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Activities through 1-30-22

For awhile now, with not really meeting in person, activity has dropped. Some people just keep going. Some are finding other things since they’re at a distance. Gudrun has been playing with inks & pens. Amor is working on staying warm (he’s been stationed in Fairbanks), Sasha is worrying over COVID, since several co-workers fell ill. Gogor has been doing some 18th-century cooking. Sabrina has a new loom and made a lovely shawl. Herbs should start back up next week, we hope. Sewing has been all mundanes.

Project Day is now open for in-person meet-ups as well as in the Virtual Realm! Potluck this month will be Virtual and Real-World! Herbs Workshop and Sewing are ongoing. Masks required. When will the rest of these open up in person? We’ll keep right on with the virtual ones side-by-side with the actual.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing incense
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Here is the direct Portfolio link which has all the past Project Day reports and various projects, original here: https://housecapuchin.wordpress.com/portfolio/ and new one here: https://housecapuchin2.wordpress.com/portfolio/ and number three is here: https://housecapuchin3.wordpress.com/portfolio/

Misc –

Last week we featured the pictures. This week we have the blog post! – Making the medieval bath – https://medievalrosalie.livejournal.com/80646.html

Events

Their Royal Majesties, Sven and Rauokinn, King and Queen of An Tir, announce an Ethereal Court on February 5, 2022 at 4 pm. Watch this page for more: https://www.youtube.com/c/KingdomofAnTirSCA

University of Atlantia – University Session #109-2/5 – February 5, 2022 to February 6, 2022 – Kingdom of Atlantia (online) Location: University of Atlantia website: https://university.atlantia.sca.org Student Registration is now open, from January 3rd until midnight February 2nd, 2022, for the University of Atlantia’s Winter Session!!!

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022 AT 4 PM – 6 PM – Silk Painters Zoom – Please join me for the 1st silk painters zoom session for 2022. Sunday February 27, 2022 from 4PM-6PM PST (7-9PM EST, 6-8PM Central). We will be talking all things silk and banner making. Please join if you want to learn more about silk painting or are an experienced silk painter. We welcome all knowledge and want to share the joy of painting silk flags! https://www.facebook.com/events/366701454793300

SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2022 AT 9 AM – Summits Arts & Science and Bardic – Event by Principality of the Summit – Scottish Rite Center Klamath Falls (In-person and virtual!)
Come join Their Alpine Highnesses as the new Alpine Scholar and Bardic Champion. https://www.facebook.com/events/1520630534978195

March 11-13th, 2022 The West Coast Culinary Symposium is coming to Caid. It is a full weekend up at a Camp Wrightwood of culinary classes, hands on workshops, lectures and all things food (and drink). People from all parts of the Knowne World, from beginners to advanced cooks, travel to enjoy being around like-minded foodies and to geek out about historical cooking. All are welcome and encouraged to come and enjoy the event! Registration for this event is currently happening with early registration discounts up until January 3rd, 2022. All those that are wanting to either reserve a bed for the weekend or day trip, need to please register in advance. Registration link to Google Form: https://forms.gle/n2mDJbFihKLBoMAG6If you are wanting more details and updates on this event, please check out the FB event and add yourself to it as interested. FB Event link: https://fb.me/e/S6hsNi2N Hope to see you all there!

MAR 25 AT 3 PM – MAR 27 AT 12 PM – Spring Coronet AS 56 – Event by Barony of Terra Pomaria, Principality of the Summits and 2 others – 5605 Jubilee Dr SE Turner, OR 97392
Join us for Principality of The Summits’ March Coronet, hosted by the Barony of Terra Pomaria in the central Willamette Valley in Oregon, ten minutes from I-5! In addition to the Coronet Tourney, we will also be having The Summits’ Cut & Thrust Championship to determine the Kapitan Serebra Tigra (Captain of the Silver Tiger). https://www.facebook.com/events/1128102257928319/
Pre-registration is required to attend the event, and you can choose to pay online with PayPal, or pay at gate by cash or check. Bunks will be available, as well as full RV hook-ups! Watch the Kingdom event page or this Facebook event for updated information as the event draws closer, and we hope to see you there!
Adult weekend: $25, Adult day trip: $15, Minors (under 18): Free *SCA Members will receive a $5 member discount off the cost listed above. Bunks/RV spots (with hookups)/Camping will be $15 per person.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022 AT 9 AM – 7 PM – Adiantum’s Birthday Bash – 82002 Lost Creek Rd, Dexter, OR 97431-9783, United States
Adiantum’s Baronial Birthday celebration, Archery, Rapier, Cut & Thrust, and Arts & Sciences Championships, Sergentry Trials, and Court. This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted.

Classes –

THE DARNLEY OR LENNOX JEWEL | famous Stuart jewels | famous royal women | Royal jewels documentary – History Calling – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjfjVN7_2Bc The DARNLEY or LENNOX JEWEL is one of the most famous Stuart jewels in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom, commissioned by one of the most famous royal women of the 16th century. In this royal jewels documentary from History Calling, we’ll decode the many layers of meaning in this spectacular, heart-shaped, gem-studded locket and look at the life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, the lady who had it created, most likely during the 1570s. We’ll see how the jewel betrayed her dynastic hopes for her family, especially her grandson, James VI of Scotland/James I of England, whose father, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Margaret believed she and her descendants had a better claim to the English throne than Elizabeth I (who she viewed as illegitimate) and spent years plotting how she might see her family take the crown. Sadly for her, her schemes led to misery and death for many members of her family. Lord Darnley may have been the King Consort of Scotland, but this didn’t save him from being murdered in 1567 and when his father later became regent for the infant James VI, he too was killed in 1571. In fact, the jewel functions as a mememto mori (a reminder of death) to remember the life of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (Margaret’s husband and Lord Darnley’s father). Variously called either the Darnley Jewel, or the Lennox jewel in recognition of the family’s titles, it is now housed in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, where it is on show alongside countless other objects connected with the Scottish royal family of the 1500s and their English cousins. Please enjoy this video on one of the most famous royal Stuart jewels around.

Who Were The First Vikings? | The Vikings | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – They were bloodthirsty Scandinavian warriors and fine craftsmen. They opened trade routes, founded cities and captured ancient hubs. The Saxons of England feared them but mocked their careful grooming habits. In short, they were pirates with style. But who were the first Vikings and did they actually originate much earlier than we originally thought? – This five-part series follows the Vikings everywhere they went, revealing new discoveries that turn Viking history on its head. We tell their incredible story from eye-witness accounts and the foremost experts on Viking warfare and way of life.

The Jacquerie Revolt with Justine Firnhaber-Baker – Medievalists – A decade after The Black Death, French peasants rose up suddenly against the nobility in an unprecedented and remarkably coordinated revolt. This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Justine Firnhäber-Baker about the rebellion that shocked the elites of Europe: the Jacquerie.
Justine Firnhaber-Baker is a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, where she focuses her research on France between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. Justine’s latest book is The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants’ Revolt, published by Oxford University Press.

WAS HENRY VIII A BRAIN DAMAGED KING? | Henry VIII’s jousting accidents | Tudors | History Calling – History Calling – Was HENRY VIII a BRAIN DAMAGED King? There have long been theories that Henry VIII’s jousting accidents (which occurred during his 30s and 40s), caused a traumatic brain injury, which in turn led to alterations in his personality and may therefore be held partly responsible for his decision to execute two wives and bevy of other relations and courtiers during the final 11 years of his life. In particular, an accident on 24 January 1536 has drawn much attention, when the King was said by one source to have been knocked unconscious for two hours. In this History Calling video, we’ll travel back to Tudor England to look at the life of Henry VIII, one of England’s most infamous monarchs. We’ll examine the evidence that the King was injured badly enough by his falls to be brain damaged, consider whether his personality underwent a sudden and dramatic change and look at what modern doctors and historians have to say about his diagnosis. Is this good King gone bad really a misunderstood historical figure, battling a life changing head injury? Let’s find out in this Tudor history documentary.

Dracula: Medieval Myth Or Historical Figure? | Search For Dracula | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Visions of “Dracula” have haunted mythology and popular culture for centuries. But did he ever actually exist? This documentary hunts down his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes, or Vlad The Impaler, a celebrated 15th century Romanian prince.

Early Week – Anja was starting a new set of bookmarks, getting ends onto the ribband. She started one with a really nice pattern and darned if it didn’t end up with a mistake that had to be cut out!

*This* one is going well, though.

The one with the problem. A tiny loop of floss on the back got stitched through and then couldn’t be fixed, so had to be cut out.

Cookery – A dish of “buttered wortes” got made for supper one night, but we didn’t take any pictures. Mostly it was some leftover spinach and re-grown veg tops: beet, parsnip, turnip and leek. There were a couple of leaves of dandelion and plantain, as well. A stalk of lemongrass went into chicken, too.

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Feeding a Templar Knight – Tasting History with Max Miller

Sewing – Got a stack of embroiderable bookmark blanks ready and started working on one as referenced above, then started a 2nd, which also ended up with a mistake! Thankfully, the 2nd picked out quickly and got worked on during project day.

The one with the problem. A tiny loop of floss on the back got stitched through and then couldn’t be fixed, so had to be cut out.

*This* one is going well, though.

Sundials, etc. –

Building a Medieval House – https://www.facebook.com/100014817551895/videos/6632256943510921/

Lime Washing experiments – the walls of the workshop. – Sven Skildbiter – Lime Washing experiments – the walls of the workshop. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVrC5RMSIkw

Surface: concrete render on brink.
Using hydrated lime, 250g of lime to 1 litre of water, on 5 test areas, with a 6th area as control. So each test area recieved increasing number of coats (i.e. area 1 got 1 coat, area 2 got 2 coats, etc. etc.).
Two areas on the east wall recieved 5 coats, on the left there was no wetting down before lime washing, while on the right the area was damped down before each coat. Note: there was a temperature differential of between 5 – 10 C between the unwashed sections and the lime washed.
Thanks to Morgan for filming and editing the video.

Herb Bunch – Tending went on all week in the garden, since it was dry. It’s a good time to clip out old growth and find weeds that are hiding at the very base of the plants. Many of the weeds start to sprout around this time of year, and pulling them when small is much easier than it will be even a month from now.

Dandelion that I’ve been harvesting leaves from has a blossom!

Thyme and saffron….and potatoes from the back….

Project Day – The day was quiet. Loren worked on bookmarks while Anja was embroidering at her desk. She ended up in a Moneyers class at 4pm. That will get the link posted when TP puts it up on Youtube.

Isabeau PM’d that she’s working on napkins and has 4 done, already!

Helen Louise posted. “Finished a new blouse for spring, a hat for my Elizabethan spring attire and a new linen shift…”

Arlys posted. “My projects today-finishing a prototype baronial necklace and continuing to work on a tiny book cover.”

Feast Planning – Normally, this week would start the frantic cooking for the feast, but with it being only online, it’s not. We’re setting up to have the classes recorded, so they can be posted on the Feast page.

Miscellaneous pix

An early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy saucer brooch dated to AD450-550, one of a pair unearthed near Bristol. Broadly speaking, saucer brooches are found in the Upper Thames region and belong to the fifth and sixth centuries AD. The good news is that the finder is considering donating it to the local museum. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1050018

A lantern in a stand! 1300-1350 Italy University Library Leipzig Rep II 9b Decretum Gratiani

Painted chest – Diözesanmuseum St Afra Augburg Germany

Music – Schiarazula Marazula – Vittorio Grisolia – Brano registrato nel1991 dai Sicut Leo. Vittorio Grisolia: viella, flauti, cromorni. Marco Casiraghi: ribeca, cornamusa, flauti. Beppe Animosi: salterio, flauti, cromorni. Adelio Ponzoni: flauti, cromorni, percussioni. Dario Benatti: liuto, flauti, cromorni. [Song recorded in 1991 by Sicut Leo. Vittorio Grisolia: viella, flutes, cromorni. Marco Casiraghi: rebec, bagpipes, flutes. Beppe Animosi: psaltery, flutes, cromorni. Adelio Ponzoni: flutes, cromorni, percussion. Dario Benatti: lute, flutes, cromorni.]

𝔗𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔟𝔞𝔡𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰, 𝔗𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔰 – Studio Der Frühen Musik, Thomas Binkley, Nigel Rogers, Sterling Jones – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 – Ensemble: Studio Der Frühen Musik – Album: Troubadours & Trouveres
Video: Roman de la Rose MS. 1560 – http://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale
It’s a shame, I was convinced that I had already shared with you this wonderful Studio Der Frühen Musik album directed by Thomas Binkley, one of my favorite records and instead I realized that I had not yet done so.

The disc is dedicated half to the Trouveres, poets and singers of Northern France and half to the Trobadours, poets and singers from a wider area that included Spain, southern France and northern Italy.
The interpretations are splendid, simple and very reliable from a historical point of view.
Sadly in these days the great tenor Nigel Rogers, historical collaborator of Binkley and also present in this recording, passed away.
This video is therefore dedicated to his memory, and knowing that his voice and his research have defeated even death is a decidedly consoling thought.
Chansons Der Troubadours
1 Baron De Mon Dan Covit – Peire Vidal
2 Leu Chansonet’ E Vil – Giraut De Bornelh
3 Saltarello – Anonymous
4 Can Vei Lauzeta Mover – Bernart de Ventadorn
5 Veris Ad Imperia – Anonymous
6 A L’Entrada Del Temps Clar – Anonymous
7 Kalenda Maia – Raimbaut De Vaqueiras
8 A Chanter M’Er De So Qu’ Eu No Volria – Comtessa de Dia
Chanson Der Trouvères
9 Retrowange Novelle – Jacques de Cambrai
10 Chanterai Por Mon Coraige – Guiot De Dijon
11 Lasse, Pour Quoi Refusai – Anonymous
12 De Moi Doleros Vos Chant – Gillebert De Berneville
13 Biaus M’Est Estez – Gace Brulé
14 Trop Est Mes Maris Jalos – Etienne de Meaux
15 Li Joliz Temps d’Estey – Anonymous
Conductor, Flute, Dulcian, Lute, Tambourine, Chitarrone, Psaltery – Thomas Binkley
Tenor Vocals – Nigel Rogers
Mezzo-soprano Vocals, Organ, Psaltery, Harp – Andrea von Ramm
Vielle, Lira, Rebec – Sterling Jones
Vielle – Johannes Fink
Vielle, Lira – Alice Robbins
Chitarrone, Lute, Tambourine – Hopkinson Smith
Countertenor Vocals – Richard Levitt
Flute – Max Hecker
Percussion – David Fallows
Shawm – Robert Eliscu

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Video Links

Second Month of Viking – vikinghomecompanion – This is a parody of the Yoopers song Second Week of Deer Camp 2. The Yoopers are one of the inspirations for my Viking Home Companion songs and stories. In fact I modeled my story telling accent after them, and am often asked if I am from Upper Michigan when I tell my stories. 🙂

The Perfectly Preserved Roman Town Hidden In Wales | Time Team | Odyssey – Odyssey – Ancient History Documentaries – Britain’s best-preserved Roman town; but there are still unexplored pockets. Neil wants to find some Roman retail outlets, but Mick is more interested in medieval remains. Louise Revell describes existing features, including the basilica and the central forum where political debates would have taken place. Geophysics suggests a full-scale Roman villa on the site.

Funnies

divider black grey greek key — **Largesse, Gifts and Auction items**
·       ASXLVIII = 88
·         ASXLIX = 794
·         ASL = 2138
·         ASLI = 731
·         ASLII = 304
·         ASLIII = 146
·         ASLIV & ASLV = 230
·         ASLVI = 177 plus 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 48 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths
Total as a Household = 4238 handed off

In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin
Page Created 1/27/21 & published 1/31/21 (C)M. Bartlett
Last updated 1/31/21

moving writing pen motif — **Largesse, Gifts and Auction items**
·       ASXLVIII = 88
·         ASXLIX = 794
·         ASL = 2138
·         ASLI = 731
·         ASLII = 304
·         ASLIII = 146
·         ASLIV & ASLV = 230
·         ASLVI = 177 plus 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 48 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths
Total as a Household = 4238 handed off

In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin
Page Created 1/27/21 & published 1/31/21 (C)M. Bartlett
Last updated 1/31/21

February 1, 2022 0

Activities through 1-23-22

Some weeks are just so disorganized that they’re hard to write up! Yeah, this week…. Your scribe managed to put several projects…. somewhere…. One is a finished snail bookmark that *ought* to be obvious. Another is a rag doll that I figured to finish the hair for this week. <sigh> At least we made frumenty! Hopefully this week will be better.

Project Day is now open for in-person meet-ups as well as in the Virtual Realm! Herbs Workshop and Sewing are ongoing. Masks required. When will the rest of these open up in person? We’ll keep right on with the virtual ones side-by-side with the actual.

One of the House napkins. The mini-cloths are the same pattern, one size larger. Isabeau picked up the napkins on Sunday.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, taking a break.
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 2/20
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Virtual event. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Misc –

Another from Rosalie’s Medieval Woman [used with permission] – “I’d always assumed that those “head in a bath” manuscript images were grossly distorted, but, actually… well, see for yourself! Part of my new display for 2022.”

Inspiration….

Nicholas Breton: Winter – Passamezzo – A description of Winter in early modern Britain. – From NIcholas Breton’s Fantastickes, 1626. Read by Peter Kenny

IT is now Winter, and Boreas beginnes to fill his cheekes with breath, shaketh the tops of the high Cedars, and hoyseth the waues of the Sea, to the danger of the Saylers comfort: Now is the Earth nipt at the heart with a cold, and her Trees are disrobed of their rich apparell: there is a glasse set vpon the face of the Waters, and the Fishes are driuen to the bottomes of the déepe: The Usurer now sits lapt in his furres, and the poore makes his breath, a fire to his fingers ends: Beautie is maskt for feare of the ayre, and youth runnes to Physicke for Restoratiues of Nature: The Stagge roares for losse of his strength, and the Flea makes his Castle in the wooll of a blanket: Cards and Dice now begin their haruest, and good Ale and Sack are the cause of ciuill warres: Machiauil and the Deuill are in counsell vpon destruction, and the wicked of the world make hast to hell: Money is such a Monopoly, that hee is not to be spoken of, and the delay of suits is the death of hope. In it selfe it is a wofull Season, the punishment of Natures pride, and the play of misery. Farewell.

Events

Classes –

This past week Adiantum A&S – Quill Pens and Oak Gall Ink – SCA Aila’ntha

Medieval tapestries and where to buy them – The Creative Contessa – Learn about medieval tapestry reproductions, how/where to buy them cheaply and about the symbolism and meaning of some of the originals!

Paper in the Middle Ages with Orietta Da Rold – Medievalists – Although it tends to be thought of as a time when people rejected technology, there were many new inventions met with enthusiasm in the Middle Ages, including one we might not be able to imagine living without: paper. This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Orietta Da Rold about the many uses of medieval paper.

The religion of simple believers, with Jack Tannous – Medievalists – Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-vabfe-…
A conversation with Jack Tannous (Princeton University) about the “simple believers” who made up the majority of the population of Byzantium (as well as the caliphate and just about any premodern monotheistic society). They probably knew little about the minutiae of theology, but what did they know about their faith, and how important was theology for their religious identity? The discussion is based on Jack’s recent book The Making of the Medieval Middle East: Religion, Society, and Simple Believers (Princeton University Press, 2018), which highlights the role of religious practice and interpersonal attachments.

A Brief History Of Richard Duke Of Gloucester – Richard III Of England – Brief History – A brief history of King Richard III of England. (more info on the youtube link)

Early Week – …was the usual put-away after the potluck, plus some sewing and embroidery. A lot of the last two was sorting out materials and equipment as they floated to the surface at Anja and Loren’s shop. They’re in the middle of their winter cleaning and rearranging.

Cookery – Sunday night’s supper was the Jorvik Frumenty with Cheese, bacon and baked carrots. We both liked the frumenty. Texture was good, the spicing was just right (couldn’t taste the horseradish, but it added depth!) the cheese was a good texture, not completely melted in, and the greens just wilted with the cooking method. This is a dish we’re going to keep in the repertoire!

After harvest, leaving the smaller leaves and stems intact for re-growth.

Hastletes of Fruyt (fruit kebabs) – https://modernmedievalcuisine.com/2022/01/20/hastletes-of-fruyt-fruit-kebabs/

Thorrablot – https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/thorrablot-midwinter-festival-iceland

Icelandic Harðfiskur Recipe – https://familycookbookproject.com/recipe/3329915/icelandic-harfiskur.html

From Bog Myrtle to Hops: Ethnobotanical fragments from the history of Nordic beer brewing – https://www.brutenorse.com/blog/2019/1/17/from-bog-myrtle-to-hops

Medieval Pork Brodettum – Historical Italian Cooking – Today we prepare medieval pork brodettum from the Registrum Coquine, written in the 15th century.

Ingredients:

pork loin
eggs
cheese
cinnamon
cloves
saffron
salt

2.18 – Al Triste El Puñado De Trigo Se Le Vuelve Alpiste (2.18 – To the Sad Handful of Wheat Turns Birdseed) – Fogones en la Historia (Kitchens in History) – Receta de potaje de trigo, receta del siglo XVII. Un plato que comian todos los estratos de la población. (Recipe for wheat stew, recipe from the 17th century. A dish eaten by all strata of the population.)

Jewish Chicken with Stuffing – Nick Saint-Erne – Jewish Chicken with Stuffing is a recipe from the book SEPHARDI – COOKING THE HISTORY by Helene Jawhara Piner. It has been translated from the Arabic cookbook “Kitab al-tabih” from the 13th century.

Sewing – During the week another bookmark got finished (that’s the one that’s vanished) and then another project was started that has nothing to do with SCA stuff because Anja has some students for hand-sewing. That got worked on during the Sewing Workshop on Saturday, plus some more sorting of supplies into the large rollies. We also found a couple of boxes that have pictures on top that need to be varnished.

[good article!] Sewing Needles Reveal the Roots of Fashion – https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/fashion-history-sewing-needles/

16th Century Tudor Dress Hooks | History & Making of by a Blacksmith – Lynne Fairchild – In the 16th Century, dress hooks were quite useful for English and Dutch women to hold up their skirts and/or to hold down their partlets. Learn about the history of the metals used and the different styles of hooks available. Plus, watch a blacksmith make a pair of dress hooks.
16th Century historical dress hooks from the Renaissance / Tudor periods typically found in museums were typically made from silver gilt (silver gilded in gold). However, for lower class people who may not have been able to afford silver, then other metals were used (such as brass).
The 2 dress hooks made in this video are made from brass. Follow along with the step by step process of how a piece of a scrap brass plate becomes two floral dress hooks.
** Fair warning, though, if brass is used. If the metal gets wet, it may discolor the fabric. So, these brass hooks will specifically be used with a cord (like a belt) to hold up the hem of the over-skirt, rather than being permanently attached to the back of a partlet, where it could discolor the fabric over time.

Dyeing with My Daughter: Eastern Brazilwood I Sappanwood – History Science Fiber – Dive into the rich history of Eastern Brazilwood (aka Sappanwood, Biencaea sappan) with this in-depth video as we take a DIY approach on how to prepare your fiber and set up your dye pot for rich deep crimsons, luscious pinks and dark purples. This is the first video in the new Dyeing with My Daughter playlist which celebrates how to include young children in the amazing world of natural dyeing. Big thank you to Mary Larose for filming and editing this together! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffp6-R09pIg (link will open on youtube, but doesn’t show here…..

May we help grow tiny humans who love the world and nature. Totally sustainable and a great hobby for children, come explore natural dyeing!
Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:55 – Chemistry
1:29 – Fiber Preparation
6:00 – Prepare the Vat
9:44 – Heating the Dye Vat
10:16 – Putting the Fiber In
11:50 – Taking the Fiber Out
12:22 – pH Change
16:30 – Rinsing the Fiber
17:01 – Results
18:34 – Outtakes

Sundials, etc. –

An Introduction to Medieval Hammered Coins – SCA Aila’ntha – Our guest presenter will be: Baron Hrodr-Navar Hakonsson OP, OL (AKA Steve Alter) – What was it like to use coins valued at their metal content, and not just as symbols of value? How were medieval coins produced, and quality controlled? How did merchants deal with foreign coinage? What changes were implemented by Edward I that made English sterling one of the leading currencies in Europe? We will discuss these issues, and look at some period coins to see evolution of English coinage from William I to Elizabeth I.

Horn: The Plastic Of History – Making A Horn Comb – Townsends

Herb Bunch – No workshop again…. The garden is still in “winter” mode, but spring is coming!

Sad nasturtiums

1/24/22 – New onion growth. What’s that? A bloom?

That strawberry is still hanging in there, almost ripe…. what’s that? 3 weeks, now? 🙂

Sixteenth-century tomatoes in Europe: who saw them, what they looked like, and where they came from – https://peerj.com/articles/12790/

Project Day – Amy came in for a few minutes early one to drop off some dishcloths and lucet cord. Isabeau and Coleman stopped in later. Anja and Loren were horrendously busy with customers since there was a huge contrast between the foggy, gloomy, *cold* (32f?) Valley and the 60F bright and sunny coast!

Anja got to messenger chat (but not video) with Claire during the late afternoon and various people posted things online.

Claire posted – “Today’s project. Mittens for my friend Jan. There’s a glove version but the one pair of non-patterned gloves I’ve made are fiddly enough.”

Supper for Anja and Loren was the wheat frumenty from Jorvik (see Cookery, above)

Helen Louise posted – ” Making more wax sewing thread patties from the wax our bees produced. Also going to make some beeswax food fabric wraps today…”

Anja says, “I gotta find the 1/2-done set of food wraps that I have.”

….and – “Also pursuing ebay and bought piece of silk fabric with wool crewel work to make this jacket and hopefully a bag too… I know the embroidery pattern is a bit big but I’ll add some more work on it… thinking bees, bunnies, a fox and more flowers… be still my heart… and don’t tell hubby… LOL…”

There were two long online chats, with Claire and with Gudrun, but I don’t have permission yet to edit and re-post….

Feast Planning

Online pages are in draft mode for the feast. The Wire-Weaving class is going to be a youtube. We hoping to do the same with the “feast lecture” and the festoons class.

Recipes

The Jorvik wheat frumenty was this week’s test dish. – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/wheat-frumenty-with-cheese/

Dancing with the Duchess

Mimed Branles – These dances include gestures that mimic the gestures of people. They are named accordingly. The Washerwoman’s branle includes the scolding of partners, the Pease branle has a flirtation, the Hermits’ branle crosses their arms and bow their heads. The others mimic the taping of clogs, horses hooves, etc. Dances:• Washerwoman’s Branle• Pease Branle• Hermits’ Branle• Torch Branle• Clog Branle• Horses’ Branle• Montard Branle• Hay Branle• Official Branle

Miscellaneous pix

This house is associated with the legend of Dr. Faust, with whom the devil flew through the roof when Dr. Faust wasn’t ready to die and destroyed parts of the house in the process, leaving the magical talking statues and all the books in place …. says the legend. historian František Kruml – The Fausto House, actually mladotovský palace (Prague 1-New City, Karl Square 502/40) has not disappeared, but has a little different form today. The house is at the heart of gothic, rebuilt in the renaissance style around 1618 and twice baroque adjusted around 1740 and 1770. Other adjustments took place in 1820 and 1857 and also after world War II. There was a pagan obětiště at the place of the faust house. For the first time there is a mentioned house held by Jan Duke Opavského in the 1378. Records in 1432 he is listed as the holder of Peter’s house, reeve from the house of Because he was a supporter of the “sirotčího army”, his house became one of the objectives of the attack of the master’s unity on 6. The house went through repairs. About 1501, he became the property of jaroslava capon of svojkova, who was beheaded in 1537 for a capital crime. The house was seized, and in 1542, the jaroslavovu was a relative of the relative kapounovi of svojkova, who sold it in 1543 Around 1587, the English Alchemist and Mystic Edward Kelley acquired the house. Before his fall, Kelley transferred the house to his sister-in – The house had a number of other owners. In 1721, Ferdinand Antonín Mladota of solopysk, who was interested in physics and alchemy, bought it. (the first owner of the house with interest in alchemy was václav duke opava, the second was Edward Kelley, the court alchemist of Emperor Rudolf II. . The period in which the house was owned by mladotů is seen as the beginning of the reputation of Dr. Faust, who developed the romantic literature of the 19. th century The last of mladotů Francis fell into debt, and in 1800, the creditors acquired the house. In 1838, the house belonged to a private institute for deaf. In 1856, it was designed to tear down ground objects on the east and south side and build new ones in their place. The construction was carried out in 1857. In 1902, purchased by a general hospital house. In February 1945, the house was damaged during an air raid.

Ukieology Fashion and Decor Inc. – Motankas are ancient Ukrainian family talismans. They are the symbol of prosperity, goodness and hope. Then first knotted dolls appeared about 5,000 years ago, and represented the unity of the family and deep connection between multiple generations.

The name “motanka” comes from the word “motaty” (to wind) ie to make a knotted doll out of fabric, without using a needle and scissors. Motanka served as a talisman of human destiny and our ancestors believed that destiny cannot be pierced or cut. Generally dolls were in the shape of a human figure, usually a woman or a child, and were made from pieces of fabric from old clothes of family members connected by knots.

Each doll was unique and made with only good intentions and sincerity as it was believed that it has power and will act as a protector of a household and it’s inhabitants.

Motankas differ from ordinary dolls by “empty” faces. Our ancestors believed that giving the doll a face could tie a person’s soul to it. Therefore faces have no facial features and instead the Motanka dolls have multicoloured threads laid out in a cross shape across the face instead. The cross is a pagan symbol of the Sun where horizontal lines meant feminine, and vertical – masculine.

Motanka dolls can be divided into three categories: ceremonial (obryadova), guardian (berehynya) and children’s play dolls. The ceremonial doll was made for certain holidays and so was named accordingly: Kolyada, Vesilna, Vesnyanka, Paschalna, Kupavka, etc. Guardian motankas were created with a specific purpose in mind, such as successful pregnancy and health, well-being and wealth, harmony, success and happiness. In the middle of such dolls it was common to place healing herbs and coins.

Play dolls for children helped to develop fine motor skills, as well as future caretaking skills in girls.

Because dolls had specific purposes they were named accordingly. For example:

Ochysna (cleansing) doll was to get rid of bad energy in the house;

Ten-handed (Desyatyruchka) doll always helped the hostess in household chores;

To get married successfully, a Cabbage (Kapustka) doll was displayed in the window;

Princess (Knyahynya) was the most popular female talisman that helped with family affairs;

Inseparable dolls (Nerozluchnyki) were often gifted at the wedding so that they would preserve unity and fidelity of the couple;

The most beautiful doll was the Bride (Narechena) as she looked like a young girl with a long braid – a symbol of a long married life;

Fertility (Rodyuchistʹ) Motanka was gifted with a wish of many children to be born to the family;

Traveler doll (Podorozhnytsya) guaranteed the owner a happy return home, and helped to stay warm and full while travelling;

To protect the baby from illnesses, the mother would put a Swaddle (Pelenashka) doll into the crib. Sometimes breadcrumbs were wrapped into these dolls and they also acted as pacifiers. For additional protection from diseases, 12 small motankas were made from healing herbs and given to the child to play with. Each doll absorbed the disease and after they performed this protective function they were burned;

Guardian Motanka or Berehynya was associated with the Mother – a symbol of care, love and prosperity. Therefore, she was always depicted with her head covered, large breasts and a cross on her face.

Colors also played an important role in the making of the motanka doll:

red – symbolised protection against diseases and evil spirits;

yellow – the personification of the life-giving power of the Sun;

green – a symbol of rebirth, health, youth and Mother Nature;

blue and navy – the continuous movement of the healing water;

brown was associated with Mother Earth and fertility;

white – divine heaven, purity and harmony.

Lastly, much meaning was given to when and how Motanka was created. The process of making such dolls is called “kutannya” or swaddling as it is very similar to swaddling a baby. Motankas were made by women using the lunar calendar. On the full moon the doll was created for protection; on the descending moon- to protect from diseases and failures; Motanks made during the ascending moon were for achieving a good result in any business.

Additionally, it was forbidden to make dolls on Friday and Sunday, because these days belong to the goddess of women’s diligence and needlework, Makosha. A doll had to be made in one day using natural fabrics and threads. The winding of the doll was to be carried out only clockwise, always accompanied by positive thoughts.

During the Soviet times, traditions associated with making Motanka dolls were somewhat lost. However, more recently these dolls have made a come back and many households in Ukraine and overseas have acquired Motanka dolls as traditional Ukrainian oberihs.

We have been very fortunate to partner up with a local artist (originally from Ukraine now living in Saskatoon, Canada), Natalia Garmasar, who makes wonderful Motanka dolls for us. She follows traditional ways of making these dolls and each is done with love and care.

As each Motanka doll is unique, no two dolls are alike. Pictures on our site are for reference, and some variations in clothing/accessories is possible.

www.Ukieology.com

#motanka #motankadoll #ukrainian #shoplocal

Rosalie’s Medieval Woman – “I’d always assumed that those “head in a bath” manuscript images were grossly distorted, but, actually… well, see for yourself! Part of my new display for 2022.”

Music – Renaissance Music Choir Josquin Des Prez Mass In Te Domine Speravi – Early Music in a Different Way 😉 – This is my version of In te Domine Speravi from Josquin Des Prez (1450 or 1455-1521). A Jewel choir of Renaissance music played with a viol viola da gamba consort. Early Music Mass.

Palestrina Choral Music Beautiful Choral – Weslei Santos de Andrade – Full playlist on the youtube link!

Links

The Last Wild Lions of Europe – https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/lions-europe/

You’ll Love This Café Right Away (more about the Certovka mill!) – https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/youll-love-this-cafe-right-away/

Video Links

Hernando De Soto: Dark Legacy Of The Medieval Explorer | Death March Of De Soto | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Romantic visions of the explorer Hernando de Soto continue to celebrate the conquistador’s arrival in North America 500 years ago as one of the most important events in the history of mankind. But archaeology tells a darker story. – As they chart the conquistador’s trail of death and human destruction from Florida’s Gulf Coast to the mouth of the Mississippi, archeologists are not only discovering lost Native American cultures, but their excavations are also confirming the frightening truth of just how these people perished. More info on the youtube link.

New and Updated Pages

Foods from the Norse, viking-era – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/

Wheat Frumenty with Cheese – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/wheat-frumenty-with-cheese/

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Activities through 1-16-22 Potluck

This is a two-week report, since your scribe was down sick most of 12th Night week. None of us went, so we didn’t have that much to report. This week just past was more normal, but folks are still trying to catch their breath… and Adiantum’s Mid-Winter feast got cancelled. We still don’t have a solid answer as to what to do about our Feast, although we know that in-person is out.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing sachets/potpourri)
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 2/20, 3/20, 4/17, 5/15
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ In-Person has been cancelled.

Bacon was cooked, onions added and cooked, then spinach (almost done here)

Misc – There was someone who was COVID positive at 12th Night. That has closed down all in-person activities for 10 days.

, – Barony of Madrone An Tir – Slideshow video of the Kingdom of An Tir’s first 12th Night, 1982.

Online Facebook group comments….

Peggy Vlach – I went to virtual 12th night so what is on YouTube is what I saw. At one point, to fill time, they were showing pictures of when An Tir was first a kingdom and one of them had the dowager princess.
Arlys – Oh my gosh! I remember when we used to sing and play for Her Serene Highness–we’d do a concert at her senior community. My a cappella singers and Anja’s recorder consort (Starfollower). I also remember one concert we did was in a somewhat drafty room and Janeltis was cold, so we bundled her up in my grizzly bear cloak, and she was warm and toasty in that.
Rosamonde Sherwood – I remember meeting her at Estrella …. Had her all to myself for 2 whole hours!! We had a lovely time.
Anja – Janeltis was a wonderful lady, to put it mildly. The recorder consort was honored to bear her name. I loved what time I got with her, and I’ve been continuing to tell people the tag to every critique she made of my work. “Next time will be better!”
Arlys – She taught my Beloved how to do needlepoint after he took a head shot and she was keeping him awake. 🙂 The piece still survives, and is quite nice (An Tir was still a principality of the West.)

More An Tir and 12th Night here – https://www.youtube.com/c/KingdomofAnTirSCA

12th Night Friday Live Stream – Kingdom of AnTir, SCA

12th Night Saturday Live Stream – Kingdom of AnTir, SCA

Events

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022, 9AM–7PM – Adiantum Mid-Winter’s Feast Cancelled

SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022 AT 4 PM – Moneyers Moot – Online event – Event by Barony of Terra Pomaria and Kristopher Williams – Join us for a Q&A session the Master Emmerich, Master Derian and Magister Arion hosting by the Barony of Terra Pomeria in An Tir – https://www.facebook.com/events/984538722469348

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Dance Vids – More dance below in “Dancing with the Duchess”

Fun medieval English dance for 2 / Grene Gynger – The Creative Contessa – (I can’t get the vid to come up, here, but it’s up on youtube!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oQ-yFbP59M&t=2s

Branle des Lavandieres – Historical Dance – 16th century French branle performed by members of The Historical Dance Society. Music by Jeremy Barlow and The Broadside Band.

Classes –

Pyrography 101 by Guillermo De Cervantes – Barony of Terra Pomaria – The Barony of Terra Pomaria hosts our friend Guillermo De Cervantes from the Kingdom of Trimaris, who will be teaching us the Art of Pyrography! Guillermo gives an introduction to the craft of creating art with fire and heat. With an explanation of how to use both period and modern tools. Join us in exploring ways to increase the beauty of our gear and add that extra touch that makes the SCA special.

What Was Normal Life Like In Anglo-Saxon Britain? | 1000 AD | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – What was it really like to live just before the end of the first millennium? 1000 AD recreates life circa 999 AD, showing the everyday lives, loves and passions of the Anglo-Saxon people. Britain’s system of social welfare, law and order and a yearning for knowledge made them the envy of Europe – and a country under threat from violent and oppurtunistic raiders, the Vikings.
This docu-drama runs alongside interviews with leading historians who paint a revealing picture of the political and social structure of pre-Norman Britain

DID CATHERINE OF ARAGON SLEEP WITH PRINCE ARTHUR OR WAS HENRY VIII A BIGAMIST? Six wives documentary – History Calling – Did CATHERINE OF ARAGON SLEEP WITH PRINCE ARTHUR TUDOR or was Henry VIII a BIGAMIST for marrying Anne Boleyn while Catherine still lived? Many have wondered, was Catherine of Aragon a virgin when she married Henry VIII or did he annul their marriage and cause a Tudor scandal due to her age, lack of a male heir and because he’d fallen in love with someone else. Did he truly think Catherine and Arthur had slept together and did it really matter either way? In this Tudors documentary we’ll look at the evidence to learn about Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon’s marriage, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s marriage, their annulment (or the King’s Great Matter as it was known at the time), the love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon’s death and burial as Princess dowager of Wales. If you’ve ever wondered ‘who was the Spanish Princess’, this video will give you a great insight into the complex character that was Henry VIII’s first wife.

A Brief History Of The Prince In The Tower – Edward V Of England – Brief History – A brief history of King Edward V of England. I am new to youtube and hope you enjoy my content. Cheers!

The 6 to 8 Wives of Ivan the Terrible – History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday – What 16th century megalomaniac monarch magnified the power of his nation, ordered the violent executions of thousands of his own people, became obsessed with fathering male heirs and went through at least 6 wives, several of whom were murdered? Why Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia of course! In fact he outdid Henry VIII of England in many terrible ways, including having not 6 wives but as many as 8. The exact number is still debated by historians. But 6 or 8, they would all come to regret their wedding vows. Let’s meet the women who were unfortunate enough to call one of the most evil men in history their husband.
Anastasia Romanovna
Maria Temryukovna
Marfa Sobakina
Anna Koltovskaya
Anna Vasilchikova
Vasilisa Melentyeva
Maria Dolgorukaya
Maria Nagaya

Early Week – The week of the 3rd-9th Anja and Loren were both sick, and no one posted for Project Day on 1/9, so we decided to put the report off for a week. No one from the House got to 12th Night, although some of us watched the live feed. From 10-16 most of the energy went into cooking, although Anja had her embroidery.

Cookery – Cookery during the week was pumpkin bread, blueberry jam and a cabbage/spinach dish with bacon, plus the frumenty.

Frumenty – writeup and recipe here: https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/kaupang-apple-frumenty/

The Swiss Have Made Cheese Since the Iron Age – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/swiss-have-made-cheese-iron-age-180958952/

Rome’s Wonder Medicine: Cabbage – Tasting History with Max Miller

1600s Chicken & Cherries with Ken Albala – Tasting History with Max Miller

2. 17 – El Pollo De Enero, Debajo De Las Alas Trae El Dinero – Fogones en la Historia – Receta de Fidawsh, pollo cocido con fideos. Plato de la cocina morisca de la península. (2. 17 – The Chicken Of January, Beneath The Wings Brings The Money – Kitchens in History – Recipe for Fidawsh, chicken cooked with noodles. Dish of the Moorish cuisine of the peninsula.)

La Galette des rois | Epiphanie | French Pastry – Erline – https://ko-fi.com/erlinecottage98

for the custard
120g of milk
18g brown sugar
2 egg yolk
12gr cornstarch
for the frangipane
100g almond powder
75g icing sugar
65g butter
1 whole egg
60g of milk
Vanilla
250g of puff pastry

Sewing – Cut out 14 napkins, 3 mini House tablecloths and associated trim. Finished the back of a sachet and started a bookmark.

Blackwork

Front side of the back of a sachet piece

New bookmark

Napkin/Cloth – I originally had a mundane student working on these. I had to throw out the two that she did! Someone who can’t follow instructions….

All of the stuff – Clkws from top left: Anja/Loren napkins, 1 doze House napkins, 3 House mini-cloths, package of AnTir trims and pouch fabrics.

Small Projects are Adult Fidget Toys – https://seedsofimagination.wixsite.com/blog/post/small-projects-are-adult-fidget-toys

Making Beeswax Cakes – Elewys of Finchingefeld – Making little cakes of beeswax from silicone molds. The beeswax cake is an essential item for hand sewing to strengthen the thread and make it glide through the fabrics easier. This is a fun craft for those rainy or snowy days, and they make great gifts! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd58OaZq-lw

Hand Sewing & Seam Finishing with Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva – Barony of Terra Pomaria – Barony of Terra Pomaria hosts our friend Kennari Nastassiia (Tasha) Ivanova Medvedeva (OL) from the East Kingdom.
Tasha gives us helpful hints, tips, and tricks for hand sewing, whether you intend to make entire outfits by hand or just hand finish your machine-sewn garments. Also addressing methods of hand sewing for construction, and finishing seams and hems in wool and linen so that your garments don’t fray off your body. In addition, covers a method of sewing a construction seam while also flat-lining your garment.

16th Century Italian Flower Pattern | Step by Step Blackwork Embroidery – Lynne Fairchild – This flower pattern is from a late 16th century Italian embroidery sampler, located at the the Museo del Tessuto in Prato, Italy. This particular embroidered flower will become part of a pin pillow.

Sundials, etc. –

Wagons, handguns and flails – Tábor Museum shows secrets behind Hussite victories – https://english.radio.cz/wagons-handguns-and-flails-tabor-museum-shows-secrets-behind-hussite-victories-8719426
January 1422: The Hussites led by Jan Žižka defeat the Second Crusade at Německý Brod – https://english.radio.cz/january-1422-hussites-led-jan-zizka-defeat-second-crusade-nemecky-brod-8738591
Researchers Are Using X-Rays to Solve the Mystery Behind Sicily’s Child Mummies – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-study-sicilian-child-mummies-180979386/
Horned ‘Viking’ helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say – https://www.livescience.com/horned-viking-helmets-from-different-civilization

Herb Bunch – No workshop again this week. Last week was cancelled by illness.

A set of pix that got missed from the snow on 12/27

Rain gauge doesn’t accurately measure snow!

This week’s garden pix

These turnips were lying down in the last picture. I don’t see any lovage, yet.

I weeded and weeded and weeded on that sticky bob!

Rosalie’s Medieval Woman – “Finally uploaded my Medieval herb Garden page with updated herb usage info cherry picked from the Tacuinum sanitatis, Trotula, Hildegard von Bingen and one from Bald’s Leechbook from Old English Medical Remedies. Photos almost entirely from my garden. – https://rosaliegilbert.com/myherbgarden.html

Project Day – Loren and Anja started with getting the pork roast into the roaster, and it took way longer than it should have. By 2:30 she was back at the computer, finding youtubes for this report. Cooking went on from that point: Loren’s bread, heating up the other things and making a nibble tray that we never got any pictures of. The roast was done around 6pm, but it wouldn’t slice.

Ailantha posted – “Busy day yesterday. Grandchild was visiting so we worked on a lined elizabethan doublet for them. Pictures in a week or so when finished. I also worked on a leather sheath for their throwing knife and some leather bow tip protectors and string savers to become largess. Oh, and a belt carrier for a bull whip. I’m thinking of painting a small white wren on the largest knife sheath, as their name is Ryn. I think they might like it, and it should be easy.”

Helen Louise says, “Just finished early linen jacket, working on pants and casting bees wax sewing tread patties from our bees wax.”

Feast Planning – Not really getting any input from folks over the last few weeks. The most I have was “no in-person feast.” I really was hoping for people to say whether they want the feast cookbook, Estella’s “moveable feast” or both. I may have to post to everyone on the group.

Potluck – Since it was just us we didn’t do as much with pictures as usual. We’re in the middle of a shop re-set and things are a mess, with little room. So, we cooked, ate and didn’t try to make a fancy spread.

Potluck Menu

Nibbles – We just pulled out bottles, jars and fridge boxes, and stuffed our bowls!

bread
garlic butter (last of the roasted garlic butter)
pickled beets
pickled eggs
pickled beans (3 types)
Pickled asparagus
Pickled brussels sprouts
Pickled mushrooms
Cheddar cheese

Main

Pork Roasted with apples and berries (recipe below)
Lentil & pea stew with carrots and bacon (recipe elsewhere)
Cabbage, spinach and other greens with bacon (recipe below)
Apple Frumenty (see cookery)

Afters – no pix….

pecans
cheese
100’s of 1000’s
comfits
apple muse

ooking cabbage (once cut). Spinach stems were chopped and added here

Cabbage pot and bacon pot were drained, then the solids mixed.

Cutting (or trying to) the pork roast which was cooked with the berry sauce and apples

Recipes

Veg dish – Not necessarily period, but it’s just a variation on similar dishes that are documentable.

1/2 red cabbage
water to cover
pound bacon
onion
spinach
2 TBSP butter (if needed)
Salt (maybe)

Method

Chop cabbage. You can use the stem if you chop it fine.
Separate spinach stems from leaves and chop (1/2 inch pieces). Set spinach leaves aside.
Put cabbage and spinach stems into a medium saucepan and pour in water to cover.
Bring to a boil.
Turn to medium-low and simmer until fork-tender.
Let stand until cool and drain, then set aside.
Cut bacon pieces into 1/4’s.
Put in a large frypan with about 1/2 an inch of water. Let simmer until the bacon is changing color. (You’re looking for cooked soft, not crisp. ) This takes awhile, but you don’t have to stand over it.
Chop onion and add. Let simmer until the onion goes transparent.
If there’s not enough grease left, add the butter.
Chop spinach leaves, add to pan and stir in.
Stir every 5 minutes or so until the leaves are ate least wilted, if not cooked through.
Drain. (The drained liquid is a good add for soups!)
Stir contents of pot and frypan together and taste to see whether it needs salt.
Serve hot.
May be held in a low-temp casserole or crockpot or reheated in the microwave.

Note – You can add other greens such as carrot, beet, parsnip or turnip tops or leaves like plantain, dandelion, kale, lettuce, bok choy, lamb’s quarter, etc…. Treat these as either spinach leaves or as the stems. In other words either fry at the very last if leafy and tender, or add to the cabbage if harder.

Pork Roast

1 apple
3-5 pound pork tenderloin roast, boneless
1 cup berry sauce (https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/berry-sauce-for-red-meat/)
Salt (maybe)

Method

Core and slice apple with skin on and place in a thick layer on the bottom of a roasting pan.
Set the roast on top.
Pour/dollop the berry sauce on top.
Roast at 400F for about 2 1/2 hours until internal temp is over 165F, turning over once and spooning apple and berry mush back onto the top of the roast.
Let stand before trying to slice (depending on the quality of the roast, it might shred instead of slice!)

Dance with the Duchess

The Dancing Duchess: Dancing with Stjarna – Excerpts from my new papers…
Today’s morsel: Branles from Arbeau.
Basic Branles
“All musicians are in the habit of opening the dancing at a festival by a double branle which they call the common branle, and afterwards they play the single branle and the gay branle and at the end the branles of Burgundy, which some people call branles of Champagne.” These four dances will teach the basic steps of the branle and lay the groundwork for the dances to follow. The last dance in this section is “danced by lackeys and serving wenches, and sometimes by young men and damsels of gentle birth in a masquerade, disguised as peasants and shepherds.”
Dances:
• Double/Common Branle
• Single Branle
• Gay Branle
• Burgundian
• Haut Barrois

The Dancing Duchess: Dancing with Stjarna – Mixed Branles and Branles that represent countries.
Arbeau describes the mixed branles of Champagne as branles that “have been arranged in numbered series.” These dances were so commonly danced, that the musician had a set order that they would be played at the balls. Arbeau mentions that the musicians in Langres play ten in succession that would be known as the above-mentioned mixed branles of Champagne, and “another number in sequence known as Camp branles and yet another they have named branles of Hainaut and branles of Avignon.” The series would change when new compositions or trends arose. Also included in this selection will be the branles that take their names from the countries that they were usually danced. “The Poitevins dance their branles of Poitou, the Scots, their branles of Scotland and the Bretons branles which they call the Trihory or papsy.”
Dances:
• Cassandra
• Pinagay
• Charlotte
• Branle of War
• Aridan
• Poitou
• Scottish/Escosse Branle
• Trihory
• Maltese Branle

Miscellaneous pix

The Lesser Town end of the Charles Bridge. The two towers with points are period.

Radyně Castle – https://czech-archaeology-news.estranky.cz/articles/castellology-in-czech-republic/radyne.html

Music – Musicians from around the world recreate famous Hussite chorale – https://english.radio.cz/musicians-around-world-recreate-famous-hussite-choral-8688368

Lorenzo Il Magnifico. Trionfo Di Bacco / Chants De Carnaval 1449-1492 – Alberto Sosa
Calendimaggio

Palle, Palle, Palle. Heinrich Isaac
Ben Venga Maggio. Angelo Poliziano
Galliarda “Su L’erba Fresca”. Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Era Di Maggio. Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Lo Mio Padre. Joan Ambrosio Dalza
In Questo Ballo. Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Calata. Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Trionfo Di Bacco. Lyrics By – Lorenzo De’ Medici
Spagna
Spagna I. Johannes Ghiselin
Spagna II. Josquin Desprez
Canti Carnascialeschi
Canto Di Lanzi Pelelgrini. Lyrics By Guglielmo
Vilana Che Sa Tu Far?. Josquin Desprez
Canto Di Lanzi Suonatori Di Rubechine. Josquin Desprez
Canto Di Lanzi Allegri. Josquin Desprez
Pan De Miglio. Josquin Desprez
Scaramella Va Alla Guerra. Josquin Desprez
Carnovale Con Crocifisso
Carro Della Morte. Lyrics By Antonio Alamanni
Volgi Gli Ochi. Alexander Demophon
Jesu Jesu. Lyrics By Feo. Belcari
Visin Visin
Canto Degli Spazzacamini
– Marc Pontus, alto
– Lucien Kandel, tenor
Serge Goubioud, tenor
– Marc Busnel, bass
Doulce Mémoire
Denis Raisin-Dadre

Links

Sicily’s Bony Capuchin Crypt – https://classroom.ricksteves.com/videos/sicily-s-bony-capuchin-crypt
Seafaring in the Norse world: Advice from the Konungs skuggsjá – https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/seafaring-norse-world/
Cryptocurrency and Medieval Monetary Theory – https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/cryptocurrency-medieval-monetary/
Researchers Unearth 2,000-Year-Old Synagogue in Mary Magdalene’s Supposed Hometown – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-synagogue-found-in-mary-magdalenes-supposed-hometown-180979208/
Rediscovered Medieval Manuscript Offers New Twist on Arthurian Legend – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rediscovered-medieval-manuscript-offers-new-twist-on-arthurian-legend-180978705/

New and Updated Pages

Kaupang, Apple Frumenty – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/kaupang-apple-frumenty/

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January 19, 2022 0

Activities through 1-2-22

Holidays are nutz…. but we survived into 2022! Wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2022!

Project Day is now open for in-person meet-ups as well as in the Virtual Realm, but will only be online during Anja and Loren’s annual vacation! Potluck this month will be Virtual and Real-World! Herbs Workshop and Sewing are on hold due to vacation. Masks required. When will the rest of these open up in person? We’ll keep right on with the virtual ones side-by-side with the actual.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing incense
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Finished bookmarks – The 2nd one went from blank to complete in one day…

Events

JAN 7, 2022 AT 2 PM – JAN 9, 2022 AT 12 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2022 – DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport – Tickets book.passkey.com/go/SCA22 – We welcome An Tir and the Known World to the celebration of our Crown and Kingdom. This grand celebration will be hosted by the Baronies of Wyewood and Madrone, on January 7th-9th, 2022 at the Double Tree by Hilton at Seattle Airport.
We are pleased to announce that room reservations are now open for An Tir 12th Night 2022. This grand celebration will be hosted by the baronies of Wyewood and Madrone, on January 7th-9th, at the Double Tree by Hilton at Seattle Airport. Our room rates are available for the 6th and 10th as well should you opt for a longer stay. The parking cost is contracted to be 50% off their daily rate, which at one time was $32 but may change before our event, thus an additional cost of $16/day per vehicle parked. Please understand this is an airport hotel, that dictates the parking market. You may reserve online with this link: https://book.passkey.com/go/SCA22You may also reserve by phone. Please call toll free (800) 222-8733. Reference the group code: SCR, or the group name: SCA 12th Night

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022, 9AM–7PM – Adiantum Mid-Winter’s Feast – The Long Tom Grange – Event by Barony of Adiantum and Nái Martyn
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Naible Martyn
Event site: Long Tom Grange, 25823 Ferguson Junction City, OR 97448
This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event.
Join their Excellencies of Adiantum for a Midwinter Feast & Revel. It has been a long dark winter, but we are in this together. Let there be light, laughter, music and revelry.
All attendees will either show proof of full vaccination or show proof of testing within 72 hours of the activities pursuant to the Society’s Policy dated September 25, 2021.
“Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.

Early Week – Nothing much going on, just ongoing projects.

Cookery – Pretzel rod swords are written up. Čočky (lentil stew) made for New Year’s. Pickled herring purchased for the same.

Slaneček ve víně – herring pickled in wine

Connate and the Great British Quince-Off – https://modernmedievalcuisine.com/2021/12/12/connate-and-the-great-british-quince-off/

Cake – https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2021/12/cake.html

Sewing – Still bookmarks and rag doll.

Colors of Silk Thread for 16th Century Embroidery – Lynne Fairchild – Recently at a historical reenactment event, I was asked what colors were historically accurate for silk thread on European embroidery in the 16th century. Follow along as I review different colors used, as well as what colors were used on which items.
Blackwork embroidery is also known as double-running stitch or Holbein stitch. Historically, it was typically found as black silk thread embroidered on white linen in a reversible stitch.

Making Christmas, Part 1: Houppelandes – The Singer Sews – I make opulent medieval Christmas robes for myself and my husband using a pattern modeled after an extant 14th century garment.

Making Christmas, Part 2: Accessories – The Singer Sews – My Best Beloved and I make accessories to round out our Father and Mother Christmas personas!

Sundials, etc. – Finished getting hardware onto several bookmarks

Herb Bunch – After the snow we had freezing temps. The peas look awfully sad…. Most of the other things are doing fine and we planted more veg ends.

German winter beer radishes and black spanish radishes – Mistress Eleanor de Bolton

Project Day – Anja embroidered and Loren did bookmarks (in Sewing, above)

Arlys – “The following is what happens when you take a perfectly nice and new to you pattern and manage to drop a stitch, thus turning a diaper into a frog. … ribbit. WIP”

Helen Louise – Just finished hand quilting my honorary Grandmother’s quilt top that she gave me in the late 1980s… so glad to finally have time to finish these 30 year old projects.

Isabeau – We’re here at the auto shop fussing with putting things in their new space.

Feast Planning – On hold until all comments are in.

Recipes

A first subtlety! Especially for those who say, “I can’t cook!”

Pretzel swords made from pretzel rods, giant gummy lifesavers, and melting chocolate – These are pretty easy. I’ve written out the directions as completely as I can for someone who has never done something like this, complete with (current to 1/22) links to products, so you can see what you’re looking for.

12 pretzel rods – https://www.amazon.com/Better-Made-baked-pretzels-12-oz/dp/B008A8LAHQ/ref=sr_1_9
12 Gummy Lifesavers – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008U5RK0A/
1 package Wilton’s Candy Melts – https://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Candy-Melts-White-340g/dp/B07GX697WB/ref=sr_1_11 Lots more colors available
Or get only plain white candy melts and buy gel paste colors (not liquid food coloring…. PASTE) https://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Concentrated-Baking-Decorating-Rainbow/dp/B00SJ685YK/ref=sr_1_7

Equipment

Fairly flat plate
Microwavable bowl or glass measuring cup, 1 qt.
Waxed paper, bakers’ parchment or aluminum foil
Stirrer

Method

Lay everything out so you can see what you’re doing.
Spread your waxed paper/foil out on the table for a drying surface.
Examine the pretzel rods and set aside any that are cracked.
Read the instructions on the candy melt bag carefully, twice, and set things out in that order….
As per instructions nuke the candy melts and stir.
Run the plate under hot water and dry.
Pour liquid melts into the plate and quickly start rolling one end of the pretzel rods in the melt. Do this by setting the end that you want uncovered on the edge of the plate with the long part in/on the “melt” and twist between your fingers until that end is covered.
Set on the drying surface and quickly do as many as you can before the melts harden.
If you’re not done, pry the melts from the plate back into the bowl and re-melt. Stir well then repeat from 5-8.
If they’re taking longer to harden up than you like you can set them in the fridge for 15 minutes or the freezer for 5.
Warm the gummy in your hands and gently slide it onto the pretzel rod until it covers the join between the melts and the bare rod.
Let cool and store air-tight.

PDF version –

Pretzel swords made from pretzel rods

Peggy Vlach found these gargoyles who overindulged on New Year’s

Miscellaneous pix – 12 Knights of Christmas

Music – Sellenger’s Round with 3rd day words (mostly about mince pie!) These folks have a whacking lot of other music for the season up on their YouTube page! – https://www.youtube.com/c/Passamezzomusic/videos

Passamezzo: A Carol for St John’s Day – Sellenger’s Round – (27th December) – a 17th Century ballad about mince pies. – From New Carrolls for this Merry Time of Christmas, 1661
Michael Palmer: tenor
Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Alison Kinder: recorder

from Passamezzo’s CD Old Christmas Returned – https://passamezzo.bandcamp.com/album/old-christmas-returned
In honour of Saint John we thus do keep good Christmas cheer;
And he that comes to dine with us, I think he need not spare.
The butcher he hath killed good beef, the caterer brings it in;
But Christmas pies are still the chief if that I durst begin.
Our bacon hogs are full and fat to make us brawn and souse;
Full well may I reject thereat to see them in the house
But yet the minced pie it is that sets my teeth on water;
Good mistress, let me have a bit, for I do long thereafter.
And I will fetch your water in to brew and bake withal,
Your love and favour still to win when as you please to call.
Then grant me, dame your love and leave to taste your pie-meat here;
It is the best in my conceit of all your Christmas-cheer.
The cloves and mace and gallant plums that here on heaps do lie,
And prunes as big as both my thumbs, enticeth much mine eye.
Oh, let me eat my belly-full of your good Christmas-pie;
Except thereat I have a pull, I think I sure shall die.

Passamezzo: They that in Ships unto the Sea down go – Music and the Mayflower – Passamezzo – Music, words and song to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower.

In 1620 a ship named the Mayflower left England for the New World.
This much is well known. What is perhaps less well known is that some of the passengers carried music books and instruments with them.
This talk aims to recreate the world of those on board ship.
There are psalms, lute songs and ballads, all taken from books believed to have been in the library of Elder William Brewster. Also music for mariners and merchants; and songs describing tobacco and other wonders of the New World.
Includes works by Richard Allison, Thomas Campion, John Dowland and Tobias Hume.

Links

Travel routes and landing places of Vikings in Scotland to be mapped like never before – https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/travel-routes-and-landing-places-of-vikings-in-scotland-to-be-mapped-like-never-before-3501820
The Distinctive ‘Habsburg Jaw’ Was Likely the Result of the Royal Family’s Inbreeding – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/distinctive-habsburg-jaw-was-likely-result-royal-familys-inbreeding-180973688/
Silver and swords: New light cast on the Isle of Man’s Viking era – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59762779
Ten Books about the Middle Ages you can read for free – https://www.medievalists.net/2021/12/books-middle-ages-read-free/

Video Links

Exploration of an old royal tomb – https://czech-archaeology-news.estranky.cz/articles/history-of-czech-archaeology/exploration-of-an-old-royal-tomb.html

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January 4, 2022 0

Activities through 12-27-21

Major holidays (or three!) throw kinks into things. We didn’t have Herbs this week, and a lot of things got put off, but Project Day showed that a lot of House members stayed busy. A really big wrinkle is that we’re going to have to re-think the Feast. The virus is doing it again. We’re doing a re-think. Virtual? Change the date? What? See below in Feast Planning and please weigh in on the options! This coming week is still going to be a little “off” because of New Year’s, but should be more productive.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing sachets
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Misc – How did medieval Londoners celebrate Christmas? – https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/how-did-medieval-londoners-celebrate-christmas

Events

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2022 AT 3 PM – Tymberhavene Yule – Social Gathering – 1225 Ferry Rd, North Bend, OR 97459-3619, United States – Come join Tymberhavene and celebrate our winter festivities!!!
Feast and Socialization! You will need your vaccine card or Negative Test in the last 72 hours and government issued ID, as well as providing contact information. Masks are required.
Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary. See less

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Dance Vids – A turbo buffet of medieval dance steps!!! #short – The Creative Contessa – Enjoy this demonstration of the primary steps from 15th century ballroom dance in bassadanza, the 6/4 meter that was considered the “Queen of Measures” in the late Middle Ages!

Classes –

Why Did Medieval People Die Whilst Doing Their Laundry? | Hidden Killers | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to Tudor times in search of the grisly household killers of the Medieval period.
It was a great age of exploration and science where adventurers returned from the New World with exotic goods previously unknown in Europe. An era in which the newly emergent middle classes had, for the first time, money for luxuries and early consumer goods, many of which contained hidden dangers. Suzannah discovers that in Tudor houses the threat of a grisly, unpleasant death was never far away in a world (and a home) still mired in the grime and filth of the medieval period – and she shows how we still live with the legacy of some of these killers today.

00:05 Sugar
13:55 Chimneys
25:24 Laundry
32:32 Illness and Childbirth
44:16 Incorrect Medicine

Henry VIII’s Armour of c. 1540 – Royal Collection Trust – Henry VIII’s armour is one of the highlights of the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Join The Queen’s Armourer, Simon Metcalf, as he examines this extraordinary piece of history.

THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH I (part 1) | A dangerous childhood | Tudor Monarchs’ Series | History Calling – History Calling – TRAGEDY, LOVE AND SCANDAL. The life of Elizabeth I during her early years had it all. In this History Calling video (the 10th in my Tudor monarchs’ series and my first Elizabeth I documentary), we’ll take an in-depth look at the brief time Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I had together, before Anne’s fall in 1536 led to her daughter going from the Princess of England, to being declared illegitimate. We’ll learn about the father-daughter relationship between Henry and Elizabeth Tudor and the marriage between her final step-mother, Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour (who was uncle to her brother, Edward VI) which took place just weeks after Henry VIII’s death. This led to a dangerous childhood experience for the teenaged Elizabeth after she went to live with them and caught her new step-father’s eye and the scandal of Elizabeth I’s relationship with Seymour shocked contemporaries. I’ll talk you through what she and her servants had to say about the matter while under interrogation and how she responded to the rumours that she was pregnant with Seymour’s child. We’ll also look at Elizabeth’s education, her childhood homes (including Hatfield House), and at how King Edward VI and his sister got along. Finally, you’ll hear too about the beginnings of the difficult relationship between Mary and Elizabeth Tudor which would give the latter so many problems during her sister’s reign. Above all, this Tudors’ documentary will demonstrate that the story of Elizabeth I was extraordinary right from the beginning.

THE LIFE OF KING EDWARD VI | The Last Child King of England | Tudor Monarchs series. History Calling – History Calling – THE LIFE OF KING EDWARD VI, the LAST CHILD KING of England, was brief but turbulent. In this History Calling video, the latest in my Tudor Monarchs series, we look at the impact the life of the last Tudor King had on his country. This includes his relationship with his father, Henry VIII, his step-mother Catherine Parr and his sisters, Mary I and Elizabeth I. We will also look at his religious policies, uprisings including Kett’s Rebellion in 1549 and the destruction of his maternal uncles, Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley and the Lord Protector Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, both of whom were executed during Edward’s reign.

Early Week – A lot of mundane stuff was going on around the holidays. Anja was baking and embroidering and Tempus was still working on the bookmark pieces, which started getting assembled down toward the end of the week.

Cookery – We mostly did mundane holiday foods this week, but mince pies, peas in a bag, and the berry sauce got included in our Christmas dinner. Pirate marzipan went into holiday gifts for our kids, too. …and early in the week a few more tiny carrots from the garden!

Medieval Christmas Pie

Sewing – Keeping on with the bookmarks, none actually got finished this week, except for the snails.

[The first part of the live-stream below didn’t end up in the linked vid, but can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmGjaYhCujM&t=0s

Renaissance Blackwork Embroidery | Patterns, History, and Step by Step Instructions – Lynne Fairchild – Learn all about blackwork embroidery, also known as reversible stitch or Holbein stitch, from potentially as early as the Egyptian (medieval) period up through the 16th century (Tudor and Elizabethan times).
Discover where to locate historical patterns, how to recreate these patterns, and watch step by step instructions on how create this lovely embroidery. Also included is a step by step tutorial on how to dress a slate frame.

Monster Loom Finish – Elewys of Finchingefeld – This is the short video I meant to release this morning. For those who witnessed the terrible raw footage of my weaving with the TV on in the background, I humbly apologize. That was never supposed to go public, and I’m very sorry. Making yards and yards of tablet weaving, made on a Monster Loom as a gift for Largesse.

Sundials, etc. – Mostly working on bookmarks.

Five Medieval Games to Get You Through Long Winter Nights (Chess, Backgammon, Halatafl, Queek, Raffle) – https://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/five-medieval-games-to-get-you-through-long-winter-nights/

The Overlooked Islamic Inventions Of The Dark Ages | Age Of Light | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Was the first computer invented in the Dark Ages? Join Waldemar Januszczak as he embarks on a fascinating trip across Europe, Africa and Asia, visits the world’s most famous collections and discovers hidden artistic gems, all to prove that the Dark Ages were actually an ‘Age of Light’.
Along with Christianity, the Dark Ages saw the emergence of another vital religion – Islam. After emerging in the near East it spread across North Africa and into Europe, bringing its unique artistic style with it. In the third episode, Waldemar examines the early artistic explorations of the first Muslims, the development of their mosques and their scientific achievements.

Herb Bunch – No workshop this week because of the holiday, but we did get some pictures of the garden in the snow.

The strawberries are still setting fruit!

I think those are turnip tops. This is the lovage bucket

Project Day – The day after Christmas isn’t usually busy, but a lot of people chimed in.

Helen Louise – Hi all, just sewing new linen mens’ under-tunics today. Watching the snow fall…

Arlys had trouble finding the event again, but we got her there. She posted, “My Project Day thing is continuing to make a card version of SHUT THE BOX, a game which is great fun but excessively noisy if you have a fancy board. Not sure if I’ll be marketing this or not. If I do, it will be under Otherland: When Margins Speak. The theme is BIRDS AND BEASTS. Here’s the 2 I just did today.

Emma posted a bunch of pix, “I want to finish this, this weekend. I’m going to do a simple brocade. It’s a 5 x 7 plus ruffle bag. Donating it to kingdom largesse. I’m doing smaller ones for Summits, in blue and white. The blue is red heart acrylic, you could drop a bomb on it.”

Gabriel Hildebrand SHM

Feast Planning – Transcribed dialogue about the feast.

Anja – Well, a non-so-fun xmas present. The Garden Club is iffy about whether we can do the feast there because of the virus. I’m getting iffy about it because of the virus, too. Weigh in, please!
Helen Louise – Can the date be changed. February might be a hard month with the virus.
Anja – I have no time after that point to work on it, because of the shop. Next opportunity would be Jan/Feb 23. It’s not like we *couldn’t* slide it over a year and do a virtual one, but I’m going to be very disappointed…
Emma – Better disappointment than illness or death. Cancel. Roll it over, have a virtual one this year.
Anja – Kinda what I’m thinking.
Stella Blue – Is the Garden Club scheduling any events there? Is it a numbers thing? [attendance limits]
Anja – No, it’s a virus thing. They’re talking about shutting down until Omicron isn’t so much of a threat. For them it’s a liability thing…. …and it looks like they’ve dumped several scheduled talks and things and I don’t see their Valentine’s sale listed anywhere.
The kiddos can’t make it, either. James and Josh, I mean. Josh was in an accident and isn’t going to be able to fly out, which leaves Josh with no transport, since he doesn’t drive. Sash is going to have to give it a miss, too, since he’s worried about the virus, as well.
They’re predicting that Omicron will peak in Oregon during the first week of
When Omicron started looking nasty I held off on the invites. Now, I’m glad I did. Easier to put ’em out later than to cancel after they’re out.
Arlys – It sounds like a pass, try again next year. However, it also sounds like you pretty much have the recipes for the feast planned, and you could, if you want, post the feast, recipes and all, for others to try and enjoy, and give it the research and incentive you all put into it.
Anja – Kinda the direction I’m thinking, and hoping that folks will try some of the recipes and post pix, as well. There are a bunch of recipes that no one has tried, yet.
Arlys – One thing that would be kind of cool would be why you chose certain dishes for which courses–was there some kind of formula the culture used, or was it a lot more “Found a bunch of frozen peas out there in the snow–let’s make pottage!”
Anja – <grin> Most of those are from “An Early Meal”.
Arlys – Just don’t mess with the laying hen! Early to whom?
Anja – Oh! It’s a heavily researched book on Norse… viking-era… foods. Hmm…
This is the foods page that we started late in the summer…. I’m editing at the moment. https://housecapuchin.com/…/foods-from-the-norse…/
Arlys – Looks tasty. Except for the Cod From Somewhere Not Valhalla.
Anja – If someone really knows how to fry fish, it’d probably work. It’s just not something I’ve done.

…and two ideas about what to do beyond the above.

Anja –

Hmmm…. I think I’m going to post this as a challenge to all of you. I’d *really* like to get a good feast cookbook out this year, if we’re not going to do the feast, but I’d love to have more input. Right now, almost all of it is stuff that Loren and I have been doing. We have 6 weeks from today. What I’d love to see from each of you is:

One relatively current picture in garb, Norse, if you made new for this…
One pic of feast gear with food. I’m currently doing a list of “buy this instead of cook” foods.
One trial run dish, some of these are *really* easy and I’m re-vamping recipes as I go.

This would probably cost you a few hours, is all, and I can make a mosaic picture for the start of the book of everyone who participates.

Estella –

~~~House Capuchin 1st Annual Moveable Feast~~~I don’t know if this idea has merit… apparently, there were groups of nomads in Europe and Asia. Since we don’t know when and where we can meet again to feast together, how about the concept of a “mobile” feast? If we decide we’re going to meet at one of several location choices within a certain time frame [June and July, for example] everyone [not just some] would have time to prepare and bring “nomad” food~ pre-prepared, minimal fuss, no on-site cooking, food able to be served at ambient temperature. “Presentation” counts. Pasties. Breads, cheeses, cakes, dried meats and fishes, etc. Even the laziest could bring some nuts or dried fruit in a beautiful vessel.It would be a somewhat spontaneous gathering, wherein lies the charm… [I love Romani garb…]Music and dancing and story-telling, walks on the beach, no one gets “stuck in the kitchen” ~no washing up, all dirty feastware and serviceware goes home with its owner. “Simple and efficient” is the challenge.Location? as impromptu as meeting at a beach~ Fogarty State Park picnic tables worked for a friend’s memorial.or… we could work out a minimalist version of whatever meeting rooms the local hotels are offering. We have good references from the Garden Guild, etc.? The public bawdiness charge was dismissed and we’re good with the constables again?

[Please weigh in on this in the comments section here or over in the House Capuchin Facebook group!]

Miscellaneous pix

Attire’s Mind – For centuries both women and men carried purses to hold small necessities as well as whatever money they might have had. This surviving example is from the 1500s and was probably made in France. Crafted of buff colored leather the purse has a metal ring frame and closes with a cord tie. Attached to the metal frame is a hook allowing the purse to be worn over a belt. It’s significant decorative aspects tell us that this was something owned by a person of means. For others it might be a piece of material with a drawstring and no embellishment at all.

I love this! Some crafter loved their grandbaby!

Activities through 12-26-21 11th Night and Potluck

Anja and Loren had a rough week, and it’s gotten worse, which is why this is so late. (Boosters and mundanity….) Also, there was a problem with the original report page and it had to be re-done.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing incense
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Peas in a bag – Mixing with thyme and salt

Misc – Pix from Coronet… lots more on the Summits pages

Eleanor de Bolton put on vigil for Laurel

Geneva Borland This was one of my favorite moments from 11th night. I got to give the wonderful Kenneth Edmonds and Cindy Edmonds socks!! The wrapping says “Dobby is a free elf” ❤ Thank you both for leading our beloved principality for so long and during such difficult times.

The original Summits charter

11th Night Winter Investiture

Everyone has been asked to take their seats for morning court
Thank you gift for Hospitality for opening their home.
Duchess Elanor to be made a Laurel!!!!! To be made a Laurel tonight!! She accepts!
Victor begins the process of Captain of Cats.
Swearing in those fighting for Captain of Cats

Captain of the Cats Championship – Principality of the Summits AS 55

Finals of the Captain of the Cats to begin soon between Regent Victor de Guers and Lord Bowen Doyle
Best two out of three.
Lord Bowen in the first.
Lord Bowen VICTORY!!!!!!

Final Court of Their Highnesses Kenric and Dagmar

Called forth the Order of the Summits
Called forth is Viscount Seamus. Newest member of the Order of the Summits, Viscount Seamus!
HL Nai with a Gryphon’s Paw
Change over of Summit’s seneschal, HL Cassandra, stepping down.
Viscount Seamus named as Summit’s seneschal
HL Cassandra presented with Officer Grail!
Tati presented with a Throne’s favor!
Duke James presented with a Silver Barberry
Nina granted entrance into the Order of the Heart of the Summits
Lord Brynar (sorry for spelling errors) presented with a Gryphon’s Paw and Silver Barberry
John Purchase receives a Throne’s favor
Baroness Ayla Roth receives Gryphon’s Paw and Silver Barberry
Lady Nina and Lord Lorenzo receive Gryphon’s Paws and Silver Barberries
Lord Lorenzo also receives also receives entrance into the Order of the Heart of the Heart of the Summits
Viscount Keith and Viscountess Ekat receive Throne’s Favors
Robert Engleson receives Gryphon’s Paw and Silver Barberry
Raif, not present, receives Officer Grail
Baron and Baroness TP, Gryphon’s Paw!
Sir Inar receives Gryphon’s Paw
Fortune swears fealty to the office of Scribe
Recipient of Gryphon’s Paw and Silver Barberry
Mistress Mel announces winner of largess contest: Tymberhevene
Mistress Mel receives Gryphon’s Paw and Silver Barberry
RJ, not present, receives a Thrown’s Favors
Duchess Ellis and receive Silver Barberry
Alpine Court suspended

11th Night Investiture Court AS 55

Royals are beginning to gather again for court.
Swearing in of the Champions of State
Order of Chivalry to swear Fealty
Order of the Laurel to swear Fealty
Order of the Pelican to swear Fealty
MODs called to swear Fealty
Royal Peers swear fealty
Barons/Baronessess swear fealty
Officers swore fealty
Retinue to swear fealty
Populace to sweat fealty or support
New Captain of Cats, Lord Bowen Doyle!
Jacob Redbourne receives Service Grail
Seraphina Isabelle De Felius receives A&S grail
Cedric Helmbreaker receives Martial Grail
Queen’s court resumes
Johanna of Wyewood receives Forget Me Not
Diego de la Rosa receives an Award of Arms
Exchange of Largesse
Lord Bowen Doyle receives Goute de Song, now a Lordship
Lady Brynhilddr, also receives a Goute de Song! Now a Honorable Lady!
Luitgard entered into the Order of the Carp
John Purchase receives an Award of Arms
Elevation of Duchess Eleanor to the Order of the Laurel
Investing of the first coronets of the Barony of Glyn Dwfn
Ladyship Anna called forth and is made a Pelican!

Events

Classes –

How To Celebrate Christmas…Medieval Style! | Tudor Monastery Farm Christmas | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Although Christmas was celebrated very differently in Tudor times, if anything the celebrations were even bigger. Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn turn the clock back 500 years to rediscover how the farms of Tudor England celebrated the 12 days of Christmas. While Peter and Tom decorate the farmhouse with holly and ivy, Ruth prepares grand banquets for the farm workers. The Christmas Day feast was particularly special and featured a pig’s head rather than a turkey as its centrepiece.

Christmas “Cheesecake” Treats From The 1700’s – Townsends

Early Week – A lot mundane stuff was going on, mostly holiday and some things for Anja and Loren’s shop. They *did* make a batch of leather thimbles and start another. Some of those will go for largesse, too, and Anja worked on embroidery.

Cookery – Another batch of the peas in a bag happened for the potluck, along with cod and glazed roots, plus a test filling for the “ship”. Anja also set up a bunch of pickles and set of veg to be frozen and ready to go. (more on all that below in “potluck”.

Possets – https://britishfoodhistory.com/2012/04/28/possets/

2.16 – Los hay a centenares que venden chocos por calamares – Fogones en la Historia – Receta de Cazuela de Calamares, sacada del tratado “Arte de Cozina” de Francisco Martinez Montiño. 2.16 – There are hundreds who sell cuttlefish for squid – Stoves in History – Cazuela de Calamares Recipe, taken from the treatise “Arte de Cozina” by Francisco Martinez Montiño.

Sewing – More embroidery during the week and more findings for the bookmarks.

Weave Along with Elewys, Ep. 23: Largesse on a Large Loom – Elewys of Finchingefeld – Making yards and yards of tablet weaving, made on a Monster Loom as a gift for Largesse.

Ideas on Where to Find & Examples of Recreated Historical Blackwork Embroidery Patterns – Lynne Fairchild – Here are ideas on where to find and recreate historical blackwork embroidery patterns, as well as providing some historical patterns that I have recreated myself.
Blackwork embroidery is a reversible embroidery stitch that is known by many different names and can be geometric in design. These various names include: Holbein stitch, Spanish stitch, double running stitch, kasuti stitch, and more!
In Tudor England during the 16th century, it had been referred to as Spanish stitch, until King Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon (who was Spanish). After that, the name blackwork was adopted for use to describe this particular type of embroidery.

Sundials, etc. – Loren’s been pecking away at the trims for the bookmarks.

Herb Bunch – We made ball sachets in the workshop. Garden tending was adding dirt to some roots that were backing out of the potting soil as it settles in the rain. No pix….too dark!

Project Day – Arlys apparently couldn’t find the event. She’s been having trouble getting House photos on the group to come up, too…. She said she did find her thread that she’d been hunting for.

Pretty much all Anja was doing was cooking. Loren worked on bookmark findings.

Feast Planning – Three test dishes this week. First, the revamped recipe for the peas, which worked just fine in a salted chicken broth. Two, the berry sauce for red meat, which worked well on the “longship fill” which was hamburger. Three was the cod with glazed roots. The veg were awesome as was the mustard sauce. The cod was disgusting. Gotta try again on that one or go for the poached halibut.

Potluck – Cooking didn’t start until way later than usual, both since the week was too busy to go shopping and Saturday being 11th Night. Then on Sunday Anja actually got started at about 3pm, so we ended up eating the main course at 11pm! Well, that’s what the nibbles are for….

Potluck Menu

Nibbles

rolls
garlic butter
olives
pickles (5 kinds, plus pickled eggs)
cheese

Main

Peas in a bag
Berry sauce for red meat (over mix of beef/grated carrot/onion, the “longship filling”)
cod with glazed roots

Afters

comfits
100’s of 1000’s

Ship filling – ground beef, onion, carrot, rice (subbing for barley)

Peas in a bag – Veg on left, soaking peas on right

clkws from bot lft – cod, glazed veg, peas

Recipes – Can all be found from this page. https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/foods-from-the-norse-viking-era/

Pictures are being added and updates on the recipes (as it says in the list)

Miscellaneous pix

Medieval England – W.K. Greyling – This just in: A rock crystal jar from the famous Galloway hoard (found in Scotland) has been removed from its silk-lined leather pouch and restored. The crystal was wrapped in layers of gold thread by the finest medieval craftsman in the late 8th or early 9th century. The vessel still bears trace elements of a potion once used to anoint kings. In the future, the precise chemicals of the potion may be revealed. During the restoration, an unexpected Latin inscription on the jar’s base was found. Spelled out in gold letters, it translates as “Bishop Hyguald had me made.” This is crucial evidence that some of the hoard’s material may have come from a church in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. More: https://www.theguardian.com/…/extraordinary-restoration… Photographs of the jar: Neil Hanna

W.K. Greyling – The oldest-known ink pen in the British Isles has been found during excavations of a stone fort in County Clare. Evidence shows that the 11th century object originated in a secular, rather than religious, setting. This makes it an important find, since most early evidence of literacy in Ireland is associated with the Church. The pen features a hollow bone barrel and copper-alloy nib. Expert calligrapher and historian Tim O’Neill says that the design of the Caherconnell pen would have lent it well for use on fine work. Oldest ink pen in Ireland is discovered by archaeologist during excavation in Burren – https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/oldest-ink-pen-in-ireland-is-discovered-by-archaeologist-during-excavation-in-burren-41132749.html

More fabrics from Rosalie’s Medieval Woman!

1380 Master of Trebon gives us this great The Adoration Of Jesus which has a really great pattern on the fabric on the cushion at Mary’s feet! Also a very subtle pattern on Joseph’s garment.

fabric in medieval nativities comes from 1460s, the Nativity Triptych (centre panel) You might like to enjoy the stunning brocades here which are so late 15th century. Mary is very impractically dressed in white for her barn birth and the visitors seem distracted by the commemorative balloon. (ok, it’s not a commemorative balloon, but sometimes medieval art is full if analogy and it looks unusual to modern eyes!)

Historical Textiles Advent Calendar

Our fourteenth Advent calendar post 2021 is: A the patterned part of a Danish wool textile. This is a textile find from Hvilehøj in Jutland. The bottom fabric is analyzed and is in a red color, the pigment is kermes. Although today it is mostly brown. But it can be seen that the patterned thread is of a different quality and of a different color. The bottom fabric is woven in plain weave and the pattern is picked. The pattern thread is originally assumed to have been white. It is 2-plied and the thread in the weave is a single in both warp and weft. HERE you can read more about the entire reconstruction work done by researchers from the National Museum in Copenhagen. Scroll down in the text. https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/historical-museum/exhibitions-archive/fashioning-the-viking-age/index.html

The fabric is dated 900AD. With a 2-plied thin wool thread you could weave such lovely patterns. But you can off course also use it as warp in a tablet woven weave. Or as sewing thread. Or make embroideries with it. We love our white 2-plied thread since it’s strong and natural white and not bleached. / Amica and Maria

Music

The King’s Singers – Gaudete (arr. Brian Kay) – The King’s Singers – To celebrate the Christmas season we’ve recorded a few of our favourite Christmas carols, for you to sing along with us from your homes. For Christmas Day (in what is certainly an unusual year for Christmas celebrations in the UK) we’ve decided to release this medieval carol, ‘Gaudete’ in an arrangement by our former bass Brian Kay. We’ve also included the score, for those of you who fancy joining our ranks for a couple of minutes!

Patrick Dunachie – countertenor
Edward Button – countertenor
Julian Gregory – tenor
Christopher Bruerton – baritone
Nick Ashby – baritone
Jonathan Howard – bass
Sound engineering & mixing: Nicholas Girard

�𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔯𝔬 – Medieval Christmas music from the Xth – XVth centuries – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 – Ensemble: Ioculatores
Album: frofro – Christmas-music in the 10th – 15th centuries
Video: Omelie Latine, Département de Manuscrits Italien (XIVth cent.)
https://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale
The ensemble Ioculatores joins forces with the pure voices of girls choir Schola Cantorum Leipzig to introduce the listener to the rich world of medieval Christmas music. Ranging from instrumental pieces featuring organ, harp, lute, ﬁddle and shawm to strictly vocal songs, this recording produced at the Romanesque basilica in Wechselburg gives an impression of the ideas people have always had of heavenly jubilation.
(from the booklet)
1 Veni, redemptor gentium, Text: Ambrosius von Mailand, † 397, Melodie: 12. Jh. (Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibl. 121), Gesang
2 In hoc anni circulo (instrumental), siehe Nr. 5, Fidel, Harfe, Lauten
3 Nun singen wir: frofro süddeutsch, um 1460 (Hohenfurter Liederbuch), Gesang
4 In dulci iubilo (instrumental), Schlesien?, um 1400 (Leipzig, Univ. Bibl. Ms. 1305), Schalmeien
5 In hoc anni circulo, Frankreich, 12. Jh. (Paris, Bibl. Nat. fonds lat. 1139), Gesang, Portativ
6 Concordia (instrumental) , Frankreich, 9. Jh. (Paris, Bibl. Nat. fonds lat. 17436/, St. Gallen, Stiftsbibl., Cod. Sang. 484 pag. 259), Portativ, Fidel, Harfe, Laute
7 Ave, mueter küniginne – Oswald von Wolkenstein, 1377–1445, (Innsbruck, Univ. Bibl. ohne Signatur), Gesang, Lauten
8 Vrœt ùch alle , süddt., 14. Jh. (Engelberg, Stiftsbibl. Kodex 314, um 1372), Gesang
9 Gabriel fram evene king, England, 13. Jh. (London, Brit. Libr. Arundel 248), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe, Flöte, Glockenspiel, Maultrommel, Rahmentrommel
10 Joseph, liber neve myn, Schlesien?, um 1400 (Leipzig, Univ. Bibl. Ms. 1305), Gesang, Fideln, Schalmei, Trumscheit, Schellentambourin
11 Sis willekommen, herre Kerst, Aachen, 14. Jh. (Erfurt, Wiss. Bibl. 4°), Gesang
12 Lætabundus exsultet fidelis chorus, Frankreich, 13. Jh., (Bari, Prosar der Sainte-Chapelle Paris, um 1250), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe, Laute, Flöte, Glockenrad
13 Ave mater, o Maria 10:09, Italien, 15. Jh., (Innsbruck, Univ. Bibl. ohne Signatur = Wolkenstein Ms. B), Gesang
14 O Maria, stella maris (instrumental), Adam de Saint-Victor, † 1177, Portativ, Schalmei
15 Hanc concordi famulatu colamus sollemnitatem, Notker Balbulus, † 912, (St. Gallen, Stiftsbibl., Cod. Sang. 376, nach 1050), Gesang
16 Eyn hillich dach und eyn hilch nacht unde eyn, salich nyge iar, niederdeutsch, 15. Jh. (Rostocker Liederbuch, um 1470, Rostock. Univ. Bibl. Mss. phil. 100/2), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe
17 Pois que dos Reys, Spanien, 13. Jh., (El Escorial, Real Monasterio de El Escorial, B. 1.2.), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe, Laute, Ûd, Zink, Schalmei
18 Redeuntes in idem re süddeutsch, 15. Jh. (Buxheimer Orgelbuch, um 1470), Orgel
19 Ave, maris stella, Frankreich, 12. Jh. (Colmar, Ms. 442), Gesang

Susanne Ansorg – Fiedel, Schalmei
Sabine Heller – Harfe
Alexander Dinter – Laute
Veit Heller – Orgel, Portativ, Glockenspiel, Zink, Schalmei, Trumscheit, Glockenrad
Kay Krause – Laute, Schoßfiedel 5saitig, Rahmentrommel
Sebastian Pank – Schalmei, Blockflöte
Robert Weinkauf – Gesang
Michael Metzler – Schellentambourin

Links

Isle of Man Viking brooches go on display for first time – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59703390

Funnies

December 22, 2021 0

Activities through 12-12-21

Holidays mess with schedules and projects…. Still waiting on a bunch of the test recipes, but the bookmarks are finally up and finishing, one at a time. How many of you are planning to hit 11th Night? …and Potluck this weekend? Links, embroidery and sewing this week, and Loren’s working on a new sundial design!

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing incense
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 12/19, 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Events

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2021 AT 10 AM – 8 PM – Summits Winter Investiture – Event by Principality of the Summits, Shire of Coeur du Val and Jacob Sanchez, Philomath Scout Lodge, antir.org/events/summits-11th-night-investiture – Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Kenric and Dagmar as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs, Viscount Luciano Foscari and Signora Tessina Felice Gianfigliazzi. To the rapier fighters of the Summits, bring your courage and steel for the tournament that decides who will stand with Their Alpine Highnesses as their Captain of Cats.

Classes –

A Brief History Of Henry Of Windsor – Henry VI Of England – Brief History – A brief history of King Henry VI of England. I am new to youtube and hope you enjoy my content. Cheers!

Where Did The Syphilis Pandemic Start? | The Syphilis Enigma | Timeline – Timeline – World History Documentaries – In 1495 a new disease hit Europe. It was deadly, devastating and attacked those who were promiscuous, well-heeled and well-travelled. But what was Syphilis and where had it come from? The traditional view has been that syphilis was part of “the Columbian exchange” – one of the things, along with tobacco and the potato, that the New World gave the Old. Arriving in Spain in the 1490s with Columbus and his crew, this destructive new plague spread quickly across Europe, leaving no country, no city, no royal household untouched. But what if this assumption is wrong? There is evidence of syphilis in skeletons dug from sites in France, Italy and England. Bones found in a medieval graveyard in Hull show signs of the ravages of syphilis. But if syphilis was present in Europe before Columbus went to America, why was the 1495 outbreak so deadly? And why did everyone see it as an entirely new plague?

CATHERINE PARR’S burial & SHOCKING CORPSE MULTILATION | First Protestant funeral for English royalty – History Calling – A GROUND-BREAKING funeral and a SHOCKING CORPSE MUTILATION. That was the fate of Queen Catherine Parr’s body after her death in 1548. After being given the first Protestant funeral for English royalty in history, Catherine lay undisturbed in the Chapel of Sudeley Castle for over 200 years. Then her body was rediscovered by grave hunters and disinterred multiple times in the 1780s. One of these disinterments led to a disgraceful and gruesome case of grave desecration. By the time she was finally (badly) reburied, the remains of Henry VIII’s sixth wife were in terrible condition. In this six wives documentary from History Calling, we go back first to September 1548 to look at how Catherine’s body was handled and interred after her death from childbirth complications. She still had a funeral fit for a Queen, but it was very different to any of the ceremonies observed after the deaths of Henry’s other wives. We’ll learn about the actions of her chief mourner, who was Lady Jane Grey, see where she is buried and learn about the funeral procession and service which preceded her interment, for this was a funeral of a Queen which was like no other before it. The second part of the video will look at the events surrounding the rediscovery of this famous body and provide detailed, contemporary accounts of how she was mishandled and her eventual and final reburying.

The Lost Christian Masterpieces Of The Dark Ages | An Age Of Light | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – The Dark Ages have been misunderstood. History has identified the period following the fall of the Roman Empire with a descent into barbarism – a terrible time when civilisation stopped.
Waldemar Januszczak disagrees. In this four-part series he argues that the Dark Ages were a time of great artistic achievement, with new ideas and religions provoking new artistic adventures. He embarks on a fascinating trip across Europe, Africa and Asia, visits the world’s most famous collections and discovers hidden artistic gems, all to prove that the Dark Ages were actually an ‘Age of Light’.
In the first episode he looks at how Christianity emerged into the Roman Empire as an artistic force in the 3rd and 4th centuries. But with no description of Jesus in the Bible, how were Christians to represent their God? Waldemar explores how Christian artists drew on images of ancient gods for inspiration and developed new forms of architecture to contain their art.

The Bright Ages, with Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry – Medievalists – For medieval historians, a large part of the job tends to be working against common myths, using research to push back especially against narratives that erase people or that oversimplify complex issues. This week, Danièle speaks with Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry, who have teamed up to write a new history of the Middle Ages in counterpoint to these old ideas: The Bright Ages. Their book The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe, which is published by HarperCollins you can buy it through Amazon.com at https://amzn.to/3ESLPoU

Early Week – Mostly was just continuing projects. The findings for the bookmarks finally arrived, so those got sorted out and started on Saturday. Embroidery continued, finishing the two left from last week and starting another with snails.

Cookery – Nothing fancy this week, just pumpkin muffins and other mundane stuff, so no pix.

Tudor & 17th century Experience – The pineapple, which does not keep very well fresh, was very unlikely a fruit seen in Tudor England and there are no contemporary records which mention it either.
However, there is one entry in the Dinner Book of the London Drapers’ Company, that lists ‘Pyneaple’ comfits’ for their feast dinner in 1568. They paid 2s for a lb. Now this, could potentially be pineapple pieces dried or candied in sugar. It is very likely that they bought this extremely exotic treat from Bathesar Sanchez (Sans), a most successful confectioner from Spain with a shop in London.
He came to England from Spain (probably in 1547) and was married to an Englishwoman. Died in 1602.
Comfits were known in England by name by the 1480s, but from the 1550 they were seen more frequently in London
Comfit makers appeared in the 1570s to 1590s and they were usually aliens
To see fresh pineapples, the English had to wait another century and when fresh pineapples finally made it here, they started a real craze!
John Gerard’s illustration, next to cocoa beans….
Pine nuts. Other docs make that fairly clear. Pine apple usualy means pinecone. Apple often just means a fruit even in medieval documents, and later. Eg pommes de terrs. Earth Apples. – I was just checking the Middle English Dictionary, and it gives a quotation from Bartholomew’s ‘On the Property of Things’ (1398), which states clearly that the ‘pynnapel/pyneappel’ (two spellings) is the fruit of the pine tree, a very great nut and which contains instead of fruit many kernels. So, it seems likely that the reference to pine-apple comfits in 1568 may have indeed referred to pine nut comfits. I’m terribly disappointed!

2.15 . De sopa, lo mismo da mucha que poca – Fogones en la Historia – Receta de Sopa de natas (siglo XVII), del tratado de cocina de Francisco Martinez Montiño. 2.15. Soup, the same does not matter much – Stoves in History – Cream Soup Recipe (17th century), from the kitchen treatise by Francisco Martinez Montiño.

Sewing – Bookmarks got a few steps farther. We have the findings, so finishing is started.

Almost finished and finished

Snails

Wearing medieval clothes in Florence // A living history experiment! – The Creative Contessa – I spent a whole day walking miles in and around Florence in clothing that I have hand made from the late 15th century – gowns based on portraits by Ghirlandaio, shoes based on an extant pair of pianelle owned by Beatrice d’Este from 1495.

Sites visited:
-Palazzo Vecchio – Signoria
-Boboli Gardens
-Palazzo Pitti
-Statuto die Firenze
-Fortezza di Firenze
0:00-3:05 Videos of wearing the shoes around Florence
3:06-5:12 Observations about wearing the shoes
5:13-6:51 Structural changes I would make
6:52-7:27 Wear and tear on the shoes
7:28-8:52 Construction changes to be made
8:53-9:08 Moment of Kitty Zen

Naturally Dyeing with Mud – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEqS5tW3V0 History Science Fiber – We explore dyeing wool with the beautiful red soil of Hawai’i. We cover how to prepare your fiber and the mineral earth to get shades of peachy-red and deep orangey-browns. While more of a stain than a dye, this type of soils can be plentiful in some areas and easy to dye with. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced dyer, dyeing with children or simply looking to create textile keepsakes from a place you love, dyeing with mud has a rich history and is easy to mess around with.

Sundials, etc. – Some work happened on a new sundial design.

up close – this is for our latitude here in Waldport.

Herb Bunch – No Herbs Workshop this week. We had folks down sick.

Project Day –

Arlys posted early, “No Project Day for me–getting kidnapped into the wilds! Hugs!”

Isabeau – We’re at our new to us mechanic shop working on projects for the modern world. Next weekend should look more relaxing.

Helen Louise

Late in the afternoon Peggy Vlach posted, “Went to archery/thrown weapons practice in early afternoon. Worked on a needlework project this evening. No pictures right now.” Anja hadn’t gotten her pix done, yet, either.

Miscellaneous pix

The Oldest House in France – This 700 year old house in Aveyron was built in the 13th century and belonged to a Jeanne. The ground floor is a little smaller than the upstairs because in those days you only paid taxes on occupied land, so everyone built like this.

K – KNIFE HANDLES, Bone, horn, ivory and antler knife handles, all found on the Thames foreshore and from the days when most people carried a knife to use for everything from eating to sharpening their quills. There’s a bit of everything here, from Roman to 20th century, including a couple of large pocketknives, c.19th century that may have belonged to a river worker or visiting sailor. One is marked with ‘XXX’, maybe the mark of someone who couldn’t spell his name. There’s a tiny decorated Tudor knife handle, possibly a fruit knife, medieval scale tangs and some 18th century ‘pistol grip’ handles.

Eleanor de Bolton – Random Radish Research – newer genetic studies suggest radish may have been independent domesticated in Europe & Asia, and then mingled their genetics on the silk road. With movement closely linked to day length phenology – geek squeee. Disrupting the once common belief they were domesticated in West Asia/Middle East and spread from there. And and… the european types had red skins (yellow triangles) or black skins (green squares)…. so fun! (image from Kang 2016)

Comments by Rosalie’s Medieval Woman – Yule Countdown

The 15th century is always a good place to spot great fabrics, even in a stable! 1470 Van der Goes, Monforte Altarpiece

I’ve done this fabric countdown to Christmas before in 2018, but it was so great to really look at the details in art, so here we go again! Counting down the Days Til Xmas- some fabulous spotted hose from the mural showing the Three Kings. Not medieval, Ravenna c.565 CE.

Fabrics in Nativities! Loving those stars! Nativity by Master of Albesa, 14th century. Crypt of Sant Pere d’Àger.

Music – Renaissance Christmas – Mike Field

Funnies

I Saw Mother Kissing Krampus – Gallows Humor – OoP (explicit lyrics….)

5 Goose heads of the apocalypse, Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and Decay

December 14, 2021 0

Activities through 12-5-21

We had a pretty standard week. Projects are on-going, and Loren’s making progress on incense again. Anja is embroidering and cooking. Others chimed in on Project Day. Potluck is on the 19th this month and any test recipes need to be done by then since we’ll be starting the shopping list right after the holidays. Meetings are on time this week.

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing incense
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 12/19, 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Events

Classes –

The Amazing Story of the Anne of Cleves Heraldic Panels – The Tudor Travel Guide – This mini-documentary tells the incredible story of ‘The Anne of Cleves Heraldic Panels’ uncovered in 2016 through a combination of curiosity, dogged-determination and breath-taking synchronicity!
Today, these panels, located in Old Warden Church, Bedfordshire, are a nationally important, historic collection illustrative of a royal interior of the mid-sixteenth century.

Medieval table etiquette // The Contessa’s Quickies #short – The Creative Contessa – Here is a brief lesson on medieval table manners from the Babees Boke. Do you need a lesson? 😀

The Mysterious Village That Beat The Black Death | Riddle Of The Plague Survivors | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – The Black Death’s reign of terror lasted for more than 400 years. By culling up to 50% of the population of Europe, the Great Plague guaranteed its place in the history books. Yet while accounts of the Black Death have focused graphically on those who died, the stories of those who survived have gone untold. Until now.
The Riddle of the Plague Survivors focuses on those who walked away unaffected. Could this village be the first example of quarantining to avoid disease? How could anyone survive in the face of what is described as one of the most pathogenic bacterial agents known to humankind? This 60-minute documentary traces the work of American geneticist Steven O’Brien as he follows his hunch that genes are at the heart of this mystery.

Early Week – Cookery on Tuesday, harvest that got eaten, embroidery, incense.

Cookery – Anja did a lot of baking Tuesday into Wednesday and make a turkey soup from leftovers and garden veg. Some of that got frozen and some was eaten this week. There also was a batch of pear pasties, but none of the pix turned out.

Tudor & 17th century Experience – The first named apple in England is the **PEARMAIN**, also known as Old English Pearmain, and recorded in a deed of 1204, relating to the Lordship of Runham in Norfolk.
The manor was required to pay the Exchequer each year, on the feast of St. Michael, 200 Pearmains and four hogheads of cider made from Pearmains.
It probably had its origin in England, as both German and French synonyms referred to it as the ‘English’ Pearmain.
Philologist Ernest Weekley suggests the term ‘pearmain’ was originally applied to pears, but that it came from Middle English parmain, permain and derived from Old French parmaindre – to endure – and refered to the long keeping qualities of some vareties.
This apple was illustrated by John Parkinson in 1629 and it is thought it may be the Pearmain still included in the National Fruit Trials at Faversham but there is no evidence.
The Old English Pearmain was also known as the ‘Winter’ Pearmain but it is now understood, that the ‘modern’ Winter Pearmain is not the same as the ‘Old English’ variety. The Summer Pearmain was listed by John Gerard in 1597.
The Pearmain was prized for eating and for making good quality cider.
The original Pearmain variety has not been conclusively identified and may now be extinct.

Medieval Chestnuts and Mushrooms – https://historicalitaliancooking.home.blog/english/recipes/medieval-chestnuts-and-mushrooms/

Baked marcipan from Balthasar Staindl – https://www.culina-vetus.de/2021/12/03/baked-marcipan-from-balthasar-staindl/ This is the recipe that Anja uses for marzipan, although she hasn’t been baking it. We’re looking to try getting some of the “oblaten” to bake on.

Medieval Xmas Bites, Part 2: Salmon Parcels & Fig Tartlets – Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine – More moreish Medieval Christmas Bites! – In Part 2, I show you how to make my Little Parcels of Noble Salmon from a collection of English recipes dating to about 1325, and my Royal Fig Tartlets, based on a fifteenth-century English recipe.
These are perfect Christmas canapes, best nibbled with a Christmas tipple in hand.

Blaunche Poudour (White Powder), c.1395 – Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine – This is a wonderful spice mix that really enlivens sweet dishes — medieval and modern. Try it in apple pie! Here, Dr Monk follows an authentic, medieval recipe and shows you how to make Blaunche Poudour using whole dried ginger and cane sugar.

Harley MS 2378 folio 162r (starts on page 155, you have to scoot right until 162r – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_2378_f155r

Powder douce and hippocras

Very fancy noodles!

The Incredible Spiced Wine of Ancient Rome – Tasting History with Max Miller

2.14 – Conejo, perdiz o pato, venga al plato – Fogones en la Historia – Receta de Gigote de Conejo, receta que aparece desde el tratado de Sent Soví (siglo XIII) hasta los tratados del siglo XVIII. 2.14 – Rabbit, partridge or duck, come to the plate – Stoves in History – Rabbit Gigote Recipe, a recipe that appears from the treatise of Sent Soví (13th century) to the treaties of the 18th century.

Sewing – After doing the incense sticks on Sunday, Anja’s hands were pretty messed up, mostly bruised, but some mild blistering. That stopped her doing embroidery until Tuesday evening and then it was only a little. On Wednesday she actually finished a bookmark in between chores and started two more. By Saturday those were well along. She was the only one for Sewing Workshop, other than a mundane, so she got a little more done.

Finished NCM2 Flower back

Finished NCM2 Flower front

Almost done, back

Almost done, front

Marion McNealy – The Curious Frau – 16th century Embroidered Song Books – Photos by Marion McNealy – A series of embroidered linen song books for six parts: Discantus, Contratenor I and II, Tenor, Vagans and Bassus, for the song “Martia terque quater Germania plaude / Triumphans Caesar ab Italia / Carolus ecce venit – Aurea qui terris” honoring Charles V, who stepped down as Emperor in 1566, so they date to before that. These were held in the knitted silk bag posted yesterday. The fabric is listed in the 1596 castle inventory as leinbat, a fine linen fabric. They are embroidered with couched gold cord, and black silk in cross stitch and other stitches. There appears to be a special open weave fabric used for the cross stitch section of the covers, which can be most easily seen on the cover with the Imperial Crest, which doesn’t have an embroidered border. – They are H. 22 cm, W. 17 cm, or 8.6 x 6.7 inches in size – Schloss Ambras, Kunstkammer, Inv.Nr. KK 5370 – Link to museum record, https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/91377/

Detail of embroidered words for the song

Detail of one of the covers, showing the cross stitch design.

Detail of the words and notes embroidered on the page.

Detail of the special open weave fabric on the cover of the book with the Imperial crest, which does not have a black silk cross stitch border.

Detail of one of the corners, showing the cord and knots at the edges of the pages.

Sundials, etc. – The experiment with adding potassium nitrate to an incense dough, worked. Loren is making small cones from the balls of dough in this picture. The dough is from toh-makko powder, sandalwood and copal. You can see by the colors in the cones that some of them are already drying from the top down.

Herb Bunch – A selective harvest of greens and vegetables was done late on Wednesday afternoon. Those were washed and “souped” along with the turkey (above). The tiny carrots were saved out to be cooked later.

Loren was working on both extruders during the week. He hasn’t figured out a way to fix the original and the other one is awfully tight (that’s why the bruised hands!)

Herbs Workshop started with working on what else we need to get for the incense sticks, tried a couple of things, one from Loren’s experiment, that worked and one of the Clearing Incense sticks, then went on to starting the potpourri/sachets unit, mostly by way of strewing herbs, floors and history.

Project Day – Started with Anja and Loren running around trying to get the shop in order. She went on to embroidery, then doing photographs. He went on with incense sticks and cones.

Arlys said, “Hi! Good to see you! I’ve been up to all sorts of stuff, but nothing is finished enough to show. It’s like basic sewing–all you have to show for it is a seam until it’s done! But I have been selling my WHEN MARGINS SPEAK decks both at shows and here on fb on Medieval Open Marketplace. The Enlightenment deck has been doing very well–took my stock to Geek The Halls and sold half of it! Thus endeth the Crass Commercial Announcement!”

Isabeau & Coleman – “Today was dedicated to getting our new to us mechanic shop a bit more tidy. What a mess to begin with. Lol”

Helen Louise says, “Making early pants out of some beautiful soft wool and finished a kids shirt for the Golden Key. Making some surprises garb wise for the holidays.

Feast Planning – Some more recipes got added or updated this week. Anja also had a thought about the “Wild Greens” recipe, to ask folks to harvest their yards. Jamie Marie chimed in that she has a lot of plantain.

Miscellaneous pix

London Mudlark: Lara Maiklem Mudlarking – COMBS – Contrary to popular belief, people in the past did their best to stay as clean as possible, but parasites were unavoidable and lice, fleas and worms were common. In an attempt to control the lice most people owned a comb, which were imported in vast numbers from the continent.
The combs were ‘H’ shaped with fine teeth on one side for removing lice and wider teeth on the other for untangling and styling hair. Large numbers of combs were found within the wreck of the Tudor war ship the Mary Rose, some even had lice still caught between the teeth. Many of the combs I have found on the Thames foreshore are identical to those found on the Mary Rose, but it is unlikely that the style changed much over the centuries: I’ve seen a similarly styled piece of Viking comb, picked up by a mudlark, and even modern plastic nit combs look very similar. Some of these are made of ivory and the larger ones of boxwood, a slow-growing, tight-grained wood that is exceptionally hard and ideal for carving the fine teeth of combs.

Music – 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔣𝔯𝔬 – Medieval Christmas music from the Xth – XVth centuries – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 – Ensemble: Ioculatores – Album: frofro – Christmas-music in the 10th – 15th centuries – Video: Omelie Latine, Département de Manuscrits Italien (XIVth cent.)
https://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale
The ensemble Ioculatores joins forces with the pure voices of girls choir Schola Cantorum Leipzig to introduce the listener to the rich world of medieval Christmas music. Ranging from instrumental pieces featuring organ, harp, lute, ﬁddle and shawm to strictly vocal songs, this recording produced at the Romanesque basilica in Wechselburg gives an impression of the ideas people have always had of heavenly jubilation. (from the booklet)

1 Veni, redemptor gentium, Text: Ambrosius von Mailand, † 397, Melodie: 12. Jh. (Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibl. 121), Gesang
2 In hoc anni circulo (instrumental), siehe Nr. 5, Fidel, Harfe, Lauten,
3 Nun singen wir: frofro süddeutsch, um 1460 (Hohenfurter Liederbuch), Gesang
4 In dulci iubilo (instrumental), Schlesien?, um 1400 (Leipzig, Univ. Bibl. Ms. 1305), Schalmeien
5 In hoc anni circulo, Frankreich, 12. Jh. (Paris, Bibl. Nat. fonds lat. 1139), Gesang, Portativ
6 Concordia (instrumental), Frankreich, 9. Jh. (Paris, Bibl. Nat. fonds lat. 17436/, St. Gallen, Stiftsbibl., Cod. Sang. 484 pag. 259), Portativ, Fidel, Harfe, Laute
7 Ave, mueter küniginne – Oswald von Wolkenstein, 1377–1445, (Innsbruck, Univ. Bibl. ohne Signatur), Gesang, Lauten
8 Vrœt ùch alle, süddt., 14. Jh. (Engelberg, Stiftsbibl. Kodex 314, um 1372), Gesang
9 Gabriel fram evene king, England, 13. Jh. (London, Brit. Libr. Arundel 248), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe, Flöte, Glockenspiel, Maultrommel, Rahmentrommel
10 Joseph, liber neve myn, Schlesien?, um 1400 (Leipzig, Univ. Bibl. Ms. 1305), Gesang, Fideln, Schalmei, Trumscheit, Schellentambourin
11 Sis willekommen, herre Kerst, Aachen, 14. Jh. (Erfurt, Wiss. Bibl. 4°), Gesang
12 Lætabundus exsultet fidelis chorus, Frankreich, 13. Jh., (Bari, Prosar der Sainte-Chapelle Paris, um 1250), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe, Laute, Flöte, Glockenrad
13 Ave mater, o Maria 10:09, Italien, 15. Jh., (Innsbruck, Univ. Bibl. ohne Signatur = Wolkenstein Ms. B), Gesang
14 O Maria, stella maris (instrumental), Adam de Saint-Victor, † 1177, Portativ, Schalmei
15 Hanc concordi famulatu colamus sollemnitatem, Notker Balbulus, † 912, (St. Gallen, Stiftsbibl., Cod. Sang. 376, nach 1050), Gesang
16 Eyn hillich dach und eyn hilch nacht unde eyn, salich nyge iar, niederdeutsch, 15. Jh. (Rostocker Liederbuch, um 1470, Rostock. Univ. Bibl. Mss. phil. 100/2), Gesang, Fidel, Harfe
17 Pois que dos Reys, Spanien, 13. Jh., (El Escorial, Real Monasterio de El Escorial, B. 1.2.)Gesang, Fidel, Harfe, Laute, Ûd, Zink, Schalmei
18 Redeuntes in idem re süddeutsch, 15. Jh. (Buxheimer Orgelbuch, um 1470), Orgel
19 Ave, maris stella, Frankreich, 12. Jh. (Colmar, Ms. 442), Gesang
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Susanne Ansorg – Fiedel, Schalmei
Sabine Heller – Harfe
Alexander Dinter – Laute
Veit Heller – Orgel, Portativ, Glockenspiel, Zink, Schalmei, Trumscheit, Glockenrad
Kay Krause – Laute, Schoßfiedel 5saitig, Rahmentrommel
Sebastian Pank – Schalmei, Blockflöte
Robert Weinkauf – Gesang
Michael Metzler – Schellentambourin

Links

Imperfect practice: a case for making early modern recipes badly – https://recipes.hypotheses.org/18185

COSMIC RAY DISCOVERY BOTH CONFIRMS AND COMPLICATES VIKING LEGEND – https://www.inverse.com/science/study-confirms-viking-legends

Video Links

The Road to Sainthood – Medievalists – In the Middle Ages, making it to Sainthood was a tedious process. Though, being murdered in the Canterbury Cathedral was a good starting point. Lucie Laumonier interviews Tristan Taylor on his research into the so-called South English Legendaries, a collection of saints’ lives drafted from the thirteenth century.

The Origins of Excalibur! King Arthur’s Legendary Sword – The Welsh Viking – King Arthur’s sword Excalibur is world famous, but where did it come from, and how did it get its name? What does the word “Excalibur” even mean? You might be surprised to know it’s gone by many names…
Join me in looking at some of the oldest sources that mention the mythical sword used by Gawain, Arthur, and Culhwch in the Mabinogion and the tales of the Knights of the Round Table!

New and Updated Pages

Pickled Turnips/Kale – https://wordpress.com/page/housecapuchin.com/19752
Headless Gingerbread – https://wordpress.com/page/housecapuchin.com/8729

Funnies

Oh, dear…. beating up on each other as well as the punctuation? Where Is The Comma In “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” Supposed To Go? – RamsesThePigeon – This a cappella arrangement of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” examines how commas can change meanings… often with unintended results.

December 7, 2021 0

Activities through 11-28-21

Some weeks go around the twist very quickly. A holiday in the middle didn’t help. We didn’t have an Herbs Workshop and Sewing was just mundanes. Project Day was also quiet, probably because of the holiday. This coming week should be more normal

Project Day is open for in-person meet-ups as well as in the Virtual Realm! Potluck this month will be both Virtual and Real-World. Herbs Workshop and Sewing are ongoing at Ancient Light. Masks required.

Incense sticks and extruder – clearing incense – Frankincense, Copal, Sandalwood, Myrrh (copal is New World, though)

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, doing incense
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Irregularly scheduled. Please ask to join the facebook chat!
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 5pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 12/19, 1/16
Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Page here – https://housecapuchin.com/winter-feast/winter-feast-norse-feast-as-lvi-february-2022/ More pages coming!

Events

Dance Vids – Turbo medieval dance lesson // The Contessa’s Quickies #short – The Creative Contessa – Part II: Learn the basics of the bransle, a 16th century French line dance enjoyed by commoners.

Classes –

Putting on a medieval coif // The Contessa’s Quickies #short – The Creative Contessa – How to put on a common 15th century woman’s coif worn in France, Burgundy and the Low Countries by everyone from peasants to the nobility.

Viking Crafts Guide (Ep. 1) | how to make a birch bark container | Viking Tutorial – RAMUNI – Viking Crafts and Living – This video will teach you how to make your own birch bark container for viking reenactment with very simple tools. I strive to only use tools from the viking age. I must admit that my home made pump drill with convertible bits is not based on an authentic vikinge age reconstruction – but it works good for on-the-go projects. I forgot my hand forged viking carving knife on the second part of the trip, so I am using a modern Mora knife as the second best.
Almost everything you see in the video is handmade by me. Knifes, bags, tools, containers, clothing, shoes and so on. And besides the drill and the Mora knife all items are replicas of authentic viking age items.
Birch bark is harvested from birch trees with care and respect for the tree at the right times of the year to prevent damaging the tree. Sadly where I live there are no big birch trees to harvest so I must purchase my sheets from another craftsman.
Birch bark containers in the viking age are know in various shapes and sizes. I am aware of a few with lid and bottom also of bark stitched together. Containers of bend wood shingles also exist throughout the period and in Novgorod (Viking town in modern day Russia) many bark containers is found. In Denmark finds from Bornholm and Lindholm Høje is good examples. The one at Lindholm consists of only 1 thicker layer of bark and is stiched together in a different way. Birch bark has a high content of oils and the bark itself has antiseptic qualities and therefor are particularly good for food storage. Birch bark containers with butter inside is knows far down in history.
Music is Gjallar by Alexander Nakarada open Source Music.

The Vikings’ Slave Trade – Medievalists – From Woven Sails to Slavery: Viking lovers, this episode is for you! Lucie Laumonier meets Sarah Christensen, a PhD student at Brown University who studies the slave trade in the Western Viking world and its intersections with gender. We learn that enslaved women often worked in textile production, weaving the sails Viking men used to propel their ships

Early Week – We were a little crazy here, too much to do in too few hours, so not much was going on. The field peas/pigeon peas showed up on Monday 11/22. <sigh> …and then another batch on 11/29. Go figure!

Cookery – Pretty much everything was leftovers this week. Isabeau and Coleman got the last of the peas-in-a-bag to take home, try, and also feed to Brad, since we’re going to do another batch with the field peas, now that they showed up…

Roast Swan – http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/swan.html

A 13th-century Scandinavian cookbook: Libellus de arte coquinaria (does contain a link to a translation) – https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/13th-century-scandinavian-cookbook/

About Turkey – http://medievalcookery.com/notes/turkey.pdf

Medieval Xmas Bites, Part 1: Mini Flaumpeyns – Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine – Get the Holiday Season started with 3 Medieval Christmas Bites! In Part 1, I show you how to make my Mini Flaumpeyns, the perfect savoury tartlettes to serve with Christmas bubbly. Based on a recipe in King Richard II’s own cookery book, Fourme of Cury (‘proper method of cookery’), which dates back to about 1390.

2.13 – Menos salsa y más albóndigas – Fogones en la Historia – Receta de albondiguillas de sollo, extraida de un tratado del siglo XVII. – 2.13 – Less sauce and more meatballs – Stoves in History – Recipe for meatballs of sollo, extracted from a seventeenth century treatise.

Sewing – The cutting-out party on Friday was just Loren, Anja, Isabeau and Coleman. I have a new tunic, ready to sew! It’s a pretty beige linen, medium weight. We also discovered that the black tunic that I wear most of the time, has developed a huge worn spot in the elbow, so that’s going to have to be patched.

A bunch of the embroidery this week went into a mundane gift for a friend. A bookmark got finished early-on, and a couple more started during Sewing Workshop.

Front… there’s a mistake!

back

New one

The prison embroideries of Mary, Queen of Scots – https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/prison-embroideries-mary-queen-of-scots

Natural Dye Workshop at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) – History Science Fiber – Delve into the natural dye workshop Foraging and Dyeing with Plants and Mushrooms taught by Rita Kompst (Musqueam First Nation) and myself at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) in Whistler, BC. We bring together Rita’s perspective, knowledge and wisdom as a First Nations artist as well as western science, as we cover foraging, wildcrafting, sustainability, textiles and conservation. Come join us as we look at how natural dyeing can bring people together as we share knowledge and wonder about our forests and their rainbow of colour within. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nvZN6Woqy0 (playback disabled except on Youtube)

Getting Dressed in 1500s Florence, Italy – CrowsEyeProductions – A wealthy woman dresses in the fashion of 1500s Florence, Italy.

10th c Jorvik Shoes: How to Look Good From the Ankle Down – Elewys of Finchingefeld – Make a simple pair of turn shoes on a limited budget! I guess I didn’t mention it, but I think I spent less than $25 for all the stuff I need for these shoes; this included my share of a $40 piece of leather, a couple of tools, and some thread.

From making the pattern, sewing, and dyeing the leather, I walk you through my process of making my first pair of medieval shoes, dating from the 10th century, York, England. It was found in the Coppergate excavation. Many thanks to my shoe instructor, HL Athelyna of Oldenfeld, and my foot supermodel, HL Aenor de Pessac.

Sundials, etc. –

Expedition Monoxylon 2019 arrive to the finish without losing one crew member – https://czech-archaeology-news.estranky.cz/articles/czech-archaeology-news-2019/expedition-monoxylon-2019-arrive-to-the-finish-without-losing-one-crew-member..html

Martine de La Châtre – @ Fleet of the Crusades. – JACQUES COEUR, (born around 1395/1400, in Bourges – November 25, 1456, in the island of Chios) is a French merchant, negotiator, banker and armator.
He was the first Frenchman to establish and maintain followed trade relations with the countries of the Levant. In 1439, King Charles VII was named Grand Argentier of the Kingdom of France. He launches himself into many commercial and industrial enterprises, raising a considerable fortune that allows him to help the sovereign reclaim his territory occupied by the English. But his bursting success leads him to disgraced: by summoning various accusations, his rivals and many debtors, including the king, provoke his fall in 1451. Imprisoned then banned in 1456, he dies in Chios, Greece (island near Turkey) during an expedition against the Turks.
Decree of “bello against turks ruling”. Place of manufacture: Rome (Italy Dating: 15th century, between 1463-1464. Manuscript in Latin illuminated on parchment. National Library of France, Manuscript Department, Manuscript Division, Western Division? 5565 Latin Coat

Martine de La Châtre to72is4of0l3h1re05cu · @ Fleet of the Crusades. JACQUES COEUR, (born around 1395/1400, in Bourges – November 25, 1456, in the island of Chios) is a French merchant, negotiator, banker and armator. He was the first Frenchman to establish and maintain followed trade relations with the countries of the Levant. In 1439, King Charles VII was named Grand Argentier of the Kingdom of France1. He launches himself into many commercial and industrial enterprises, raising a considerable fortune that allows him to help the sovereign reclaim his territory occupied by the English. But his bursting success leads him to disgraced: by summoning various accusations, his rivals and many debtors, including the king, provoke his fall in 1451. Imprisoned then banned in 1456, he dies in Chios, Greece (island near Turkey) during an expedition against the Turks. Decree of “bello against turks ruling”. Place of manufacture: Rome (Italy Dating: 15th century, between 1463-1464. Manuscript in Latin illuminated on parchment. National Library of France, Manuscript Department, Manuscript Division, Western Division? 5565 Latin Coat

Lower margin detail. I chose this illumination to evoke the memory of Jacques Coeur, this great open and intelligent man, A pioneer of world trade, ´whose trading fleet and trading posts extended as far as the Coromandel coast.

Herb Bunch – No Workshop this week because of the holiday. We did find another extruder. Got a few pix of the garden, too.

Orris! The lady we got these from said they were a “weird iris”. They actually look like orris! We’ll know for sure in the spring.

Strawberry – The slugs are getting most of these before they ripen

Garlics and a succulent and couple of weeds

Project Day –

Came in before we started to find this from Arlys, “No Project Day for me today–I’ll be hanging out with NIWA, my writers’ group, at Geek The Halls at the Lloyd Center Double Tree in the Exhibit Hall, known fondly to some of us as Merchants Row! A fun show, busy but not crowded, and many of our SCA family are there showing. 10-5 today, no entry fee.”

Anja sat down at the computer with a wad of floss to untangle, then worked on embroidery after tracking down a bunch of links.

Peggy Vlach says, “Got two more scrolls done this weekend and have started two more. This one is for a Kingdom award.”

Isabeau said, “Watched my car be delivered by the tow truck. I guess she didn’t like the screw puncturing the new tire. We’re fine. Just rolling with a limp.”

Music – Cutting: Lute Music – Brilliant Classics – Composer: Francis Cutting – Artist: Domenico Cerasani – The only available album dedicated to a notable musician of Elizabethan England.
By the time of Francis Cutting’s death in 1596 he had become among the best-known of English lutenists, and but by then his reputation as a lutenist and composer had reached far beyond the Howard family of Catholic aristocrats whom he served.
As a lutenist, Cutting was probably an amateur, not a professional musician, but his works show the hand of a skillful musician and composer. His music is characterized by a preference for intricate polyphony, although he also wrote light pieces using simple homophony. In the pavans and galliards we often find a complex interplay between chordal and imitative writing.
Harmonically, Cutting’s music is sometimes forward-looking, with its extensive use of sequences and occasional flashes of harmonic daring.
One or two of his pieces are often encountered in compilations of Elizabethan-era recitals on record. It is much more unusual to find extended sequences of his work, much less a whole album. Yet, when heard in the round, it becomes clear that Cutting’s music belongs with the great names of the Elizabethan golden age. The serious mood of his pavans, the vitality of his galliards, the gaiety of his almains, together with his personal harmonic idiom and his inventiveness in using counterpoint, imitation and sequences, are all sure signs of a gifted and often inspired composer.
Now based in Switzerland as a professor of lute and guitar at the Conservatory of St Gallen, Domenico Cerasani won critical praise for his previous Brilliant Classics album dedicated to the The Raimondo Lute Manuscript of 1601.
‘There is much to enjoy on this CD.’ (Early Music Review) ‘Cerasani has chosen his selection well; his fine technique, musicality and artistic sensitivity invite the listener to transport themselves almost directly into the sound world of a lute connoisseur of the time.’ (Amadeus)
Francis Cutting (1550-1603) was one of the major lute composers of Elizabethan England, yet little is known about his life. He may not even have been a professional composer, as he is referred to as “A gentleman” and his works were not widely circulated like those of his fellow composers.
Cutting’s lute works have been preserved in three manuscripts written by Matthew Holmes and in “A new booke of Tabliture’ published in 1596 in London by William Barley.

Track list:
00:00:00 Francis Cutting: Sir Walter Raleigh’s Galliard
00:01:37 Francis Cutting: The Squirrel’s Toy – Cutting’s Comfort
00:03:34 Francis Cutting: Mrs. Anne Markham’s Pavan
00:08:20 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:10:08 Francis Cutting: Quadro Pavan
00:12:30 Francis Cutting: My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home (Dowland/Cutting)
00:15:40 Francis Cutting: Galliard (on Go from my Window)
00:17:27 Francis Cutting: Pavana Bray (Byrd/Cutting)
00:22:09 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:23:55 Francis Cutting: Almain
00:25:19 Francis Cutting: Pavan Sans Per
00:28:36 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:30:34 Francis Cutting: Greensleeves
00:33:47 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:35:22 Francis Cutting: Jig – Toy
00:38:00 Francis Cutting: Walsingham
00:40:59 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:42:50 Francis Cutting: Sir Fulke Greville’s Pavan
00:47:32 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:49:10 Francis Cutting: Almain
00:51:11 Francis Cutting: Galliard
00:53:07 Francis Cutting: Packington’s Pound

Roman water organ performance – Florin Filimon – Justus Wilberg & Eva Fritz playing a Roman water organ reconstructed from the metal pieces discovered around Budapest. (Römermuseum Haltern am See, 10.06.18)

CAEDMON’S HYMN on the Anglo-Saxon Lyre – Peter Pringle – This is the earliest known poem in the English language, written in the 7th century, in what is called “Old English”. We know very little about the author, whose name was Caedmon, beyond what was said about him by “The Father of English History”, the monk known as The Venerable Bede (672 – 735 A.D.).
The setting for my performance of the hymn is Odda’s Chapel in Gloucestershire, South West England. The chapel is Anglo-Saxon, built a decade before the Norman invasion.
Although we have the words of the hymn, we have no idea what Caedmon’s music sounded like. I wrote the melody myself after being inspired by an excellent workshop given by the wonderful singer and musicologist, Stef Conner, and her fellow musicologist and ancient music historian, Hanna Marti.

Links

Sketch Bought at Estate Sale for $30 May Be Dürer Drawing Worth $50 Million – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drawing-purchased-for-30-turns-out-to-be-an-authentic-durerand-could-be-worth-millions-180979109/gallery

Video Links

Sudeley Castle: The A-Z of Tudor Places – The Tudor Travel Guide – Sudeley Castle: The A-Z of Tudor Places – In this episode of the Tudor Travel Guide’s A-Z of Tudor places, Sarah talks about one of the most popular destinations on any Tudor time traveller’s itinerary: Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Sudeley is famously known as the last home and final restng place of Ktherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII