This is my Florilegium article for December 2019

Over the past twenty-nine years in an ongoing effort, I have been collecting bits of useful information from various newsgroups, mail lists, facebook groups, and articles whose authors have given me permission to publish. In order to make this information available to others, I have placed this information in a collection of files called 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. A&S documentation and class handouts will also often work well. I am especially interested in research papers submitted as A&S entries.

If you see someone's A&S documentation or perhaps an article in a local newsletter that you think deserves a wider audience, please let me know. I won't publish anything without the author's permission, but many authors are too reserved to send me their articles on their own.

THLord Stefan li Rous Ansteorra stefan at florilegium.org

Here are the new files for this month:

wet-nurses-msg Period wet nurses. (for nursing babies)

http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/wet-nurses-msg.html

Octo-Lutefish-art "Octo-Lutefisk" by Gwyn Chwith ap Llyr. Roasted Octopus treated with lye.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/Octo-Lutfisk-art.htmlJapan-Pickles-art "Fukujinzuke (red pickles for curry)" by HL Bronwyn ni Mhathain.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/Japan-Pickles-art.html

Waxed-Cloth-Cv-art "Waxed Cloth Covers" by Lady Marie Hélène of the New Forest.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/HOME/Waxed-Cloth-Cv-art.html

Ger-F-Braids-art "Zopfe: German Braids (False Braids/Artificial Braids) – History, How to Make, and How to Wear" by Baroness Genoveva von Lubeck.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/PERSONAL/Ger-F-Braids-art.html

licorice-root-msg Licorice root.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/licorice-root-msg.html

Why-I-Fight-art "Why I Fight" by Colyne Stewart.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-SOC/Why-I-Fight-art.html

batik-msg "Batik" is an Indonesian word for wax-resist dyeing. Not period in Europe but done in Asia.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/TEXTILES/batik-msg.html

This month I have only one updated file:

p-herbals-msg Period herb books. Modern editions.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/p-herbals-msg.html

For the holiday season, here are a couple of more files:

Hist-o-Eggnog-art (5K) 2/ 2/15 "History of Eggnog" by Nanna Rognvaldardottir of Iceland.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/Hist-o-Eggnog-art.html

wassail-msg (31K) 12/23/16 Spiced cider and ale drinks. Traditions.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/wassail-msg.html

The-Yule-Log-art (8K) 3/10/12 "The Yule Log" by Lady Katharine of Caithness.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/The-Yule-Log-art.html

Mkng-Med-Toys-art (12K) 2/22/15 "Medieval Toys You Can Make" by Aelflaed of the Weald (now Dame Joan Sutton).

http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/Mkng-Med-Toys-art.html

ham-msg (66K) 1/24/11 Period ham. Modern sources. Recipes.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/ham-msg.html

fruitcakes-msg (38K) 6/12/09 Period fruitcakes. Recipes.

http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/fruitcakes-msg.html

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Copyright 2019, Mark S. Harris. Permission to reprint in SCA-related publications is hereby granted if the file descriptions are left unchanged. Removing any of the updated files listed in order to fit the article into limited publication space is allowed.  The article introduction may also be edited, provided the web address and contact info are retained.

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