also used to drive machinery for many other purposes, including fulling cloth and pressing olives. The role of the Cistercian monasteries and the social factors leading to a more general acceptance of machines than in classical times are discussed. An interesting snippet is a brief history of the worlds first joint stock company - a French mill owners organisation formed in the late 14th Century that survived until nationalised after World War II. The next chapter looks at the agricultural revolution. The introduction of the modern harness (making horses more effective than oxen in plowing and pulling loads), the three year fallow system, the heavy wheeled plough and other innovations contributed to a large increase in food production. The effects of this on the diet and living standards of people were considerable, with records showing that students at a Paris school had diets that are almost impeccable when subjected to modern nutritional analysis. Another effect was a large population increase throughout the period. Gimpel is also concerned to demonstrate that medieval agriculture was to a large extent, with treatises on the subject being extremely popular. Stone quarrying and iron were the most important mining industries in medieval Europe, but tin, lead and of course silver and gold were also very important. Again the Cistercian monasteries played a critical role. German miners attained a particular reputation for excellence and moved throughout Europe (apparently this is reflected in the large proportion of words of German origin in mining vocabulary). The importance of mining was reflected in the prevalence of Crown rights over mineral wealth throughout much of Europe. The next two chapters deal with the broader social aspects of medieval technology: one on environmental issues and one on working conditions in medieval industries. I was intrigued to discover that pollution and resulting concern about the quality of the environment are not modern phenomena - England had national anti-pollution laws as early as 1388! Working conditions differed drastically between industries. Miners and mining communities were granted exceptional privileges while workers in the textile industry were under the tight control of financial and commercial interests, with working conditions foreshadowing those of the later industrial revolution. Working conditions in the building industry were better in the medieval period than in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Strikes in the latter two industries were not uncommon. Then there are chapters on two more specific aspects of medieval technology: one on the role of the great architect-engineers (focusing on Villard de Honnecourt) and their construction of the cathedrals that were the pinnacle of medieval achievement, and another on the development of the clock. The final chapter looks at medieval science and its relationship with medieval technology. Here Gimpel is concerned to point out that Leonardo and the other Renaissance humanists drew many of their ideas from earlier writers, who have got a bad press from history. The general effect of all this is pretty convincing, but due to the selective and anecdotal nature of the account it is hard to tell what bias there may have been in the selection of facts. So I am a little wary about basing any generalisations on the content. However a more "objective" and statistically rigorous approach would certainly have detracted from the book's readability, so I can't really complain about this. The last chapter is particularly controversial, as it is here Gimpel goes further and argues that the medieval "industrial revolution" was followed by a setback in the progress of technology. It is worrying that much of the evidence he presents in the other chapters for the forward-looking and progressive nature of medieval technology in fact dates to within the period he wants to describe as an "era of decay" (this can be seen by internal analysis - Gimpel isn't falsifying the evidence). It is also unclear how much bias there may have been in the selective use of statistical materials. The book contains many graphs showing wages, prices, etc. varying in a fashion consistent with Gimpel's thesis, but perhaps there are others that could have been included that would suggest otherwise. If the final chapter is controversial, the meta-narrative (contained in the preface and the chapter-length epilogue) is even more adventurous (one might even say wildly speculative). Gimpel's central idea is that the modern United States is going through a similar cycle to medieval France and is now in process of decay. In so far as this is based on a theory of history as driven by two fundamental underlying properties of society (namely "technological evolution" and "psychological drive") and in so far as specific dates are given as the changeover points between phases, this seems massively oversimplistic to me. Some parts of the comparison, however, are quite interesting, and the bulk of the book can be read and appreciated even if one disagrees completely with the more general theory. At any rate, while _The Medieval Machine_ did manage to make me rethink my conception of medieval Europe, the most impressive thing about it was how much fun it was to read. I can heartily recommend it to anyone interested either in medieval history or in the history of technology, but it is the sort of book that will also be enjoyed by people who have no interest in either. As well as being clearly written, it is nicely illustrated with black and white photographs and makes good use of line drawings and graphs. Danny Yee (danny@cs.su.oz.au) 23/7/93 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Comments on my reviews are always welcome. Criticism of any kind is particularly appreciated - anything from pointing out spelling mistakes to disagreement with the basic assumptions of the review. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This review may by requested from any Internet site via $ finger 'books=The_Medieval_Machine%danny@orthanc.cs.su.oz.au' a list of my other book reviews may be obtained with $ finger 'books%danny@orthanc.cs.su.oz.au' and individual reviews extracted similarly $ finger 'books=Title_From_Index%danny@orthanc.cs.su.oz.au' --------------------------------------------------------- Edited by Mark S. Harris books2-msg