Good morning SIG! I am looking for some images of 16th c Polish Portraits, especially of children, and even better if they are in color. Pictures of families,...
Apologies everyone for the earlier spam posting. My account was hacked in Saudi Arabia. It should be fixed now. cheers, Hilary [Non-text portions of this...
Very interesting blog I found called the "Slavorum". Lots of pictures of medieval artifacts, jewelry, ancient writing and embroidery, even a pair of shoes. ...
Hello everyone! I'm currently trying to comment on a name for heraldic submissions, and the name is in Latvian/Lithuanian (the client pulled from both...
Greetings, I was invited to join the Order of the Laurel, and my elevation ceremony is next week (May 4). Since I have a Russian persona, the current plan is...
There is information available about early period Rus women’s jewelry. Below are two examples. But what about the men!? I have found no mention of early...
Midrealm coronation is this May 4, 2013. Her Royal Highness as tasked me with finding appropriate titles for 9Th-10THC Kievan Rus rulers that they can use for...
I’m doing research on the birch bark letters from Novgorod. There is a decent amount of information available, but I have yet to find out what was used to...
A friend is researching female viking rus garb. are there any good sites i can point her towards? Istvan Valkai [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi! So, some of you might have been eager & already gone out to the Pennsic U schedule. And of course, there's an error. THING has the SIG meeting as...
I believe the correct formation of a Russian household name to be Dom, Doma, or Domu followed by a family name. I believe that name should be patronimic name,...
Pennsic U deadline day! The SIG meeting is submitted. I'm teaching "Russian Hats & Headdresses" and "Basics of Russian Clothing" (my usual beginner garb...
Heads up that the British Museum has made available _‘Intelligible Beauty’ Recent Research on Byzantine Jewellery_, ed. Chris Entwistle and Noël Adams....
Pennsic Slavic Interest Group Meeting! Monday of War Week (7/29) from 6-8PM at the encampment of Haus VDK in B-05, gate on Bannockburn Road. There will...
Vegas is actually, Starkavn, Caid...I know that I am not spelling it right, Ive had a flu and fever for 3 days.. I think rotating would be a wonderful Idea!! ...
In 0ld Norse HVASS means also sharp, acidic for foods and drinks (Ranke and Hoffmann – Altnordisches Elementarbuch, Berlin 1967). [Non-text portions of this...
Greetings to all! I have just been granted membership in this list, and want to say hello. After many years of being in the SCA, I am starting to lean towards...
Hi Some of you may find this to be of interest. It's a scan of a bilingual costume book - English and Ukrainian- of the costumes of the various regions of...
Would anyone here be able to help me with a scroll text translation into Russian?? I'm afirad of butchering it. - Marya Kargashina [Non-text portions of this...
http://viola.bz/ancient-jewelry-headwear-of-russian-women/ Found this faffing around online. --Sfandra ****************** Boiarynia Sfandra Dmitrieva...
It's that time of year! April 15th is the deadline to submit classes for the book. So... Thoughts? Who's teaching? WHAT are you teaching? What would...
I'm trying to assist a friend in researching information for a paper she's working on & I was hoping to get a little assistance here :) The information she...
Greetings Slavic Interest Group! As always, we're looking for contributions: short articles, how-to pieces, artwork, interesting anecdotes of the Slavic world...