Well now, as to cotton pile fabric (or cotton velvet) used for a letnik....... There was a cotton pile fabric called fustian from the early cotton industry...
For those of you interested in pysanky (aka Ukrainian Easter eggs): the fall 2005 issue of THE PYSANKA (quarterly digest-sized newsletter dedicated to the art...
I have a beautiful deep red short pile cotton velvet with no pattern on it. I was wondering if it would be appropriate to use for a Letnik? If not, does anyone...
Hello - Working on a publication ("The Oak," the Atlantian A&S newsletter), and we need inspiration for the basis of an illustration, and I thought it'd be...
If you are using an AOL account as your official email contact for the Slavic Interest Group (NOT this listserv, but the Group -- see the SIG mailing list if...
Hello, The database is up at the Historical Yellowpages: www.shypages.com Click on the ONLINE YELLOWPAGES button then a number to see time periods or a letter...
There is now a subject index to Slovo on the SIG website. It probably still needs some tweaking, but should make it easier to go through old issues: ...
The modern punch needle machine was created in 1976, according to my Easy Punch Book. Supposedly the looped stitch was done with a regular needle far into the...
OK, so I'm really intrigued by this whole Normanist/Anti-Normanist thing and it apparently is a hot topic in Russian academia. I'm wondering if any list...
I've updated the title and author indexes for Slovo (guess who's written the most articles for Slovo?) and I'll start on the Subject Index after the WI Book...
Greetings, I just wanted to let everyone know I just added two photo albums to this site they are all of wooden church interiors. I must also add that they...
Greetings all, I would like to offer my comment on the subject of "Rus" as a reference to a [small] geographical area. I think that Sfandra's request for...
In response to 'looking for Ukrainian music. A good domestic source for Russian/Ukrainian music is www.rbcmp3.com<http://www.rbcmp3.com>. They ship from New...
Hi my name is roshayann, I need help with finding good poems and songs from the 12th to the 16th centry. links and other sources are welcome. thanks Roshayann...
Does anyone know how I might get hold of Ukrainian folk music CD's? Thanks in advance for any help with this. Isabelle de Foix Shire Brantestone Kingdom of...
Dear Aldo, Thanks for the info. and I am sorry he has passed away I had hoped he would have completed more. I still hope to visit there one day. As for the...
Greetings all. Haven't posted in a while. Does anyone have a clear photo or drawing of any of the designs from the interior of the Debno wooden church? I have...
I was recently given an 1959 edition of the English translation of B. Grekov's "Kiev Rus" (Kievskaia Rus). I've just started reading it today. Has anyone...
Pravda is the noun. Russkaia is an adjective. "Rus'ka" is not anything at all. And as for the order of adjectives and nouns, let each nation's native...
This came through on a museum listserv I belong to; thought this might interest some people. Susannah PLEASE FORWARD AND POST New England Medieval Conference ...
I've been being industrious this weekend and have updated a number of pages of interest to SIG folks. 1) The Links and Knowledge Page pages on the SIG site...
So...is there anyone out there who would be able to translate something for me into Russian (Cyrillic)? I'm a scribe and the guy who used to do such things...
Would the kind Lady who recently published (1-3 yrs ago) an article of Hungarian garb in the TI (or maybe CA), please contact me off-list? Thanks! Pan Zygmunt...
This'll only help if you're doing the covering beading, but my answer from my First Nations work is to snug them all together and anchor them to each other to...