Kinjal wrote... ... The problem is that oral history changes with each generation. Each bard/reciter, on learning the text, begins to weave their own...
More from the Sorbian front... Anyone in Germany able to get to the event on the 11th (next Friday)? Two more articles from SERBSKE NOWINY (Sorbian News), July...
Hi Alastair, Thanks for responding — it brings up a lot of stuff! In fact, due to the growing length of my own response I'll have to divide it up. First,...
Hello everyone, Maybe someone is interested in music of XVI/XVII c. of Central Europe. It isn't an advertisment - I want only to share with this information. ...
Two in one week! Normally it's about one every two months... which may explain the poorer English this time around. Alastair [quote] ... Od: Robert Brytan...
Yeah, yeah, I'm a slacker, I know. So. After referring several people to the Russian Knowledge Page, I realized (well, I've always known, I've just not gotten...
From another list. Can anyone help? Soffya Appollonia Tudja http://www.aeonline.biz/Links.htm Argent, a patriarchal cross between three crescent gules on a...
An item not yet mentioned is the importance of silk thread in fine clothes. This was a precious woven product of secret design that is still unknown, -- the...
Off topic, but quite likely of interest to people on the list... (By the way, am I the only person on list receiving these sorts of things?) [quote] ... Od:...
I am an accoplished research specialists and teach students how to sift out 'chaff' in Internet postings. If I am writing a MAster's Thesis I certainly want...
I am brand new to the SCA and I'm thinking of a 14th c. Lithuanian persona. If you know names, you might recognise my mundane name as Lithuanian. I would...
...or, rather, the fact that I'm scratching my head over it. I'm considering making one because it'd be nice to have light, loose-fitting garb for the summer....
Folklore is documentation for traditions, rituals, beliefs, etc, OF THE TIME WHEN THE DOCUMENTATION WAS RECORDED. For that time, of course it is a valid ...
(I just ruthlessly chopped what I was replying to) Re: the post on felt boots--Is there any support for early use of a felt boot lining the inside of leather...
I have been quite ill of late (alergy based) and unable to keep down any food for more than a half hour. I did a search on my historic data base and dicovered...
Blatantly off-topic, I'm afraid, but I need a hand here ;-) One of my current pet projects is a Czech-English dictionary of trades, professions, occupations...
Yana replied to someone looking for stiffer draping linen - I've had very good luck working with www.fabrics-store.com... they sometimes have "doggie bags",...
In much of Europe, the many to a bed thing wasn't purely a climatic consideration, though... there was undeniably a social factor. The following are a...
I am making reference to the many fine comments on the best insulating choice for undergarments - silk, linen -- even felt. An important consideration is...
Salut! It's been a while since I posted, but I figure since this one wasn't addressed, (a-dressed ? :-) ) and I study the relatives of the beasties making...
I would like to announce that Lady Kat'ryna Neblaga Volchkova was inducted into the Order of the Manche on Saturday. The Manche is the East Kingdom's Order of...
Hi, Nowadays it is not easy to collect proper stuffing for it(horse's hair or 'sea grass' or unprocessed hemp). Many people use artificial textile that neither...
I have been reading through my copy of The Domostroi and have a question. Pouncy asserts that it can be traced to the mid 1500's and provides what sound like...
It was said on this list: "I imagine most people use English language sources for their research in this country" I use German, English, Hungarian, and...
... Obviously - anyone wearing a toga (for instance) in early medieval Russia for any length of time probably wouldn't be around after the next winter to ...
