I know I’m showing up too late but in any case I tattach hereto an article for
Slovo... in Russian,

Ciao

Aldo

From: goldschp tds.net
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 3:34 PM
To: sig@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sig] Call for Articles!


I'm still looking for articles for the Fall Slovo. Do let me know if
you have something appropriate.

Thanks,
Paul




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It's a very short issue, but the Fall Slovo has been published:

http://www.goldschp.net/SIG/slovo/news67.html


Thanks,
Paul

Greetings fellow Russ-o-files,

I'm interested in making an outfit consisting of a navershnik and a
rubakha from 10th-12th c . The navershnik (light outerwear) that I'd
like to make is heavily embroidered at the bottom trim and vertically
down the front (a kajma I think).  But the more research I do, the
more I am perplexed about the combination of the outer garment
(navershnik) and the under layer (rubakha).  From what I've read and
the extant pieces that I've seen, the rubakha is typically heavily
embroidered at the trim with a geometric (mostly counted) stitch that
I've seen described as Russian scarlet work.  But the navershnic
embroidery is typically very floral, flowy, and non-geometrical.  It
seems to me that if worn together, the styles would clash
considerably.  Since a lot of Russian clothes seemed to emphasize
harmony and matching of styles, I don't see how one could wear a
rubakha with a heavily geometric pattern and a navershnik (and the
rest of the outer layer embroidery) in a flowy pattern.
Has anyone encountered this before, and how did you reconcile this? Or
am I over thinking this?

Thanks in advance!
Anya

I'm sorry I can't help much, but I'm very interested in what others have to day.
What little I do know is that the embroidery often was to keep the spirits from
entering your clothes. Maybe that reason plays in to the motifs somehow.

-Halbrust

-----Original Message-----
From: Anya Stickney <anyas5@...>
To: sig <sig@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 5:44 pm
Subject: [sig] Help whit embroidery




Greetings fellow Russ-o-files,

I'm interested in making an outfit consisting of a navershnik and a
rubakha from 10th-12th c . The navershnik (light outerwear) that I'd
like to make is heavily embroidered at the bottom trim and vertically
down the front (a kajma I think). But the more research I do, the
more I am perplexed about the combination of the outer garment
(navershnik) and the under layer (rubakha). From what I've read and
the extant pieces that I've seen, the rubakha is typically heavily
embroidered at the trim with a geometric (mostly counted) stitch that
I've seen described as Russian scarlet work. But the navershnic
embroidery is typically very floral, flowy, and non-geometrical. It
seems to me that if worn together, the styles would clash
considerably. Since a lot of Russian clothes seemed to emphasize
harmony and matching of styles, I don't see how one could wear a
rubakha with a heavily geometric pattern and a navershnik (and the
rest of the outer layer embroidery) in a flowy pattern.
Has anyone encountered this before, and how did you reconcile this? Or
am I over thinking this?

Thanks in advance!
Anya






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Greetings, all.

> Be careful you're matching your period. It gets a lot more gingerbreaded
> as time goes on. My first rybashkii were one line of machine embroidery
> (rushed project, 40 year was coming, and a chirurgeon wants clean shirts)
> but even as I'm doing my linen nice ones, all I find is geometry and
> complete barrier (except, sometimes, the back of the neck opening. I
> decided, being from 1200s Novgorod, to use a blanket stitch to anchor seams
> and because it's popular w Northern peoples, and a decorative bird foot
> design - geometric and heraldic for me. Neither is very complicated, it
> doesn't seem to fit underclothing.
>
> Now, we have great redwork plans for our hospitality bread presentation
> towel!!! That is something you do see highly (and symbolically) decorated
> fairly early. It won't, of course, hold the full meaning of those towels,
> but again it will have heraldic references and symbolic figures like deer
> and birds and other shapes that are thought to have meaning.
>
> All that said, please note I know nothing of navershnikii decoration and
> only a little to support my choices on redwork .. .
>
> Moya dva grivnii,
> Mir
>
> Tvorimir Danilov
>
>


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Hi all,

Just found this online exhibition, and thought it might interest people:
"Baltų menas"/"Baltic Art"
http://www.baltumenas.lt/en/?s=main

Frustratingly, lots of big, detailed colour photos of objects. But no
information about dating or provenance. :(

~Ffride

I am not an expert on Rus embroidery, but two things come to mind. Are the
rubakha an navershnik that you are looking at from the same period and from the
same area? The earliest designs tended to be more geometric and gradually
evolved into the more organic. Different areas of Russia also had their own
styles of embroidery. Slava
  To: sig@yahoogroups.com
From: iegrappling@...
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:04:58 -0400
Subject: Re: [sig] Help whit embroidery




























I'm sorry I can't help much, but I'm very interested in what others have to day.

What little I do know is that the embroidery often was to keep the spirits from
entering your clothes. Maybe that reason plays in to the motifs somehow.



-Halbrust



-----Original Message-----

From: Anya Stickney <anyas5@...>

To: sig <sig@yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 5:44 pm

Subject: [sig] Help whit embroidery



Greetings fellow Russ-o-files,



I'm interested in making an outfit consisting of a navershnik and a

rubakha from 10th-12th c . The navershnik (light outerwear) that I'd

like to make is heavily embroidered at the bottom trim and vertically

down the front (a kajma I think). But the more research I do, the

more I am perplexed about the combination of the outer garment

(navershnik) and the under layer (rubakha). From what I've read and

the extant pieces that I've seen, the rubakha is typically heavily

embroidered at the trim with a geometric (mostly counted) stitch that

I've seen described as Russian scarlet work. But the navershnic

embroidery is typically very floral, flowy, and non-geometrical. It

seems to me that if worn together, the styles would clash

considerably. Since a lot of Russian clothes seemed to emphasize

harmony and matching of styles, I don't see how one could wear a

rubakha with a heavily geometric pattern and a navershnik (and the

rest of the outer layer embroidery) in a flowy pattern.

Has anyone encountered this before, and how did you reconcile this? Or

am I over thinking this?



Thanks in advance!

Anya



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I think my problem was that I was assuming that XIX c. embroidery was
representative of XI c. embroidery. I've read this in several Russian
folk embroidery books, and was very confused by the discontinuity I
was seeing between modern embroidery and period surviving folk art
(wood cuts, ceramics, leather, etc.). I was expecting to find
very-detailed geometrical designs, but that is not what I was seeing.
But a few days ago I found this article (reprinted here
http://www.perunica.ru/tradicii/1171-o-simvolike-russkoj-krestyanskoj-vyshivki.h\
tml)
(in Russian) that says that embroidery is an ever-changing thing.
Certain motifs may remain, but techniques, stitches, attention to
certain details, all change with time. Once I realized this,
everything made a lot more sense.  Modern embroidery can be used for
clues as to what motifs period embroidery had, but it cannot be seen
as representative of period embroidery.

Anya


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Sheila Horon <sshoron@...> wrote:
>
> I am not an expert on Rus embroidery, but two things come to mind. Are the
rubakha an navershnik that you are looking at from the same period and from the
same area? The earliest designs tended to be more geometric and gradually
evolved into the more organic. Different areas of Russia also had their own
styles of embroidery. Slava
>  To: sig@yahoogroups.com
> From: iegrappling@...
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:04:58 -0400
> Subject: Re: [sig] Help whit embroidery
>
>
>
>
>
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> I'm sorry I can't help much, but I'm very interested in what others have to
day.
>
> What little I do know is that the embroidery often was to keep the spirits
from entering your clothes. Maybe that reason plays in to the motifs somehow.
>
>
>
> -Halbrust
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Anya Stickney <anyas5@...>
>
> To: sig <sig@yahoogroups.com>
>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 5:44 pm
>
> Subject: [sig] Help whit embroidery
>
>
>
> Greetings fellow Russ-o-files,
>
>
>
> I'm interested in making an outfit consisting of a navershnik and a
>
> rubakha from 10th-12th c . The navershnik (light outerwear) that I'd
>
> like to make is heavily embroidered at the bottom trim and vertically
>
> down the front (a kajma I think). But the more research I do, the
>
> more I am perplexed about the combination of the outer garment
>
> (navershnik) and the under layer (rubakha). From what I've read and
>
> the extant pieces that I've seen, the rubakha is typically heavily
>
> embroidered at the trim with a geometric (mostly counted) stitch that
>
> I've seen described as Russian scarlet work. But the navershnic
>
> embroidery is typically very floral, flowy, and non-geometrical. It
>
> seems to me that if worn together, the styles would clash
>
> considerably. Since a lot of Russian clothes seemed to emphasize
>
> harmony and matching of styles, I don't see how one could wear a
>
> rubakha with a heavily geometric pattern and a navershnik (and the
>
> rest of the outer layer embroidery) in a flowy pattern.
>
> Has anyone encountered this before, and how did you reconcile this? Or
>
> am I over thinking this?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Anya
>
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Awesome article, thank you for sharing
Tatiana

--- In sig@yahoogroups.com, Anya Stickney <anyas5@...> wrote:

> But a few days ago I found this article (reprinted here
>
http://www.perunica.ru/tradicii/1171-o-simvolike-russkoj-krestyanskoj-vyshivki.h\
tml)
> Anya
>

Argh! My primary internet is my droid. Did anyone notîce if there was a
translatîon ôption embedded?
Thanks!
'dok
--- In sig@yahoogroups.com, "Tatiana" <littlegreensardine@...> wrote:
>
>
> Awesome article, thank you for sharing
> Tatiana
>
> --- In sig@yahoogroups.com, Anya Stickney <anyas5@> wrote:
>
> > But a few days ago I found this article (reprinted here
> >
http://www.perunica.ru/tradicii/1171-o-simvolike-russkoj-krestyanskoj-vyshivki.h\
tml)
> > Anya
> >
>

No, I think it's primarily in Russian.  But Google does a decent job
translating it.

Anya


On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:27 AM, dok <mordakus@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Argh! My primary internet is my droid. Did anyone notîce if there was a
> translatîon ôption embedded?
> Thanks!
> 'dok
>
> --- In sig@yahoogroups.com, "Tatiana" <littlegreensardine@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Awesome article, thank you for sharing
> > Tatiana
> >
> > --- In sig@yahoogroups.com, Anya Stickney <anyas5@> wrote:
> >
> > > But a few days ago I found this article (reprinted here
> > >
>
http://www.perunica.ru/tradicii/1171-o-simvolike-russkoj-krestyanskoj-vyshivki.h\
tml
> )
> > > Anya
> > >
> >
>
>
>


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first.

** Where can I find help developing my persona?
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created.  We call them Knowledge Pages.  They are aimed towards a specific
country and include information on dress, food, naming practices, persona
development, history, language and other themes.  Simply find the Knowledge Page
you wish and read, read, read!

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Very true.  Thankfully, the Yahoo! archives go back to the beginning.

I haven't actually seen this FAQ message in a very long time and other
parts of it are out of date.  If I get a moment, I'll try to update it.


Thanks,
Paul

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> ** Where can I find help developing my persona?
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> choose. It is linked off the main SIG page under "members".
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> ** Where can I get ideas for clothing from my culture?
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>
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> culture in question. You might also want to check out the Florilegium, a
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I've started work on the Winter Slovo and could definitely use some
articles to publish.  If you have material that would be of interest
to the Slavic Interest Group, let me know directly (off-list).  The
deadline is January 1st.

Thanks,

Paul Wickenden of Thanet
goldschp@...

Hi,
I'm looking for someone preferably in the SCA who can make a pair of Hussar
style boots. I've alreasy tried to contact Master Seamus without any success.
Revial Clothing said thay will not.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,

THL Kevin Ambrozijwski

Try these,

http://www.armlann.com/boots.htm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-Sun-Leather/209396382418492?fref=ts
(Rising Sun Leather)


Sir Boris Movila
  <https://sites.google.com/site/casadetaur/home> Member of House Muntesti

From: sig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sig@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
krpurtell
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 12:04 PM
To: sig@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sig] Hussar boots


Hi,
I'm looking for someone preferably in the SCA who can make a pair of Hussar
style boots. I've alreasy tried to contact Master Seamus without any
success. Revial Clothing said thay will not.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,

THL Kevin Ambrozijwski



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If the Hussar boot is similar to dance boot,  you can also try dance groups
sites. I know I've seen Hungarian boots when I've gone on line looking for
Ukrainian Dance Boots for my dance students.

Julianna Jeo Vousdy




________________________________
  From: Scott Bradley <sbradley3@...>
To: sig@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 2:56:29 PM
Subject: RE: [sig] Hussar boots


 
Try these,

http://www.armlann.com/boots.htm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-Sun-Leather/209396382418492?fref=ts
(Rising Sun Leather)


Sir Boris Movila
<https://sites.google.com/site/casadetaur/home> Member of House Muntesti

From: sig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sig@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
krpurtell
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 12:04 PM
To: sig@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sig] Hussar boots


Hi,
I'm looking for someone preferably in the SCA who can make a pair of Hussar
style boots. I've alreasy tried to contact Master Seamus without any
success. Revial Clothing said thay will not.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,

THL Kevin Ambrozijwski

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Greetings:

Just joined the list and thought it would be polite to say Hi.

I've been coveting the eastern european styles for some time, now I am about to
move east (out to a small country town) of my local group (in Lochac) I figured
it would be fun to develop an eastern version of my persona, although I can't
decide whether to create a whole new persona or take my English 1470-1520
generic lady persona travelling and give her a Russian version of her name.

As long as it involves velvet and embroidery I'll be in heaven!

Cheers :)

Lady Catherine of Shirwode

(Fiona)

I know that you are trying to look in the SCA, but have you looked at Polish
Hussar Supply Plus?  That is where I got mine, and they outfit Hussar
reenactors.

http://www.polishhussarsupply.com/

Yours in service,

Pan Mikulaj von Meissen

--- In sig@yahoogroups.com, "krpurtell" <krpurtell@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm looking for someone preferably in the SCA who can make a pair of Hussar
style boots. I've alreasy tried to contact Master Seamus without any success.
Revial Clothing said thay will not.
> Can anyone help?
> Thanks,
>
> THL Kevin Ambrozijwski
>

Hello fellow Slavic Interest Group members!

I am looking at trying to build up my research library (starting with
telling people what I want for Christmas ;) ) and I need a list of books
that at least cover 16th C. Russia. My Laurel has sent me a list, and I
have gone through some websites for bibliographies (especially Liudmilla's)
but I am looking to see if there are other books that people use that may
not be on my lists. My main focus is 16th Century Russian garb,
embroidery/pearling, and lifestyle. I also already have the English version
of the Domostroi.

The books can be in Russian or English, as I have a scanner, Adobe Acrobat
Professional, and translation methods.

Thanks for all your help!

Kseniia


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I got a pair of boots from this merchant and am very pleased with them. Mine are
a Magyar(Hungarian) cut of boot but all their items are first rate.
Valkai Istvan


________________________________
From: calvin_w_renn <kayprime@...>
To: sig@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:24 AM
Subject: [sig] Re: Hussar boots

 
I know that you are trying to look in the SCA, but have you looked at Polish
Hussar Supply Plus? That is where I got mine, and they outfit Hussar reenactors.

http://www.polishhussarsupply.com/

Yours in service,

Pan Mikulaj von Meissen

--- In mailto:sig%40yahoogroups.com, "krpurtell" <krpurtell@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm looking for someone preferably in the SCA who can make a pair of Hussar
style boots. I've alreasy tried to contact Master Seamus without any success.
Revial Clothing said thay will not.
> Can anyone help?
> Thanks,
>
> THL Kevin Ambrozijwski
>




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Greetings Kseniia!

Look for works of Sigizmund Gerberstein (he was a German ambassador in Russia at
the time of Ivan The Terrible) and also Ivan Zabelin (who, while in XVII c, but
was interested in earlier history and wrote quite a few books). While without
images, the books have good descriptions.

Good luck!
Tatiana Moskovskaia

--- In sig@yahoogroups.com, Kristina Jarvis <kristina.jarvis@...> wrote:
>
> Hello fellow Slavic Interest Group members!
>
> I am looking at trying to build up my research library (starting with

Do you know the names of the translators? Or where I may find those books?
Having a rough time finding them through my usual spots.

Thanks!
Kristina


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As always, google is a good resource...

Google 'Sigizmund Gerberstein', and look in the books tab. This gives you
several books by 'Sigismund Herberstein' about Moscow and Russia. Those are
probably the ones Tatiana was referring to.

Also works for Ivan Zabelin. Especially, if you limit the google books
search by "author:Ivan Zabelin"

Anya



On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Kristina Jarvis
<kristina.jarvis@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Do you know the names of the translators? Or where I may find those books?
> Having a rough time finding them through my usual spots.
>
> Thanks!
> Kristina
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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You could also look on Amazon, just put the author name in the search. I
will look up the book names later tonight, when I get home from work.

Tatiana


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This came across the outlands group and I thought it would be appropriate here.

***

1. OT but a great extant clothing site
     Posted by: "Kathleen Buckley" kathleengbuckley@... kathleengbuckley
     Date: Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:58 am ((PST))

For anyone who hasn't run into it, the following Czechoslavakian site has great
pictures of a wide variety of seldom-seen extant garments from the early Middle
Ages
through the Renaissance. Cotes, kirtles, surcoats, doublets, accessories like
jewelry, belts, pouches, shoes . . . everything. From countries all over Europe
(granted, a number come from Germany and Eastern Europe but a number come from
England, Spain, Italy and others). Pictures of things you never see. For
instance,
the "batwat" which was a sort of Balaclava which I'd guess was meant to be worn
under a helm. Up close views of hairnets.

  This part of the site is in English. Other parts . . . not necessarily. But a
picture is worth a thousand words.

http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/obsah.htmal

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members of SIG to talk to each other more quickly than via the quarterly
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Karelia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Great Moravia, Croatia, Serbia,
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Happy Researching!

I don't have enough material to put out a Winter issue this year, so
I'll combine it with the Spring issue.  We're definitely interested in
material for that issue, so let me know if you have suitable material.
  The submission deadline will be April 1st.

Thanks,
Paul

Archaeologia historica has put some of it's volumes online in PDF format:
http://www.phil.muni.cz/waoa/home/publikacni-cinnost/publications/periodical/arc\
haeologia-historica/archaeologia-historica-summary

As you can see, it's the entire volume, not split up into individual articles
but here are some of the highlights I found:

Archaeologia historica 36(2) 20011
http://www.phil.muni.cz/waoa/home/Documents/ah/AH2011_2.pdf

Milena Bravermanová: "Fragment of a Funeral Dress and a Kruseler Veil from the
Casket of Czech Queens in the Royal Tomb, St. Vitus Cathedral" / "Fragment
pohřebních šatů a závoj, tzv. kruseler, z rakve českých královen
z královské hrobky v katedrále sv. Víta"
pages 281-312
Discusses a kruseler veil, another scarf, and a sleeveless surcote-looking
garment that was believed to have had a separate, gathered skirt!

Archaeologia historica 35 (1-2) 2010
http://www.phil.muni.cz/waoa/home/Documents/ah/AH2010.pdf

Milena Bravermanová: "Funeral Attire of a Czech Queen from the Royal Tomb in St.
Vitus Cathedral" / "Pohřební šaty jedné z českých královen z královské
hrobky v katedrále sv. Víta"
pages 202-222
Discusses a possible sleeveless surcote (it's unclear if there were originally
sleeves or not), and a pillow.

František Gabriel-Lucie Kracíková: "On the Function of Small Ceramic
Sculptures"/"K funkci drobné keramické plastiky"
pages 225-232
Lots of images of ceramic 'dolls' or figurines, naturally enough wearing
interesting clothes.

Zdeněk Měřínský-Rudolf Procházka: "Some Aspects of Everyday and
Festive Life of the Mediaeval Man in Moravia and Silesia" /"K některým
aspektům každodenního a svátečního života středověkého
člověka na Moravě a ve Slezsku"
pages 7-44

Tomáš Durdík: "Some Notes on Everyday Life in Czech Castles" / "Několik
poznámek k české hradní každodennosti"
pages 45-62
Puzzle jugs, what looks like a nutcracker, gaming pieces and other interesting
things

Markéta Tymonová: "Archaeological Evidence of the Everyday Life of the
Inhabitants of Cvilín Castle in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age" /
"Archeologické doklady každodenního života obyvatel hradu Cvilína v období
středověku a raného novověku"
pages 63-79

Zdeňka Měchurová: "The World of Mediaeval Children and Games in
Archaeological Sources" / "Středověký svět dětí a her v
archeologických pramenech"
pages 95- 107
Amongst other things, there are plenty of images of whirligigs, rattles and
ceramics.

Petr Žákovský: "Fresco with a Motif of Wrestlers from Švihov Castle in the
Context of the Development of European Combat Systems"/ "Freska s motivem
zápasníků z hradu Švihova v kontextu vývoje evropských bojových
systémů"
pages 310-332
Covers Fechbücher, sculpture, frescoes, manuscript images, and looks really
interesting! No idea if any of this would be useful in SCA or HEMA combat
though.

Čeněk Pavlík: "Dragons on Gothic and Renaissance Tiles, or the Magic
World of the Imagination" / "Draci na kachlích gotiky a renesance aneb kouzelný
svět fantazie"
pages 273-301

Enjoy!
~ffride/Asfridhr/Rebecca