Who cares about 'station'?? It's ALL ABOUT THE BLING!!! OK, now that I've gotten that off my chest.... ;-) Seriously though, there are a couple of notes...
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john Kowal
thlavl
Jan 7, 2012 11:51 am
For those following the Old Church Calendar, Last night as Family and Friends were gathered together to celebrate the Birth of Christ, the Children looked up...
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tofaeiriksdottir
tofaeiriksdo...
Jan 8, 2012 12:57 am
Hi all, How would this name be written out ? I am going for about late 12th/early 13th century...Aleksandrovna, daughter of Volodislav Dragomir, would it just...
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goldschp tds.net
goldschp
Jan 8, 2012 1:22 am
What would be your given name? The SCA requires that you have a given name, even if the name you are suggesting (all bynames) would have been quite period. --...
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Hastings Sanderson
hastings_1066ad
Jan 8, 2012 6:24 pm
I just ordered *The Russian Ornament Sourcebook*, newly published by Vivays Publishing. I had just acquired their *Russian Elegance:City and Country Fashion*...
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Madeleine Delacroix
tofaeiriksdo...
Jan 8, 2012 9:09 pm
What I would like as a given name is either Oleksandra or Aleksandra, daughter of Volodislav Dragomir , the other names I gave are just something I saw...
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goldschp tds.net
goldschp
Jan 8, 2012 10:21 pm
Ok, I was thrown off by that Aleksandrovna you mentioned since it is a modern patronymic. Oleksandra or Aleksandra are fine. How about Oleksandra...
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tofaeiriksdottir
tofaeiriksdo...
Jan 8, 2012 11:41 pm
Thanks, I thought I read on the St. Gabe's page that it was modern (drovna)..I should have said how would you say it instead of written out, I just wanted to...
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Tatiana Golter
tatiana_mosk...
Jan 9, 2012 2:30 pm
Thank you so much for recomending the Russian Elegance book. I needed some inspiration to start working on garb again. Tatiana Moskovskaia [Non-text portions...
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Anya Stickney
anyastickney
Jan 9, 2012 4:41 pm
I'm not familiar with period naming schemes, but in modern Russian, it would be Oleksandra Volodislavovna Dragomirova (notice the extra 'n' in the middle...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Jan 9, 2012 7:31 pm
I know the feeling -- I ran out & bought fabric for garb for the first time in almost a YEAR yesterday! (Ok, so last year at this time I was...
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Tatiana
tatiana_mosk...
Jan 9, 2012 9:08 pm
However, as far as I know, there are two forms of Russian art that are period, Mezen painting and Gzhel. Gzel is somewhat questionable, but Mezen is definitely...
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Anya Stickney
anyastickney
Jan 9, 2012 9:29 pm
I have seen this, but never knew what the style was called. Thanks! -Anya ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Tatiana
tatiana_mosk...
Jan 9, 2012 9:38 pm
You are welcome, Mezen art is beautiful in it's simplicity and easily recreated in embroidery and such. Tatiana Moskovskaia...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Jan 9, 2012 10:21 pm
Hey, I wanted to give a big shout out to one of our own -- Lady Lada Monguligin. This weekend at the East Kingdom 12th Night, Lada was inducted into the...
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Tatiana
tatiana_mosk...
Jan 9, 2012 11:01 pm
Congratulations! Beautiful work! Tatiana...
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Anya Stickney
anyastickney
Jan 9, 2012 11:44 pm
Does anyone recognize the books that images 5 and 10 came from (http://www.geocities.ws/hausvdk/kievan.html)? I would love to get these books, but there is no...
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Ladie Lada
ladie_lada
Jan 9, 2012 11:52 pm
Thank you! :) I was totally surprised and most honored by this. Lada Sent from my iPhone ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Jan 10, 2012 12:18 am
WAAAH! FLASHBACKS!!! OK, that's my old old OLD website that I put up for Haus VDK several years ago, for a russian themed winter reign. Images 5, 7,...
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Anya Stickney
anyastickney
Jan 10, 2012 12:24 am
Thanks! It looks like the U of A library has it on inter-library loan. -Anya ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Lucky! I had to buy it. Not that I'm really complaining, but it worked out to be a $100+ for me. And my husband reminds me that those images weren't...
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Amy C Wetzel
neodathomir
Jan 10, 2012 1:34 pm
But if you're looking for Kievan Rus clothing, it's perfect! Skaia -- it is because you have learned to do evil that you cannot now unlearn to do well...
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Anya Stickney
anyastickney
Jan 10, 2012 4:52 pm
Excellent! Kievan Rus garb is exactly what I'm looking for. In case anyone is interested, I found a picasa site with photos from this book. ...
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Gary C
gcheimis
Jan 10, 2012 11:16 pm
Hi All, I am looking for assistance on a Lithuanian name for the SCA. I looking for 14th - 15th century. How close is "Mikolaj Pilypas"? Thanks in advance...
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Beth Harper
edgeofcenter
Jan 11, 2012 12:42 am
Do you have documentation? (Don't try to back-document a Lithuanian name. Trust me. It's a long, hard road with tears, bitterness, and a Wordpress migration at...
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Patty
patoodle2001
Jan 11, 2012 3:13 am
Yep, I'm the first to admit that Lithuanian name documentation is one tough slog. Generally, when I read an encyclopedia entry or short bio of a historical...
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Gary C
gcheimis
Jan 11, 2012 1:52 pm
I chose the Mikolaj based upon finding it used by multiple people in period: Mikołaj II Radziwiłł (1470–1521), Grand Chancellor of Lithuania Mikołaj III...
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quokkaqueen
Jan 12, 2012 1:49 am
<<snip>> ... <<snip>> As everyone else has said, due to the lack of resources available, Lithuanian names are tricky. Part of the problem is that the language...
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quokkaqueen
Jan 14, 2012 4:36 am
We might be in luck! (Although I've only been able to look at 16-17th c. documents.) Historical Documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
