... mundanely ... 15th ... Stephen, ... Hello! You found something! May I know where you got it from? Also, you could consider covering the modern cover with a...
I do apologise if I stir up the 'persona and religion' thread that just quietened down, but I'm curious about people who portray members of religious orders,...
In a message dated 3/1/2008 4:40:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Authentic_SCA@yahoogroups.com writes: <<In our 3 years attending SCA events in Insulæ...
Lady Gwerfyl verch Aneirin, the Chronicler and Royal Scrivener of Atlantia is a bookbinder. Natasha Laity Snyder Lady Tangwystel vyrgh Gwethenek Chronicler ...
Greetings, I was reading a book about the embroideries in Hardwick Hall and there was a brief mention of table carpets done in turkey stitch. Unfortunately it...
... This sounds fascinating. "Turkey stitch" does suggest Turkey or Turkestan, which latter does suggest kilim (or kelim or gelim) but those aren't pile...
Here's an excerpt from my Ithra class lecture Survey of Needlework: "One of the more curious home furnishings to arise during the Tudor erea was that of the...
Cynthia J Ley
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Mar 3, 2008 3:49 pm
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Arlys, Could you provide a reference for the information? I'd love to read more about Turkey carpets and the like and your information sounds like it comes...
It's from a bunch of different sources--I'll try to hunt them down after work today. :-) Arlys On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:17:42 -0500 "Amy Heilveil"...
Cynthia J Ley
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Mar 3, 2008 5:36 pm
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... This exchange is a beautiful example of why it is helpful to cite one's sources within the text of whatever one is writing, particularly something like...
I have a question dealing with table carpets, how big were they? Did they just fit the top of the table, or did they hang over the sides like table cloths? ...
The Bradford shows various hunting and fishing scenes, with a pretty architectual rail across the top and bottom edges. Check under Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Cynthia J Ley
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Mar 4, 2008 12:14 am
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... Did they ... table ... designs? Or the ... have been ... panels of ... virtue, it ... Wow, I had no idea so many people would be interested. Here are some...
I hunted in a lot of places--basically every embroidery book I could lay my little paws on. Most useful was John L. Nevinson's _Catalogue of English Domestic...
Cynthia J Ley
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Mar 4, 2008 6:13 am
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This came over Revlist; I hadn't seen it mentioned on any more relevant list: ...
Hey Everyone, My lord has decided on a Roman persona. What would you say are the absolute MUST have books? Are there any that I should avoid? I'm hoping to get...
Rosie asks ... Rosie - Here's the important question - What KIND of Roman? Republican, Imperial, Late (post-Imperial expansion), Byzantine? A little ...
... He seems keen on the first century Romans; Rome rather than Byzantium. He says he wants to get a Roman style kit together for combat, both archery and...
A very good basic to have in the collection is _The World of Roman Costume_ by Sebesta and Bonfante. It's about $30-45. There is an SCA_romans list in Yahoo!...
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/exhibition.html A wonderful collection of extant documents from the Fatimid period of Islamic control. Samia in...
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... about getting my wife a replica medieval prayer book of some kind or a replica early Bible, for some time; - and someone sent me a URL which connected me...
Sounds like my hubby. He's 1st c. Roman as well, and still developing his main persona. (First thing was to get him garb.) Check out SCA Romans list for...
The book Roman Clothing and Fashion by AT Croom is another really good one, which has some nice full color reconstruction photos. It also covers clothes...
Greetings! My husband and I are relatively new to the SCA and are playing early 11th c. Byzantine, from Cappadocia. We're slowly working toward more period,...
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