Slavic Interest Group Mailing List (SIG-L) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Last update: July 18, 2000 Main SIG page http://slavic.freeservers.com Main SIG-L...
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twosnakes1@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:17 pm
... I don't...please let me know the quality levels when you recieve it, I have been considering something similar. TwoSnakes...
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Jenn/Yana
jdmiller2@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:23 pm
... <snip> It isn't spam or UCE as long as it is relevant to this newsgroup. As the FAQ says, commercial messages are fine, as long as they aren't too...
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Anne M. McKinney
agent_h@...
Dec 2, 2000 7:59 pm
Out of curiosity I am wondering which eating utensils/gear would have been used by the Kievan Rus, or in use in mid-thirteenth cent. Russia. Could someone...
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vespirus@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:32 am
... You might ask for help through the Polish Genealogical Society of America. They have a website at http://www.pgsa.org/ --Walraven...
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MHoll@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:18 am
Spoons and knives. Wood, bone, the usual materials. No forks. Predslava....
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Shadow
shadow42@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:18 pm
... I thought the concept of 'silverware' came from Persia. It could possibly have appeared in Kievan Rus via Khazaria/the Silk Road. That's what I think...
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Anne M. McKinney
agent_h@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:14 pm
Ok, and what kind of cups/mugs/bowls did they drink out of? (REally pushing it now -_-) Once when I was in a museum I saw examples of big ladle-like bowls...
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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
dvryaboy@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:24 pm
Laura, Your line of reasoning is not very good, but it is true that (rich) nobles had spoons, bowls and other gear made out of silver. They were definately in ...
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Anne M. McKinney
agent_h@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:46 pm
... can't ... of ... New ... That is more than fair. I think kovsh sounds right, by your description--they looked to me like heavily decorated, boat-shaped...
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Jenne Heise
jenne@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:54 pm
... I've seen several very late period examples of silver, round-bowled spoons carried in ornate leather or embroidered cases... -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka...
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Britta Parsons
vasalisa@...
Dec 4, 2000 12:46 am
... spoons ... Where have you seen these spoon cases? How late is "very late period?" And what did the designs on them look like? What's more, where can I ...
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Jenne Heise
jenne@...
Dec 4, 2000 12:57 am
... Oh dear, I'm having one of my vague moments. I _think_ one of them may be in the Russian embroidery books-- Kat'ryna? Any clues? -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka...
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Robert J Welenc
rjwelenc@...
Dec 4, 2000 1:14 am
... spoons ... But surely they had eating tools before late period -- soup and suchlike is damned awful difficult to eat without a spoon! Alanna *********** ...
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Olan Mikkelsen
landolf@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:45 pm
<snip> ... bowls ... I saw several examples of this type of utinsel while I was in Poland. One was made out of a what looked like a large snail shell and the...
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Olan Mikkelsen
landolf@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:54 pm
... spoons ... The Szlachta, or nobility, in Poland carried these in their boots during the Hussar era (xvi-xviii centuries). Some of the cases contained...
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Olan Mikkelsen
landolf@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:58 pm
<snip> ... period?" ... I ... I have a picture of one in the catalog from the exhibit "The Land of the Winged Horsemen". I can scan it and send it to you, if...
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Alastair Millar
alastair@...
Dec 4, 2000 4:22 pm
I'd go with Predslava on this - the majority would be using wood or bone. LATER materials might have included tin and brass, too. For the Bohemophiles out...
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Kate Jones
kate@...
Dec 4, 2000 7:21 pm
... Erm, uhh. I'm remembering spoons but not spoon cases...I'll have to look. Kat'ryna -- Kate Jones | I turned my world...
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Britta Parsons
vasalisa@...
Dec 4, 2000 10:23 pm
Landolf Yes, a picture would be useful. Thank you. Vasilisa ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! ...
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Jenn/Yana
jdmiller2@...
Dec 4, 2000 10:36 pm
... Yes, it is a kovsh. Drinking-vessels with a single handle that is (usually) offset vertically and runs parallel to the ovate or boat-shaped bowl. --Yana ...
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Jenn/Yana
jdmiller2@...
Dec 4, 2000 11:36 pm
I found a nice site today, full of pics of 19th and 20th century women's folk clothing. The dress, while not SCA period, does give a person a good idea of...
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Olan Mikkelsen
landolf@...
Dec 5, 2000 3:48 pm
It'll have to be this weekend when I get to my home computer. Yana, if I send the pics to you, too , can you put them in the picture archive? Landolf...
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Jenn/Yana
jdmiller2@...
Dec 5, 2000 3:55 pm
... Sure! I always welcome pictures for the archive. And pictures for the photo gallery of SIG people too (hint, hint). --Yana, who is awaiting the end of...
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catweasle
Jud@...
Dec 5, 2000 4:00 pm
I am allowing this message through even though it isn't really related to our discussions on the SIG-List. If you answer the questions, be sure to reply...
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Olan Mikkelsen
landolf@...
Dec 6, 2000 3:51 pm
Is there anyone on the list in the Norwalk, CT area? I'll be in Wilton, CT 16-22 Dec on business and would like to meet anyone living nearby. I have a dinner...
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Jenn/Yana
jdmiller2@...
Dec 9, 2000 4:07 am
Please excuse the Off Topic nature of this post (although it is related to our discussion). I am currently writing a paper on fasting practices in the Orthodox...
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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
dvryaboy@...
Dec 9, 2000 5:40 am
A while ago I stated that vodka wasn't used in Russia as a drink until post 16th cnetury, and that it was invented outside of Russia (Danes or Swedes). A...
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Patricia Hefner
patricia.hefner@...
Dec 9, 2000 6:01 am
... post ... Swedes). ... but ... Dmitriy--Don't feel bad, I was born in the U.S. South and can't stand bourbon!! :-) Seriously, I'm interested in the origins...
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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy
dvryaboy@...
Dec 9, 2000 11:03 pm
This might have been mentioned before but.. http://www.he.net/~archaeol/0011/abstracts/russia.html Kinda interesting. You have to buy the magazine for the...
