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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #15: On the Preservation of Lemons

December 1, 2016 by mollyeskridge

Our fifteenth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Edmund Beneyt of the Barony of Endewearde, who demonstrates that the delicious preserved lemons of the Middle East have a very long history indeed! (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) On the Preservation of Lemons The preservation of food has been an …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #14: Making a Leather Swan Helm Crest

November 1, 2016 by mollyeskridge

Our fourteenth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lady Angela Mori of the Barony of Bhakhail, who demonstrates and explains the process of making one of the splendid helm crests so familiar from manuscript illuminations of tournaments. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) Making a Leather Swan Helm Crest How to …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #13: Persian Plants in Miniature: What are the Plants in Persian Illuminations?

September 30, 2016 by mollyeskridge

Our thirteenth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lady Raziya bint Rusa, of the Barony of Carolingia. She examines a question that troubles many people working with illuminated manuscripts: what exactly are those plants in the illuminations? Are they fanciful or are they plants that really existed in history? (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original …

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Laurels’ Prize Tourney in Carolingia, March 2017

September 27, 2016 by mollyeskridge

This coming March, the Barony of Carolingia will host a Laurels’ Prize Tourney – what challenge will you choose to meet? A Laurels Prize Tourney is an event where members of the Order of the Laurel issue challenges in their area(s) of expertise, to be met by any interested party. (Really! You do not need …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #12: Untwisting the Answer: A Trick for Tablet Weaving on Modern Portable Looms

September 1, 2016 by mollyeskridge

Our twelfth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Condêssa Violante do Porto, of the Shire of Quintavia. She examines a kind of puzzle that is all too familiar to the student of historical crafts: What do you do about problems arising from trying to do a historical craft with our more modern tools? (Prospective future contributors, …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #11: Jewish Carolingian Fighters: The Jewish Fighting Freeholders of Carolingian Southern France

August 2, 2016 by mollyeskridge

Our eleventh A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lord Gideon ha-Khazar, until very recently of the Barony of Dragonship Haven and now of the Barony of the Middle Marches, and who did most of this research while he was a citizen of our fair kingdom. He examines the history of a group of people many of …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #9: Making green paint medievally with spring irises and fall buckthorn berries

May 2, 2016 by mollyeskridge

Our ninth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lady Adrienne d’Evreus, of the Province of Malagentia. She turns to the flora of her woodlands to learn ways that medieval painters made green pigments. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) Making green paint medievally with spring irises and fall buckthorn berries Many medieval manuscripts …

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A&S Research Paper #2. Inside Blakemere: Notes from the Yearly Accounts of a Late Medieval Household

August 4, 2015 by mollyeskridge

Our second A&S Research Paper comes to us from Mistress Aildreda de Tamworthe, of the Barony of Carolingia, and is drawn from her study of the management of medieval households in England. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) Inside Blakemere: Notes from the Yearly Accounts of a Late Medieval Household …

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