HISTORY: MEDIEVAL: RESOURCES: Stefan's Florilegium

[David P. Dillard]

HISTORY: MEDIEVAL: RESOURCES: Stefan's Florilegium

Stefan's Florilegium
<http://www.florilegium.org/>

What's a Florilegium?

"Literally, it means "a gathering of flowers". Florilegia were collections
of choice tidbits (from Ovid, Aristotle, various popes, church scholars,
etc) arranged topically.

Typically, a florilegium is huge, encyclopedic, and contains only choice
selections from particular works. Example, Ovid's Metamorphoses would be
too long to include in its entirety and might suggest some of the wrong
ideas (from a Church viewpoint), so only those works that offer clear
exegetic or moralistic exempla would likely be included. Thus, a
florilegium would probably not include Nestor's account of the battle of
the Lapiths -- the tale pokes fun at Nestor, at old men attempting to
claim wisdom solely based upon age, and (less directly) at Homer. A
florilegium probably would contain the tales of Midas, however, because
they provide lessons on the evils of greed, pride, and gossip."

Table of Contents for Florilegium Website

Society of Creative Anachronism

Categories

List of latest updated files

Important Stuff
Newcomer's Section
Accessories
Animals
Archery
Frequently Asked Questions about Archery
Beverages
Celebrations& Events
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Chivalry
Clothing
Combat
Combat -- Rapier
Crafts
Commerce
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Dance
Disabilities
Education
Entertainment
Feasts
Food
Food - Books
Food - Breads
Food - Condiments
Food - by - Region
Food - Fruits
Food - Manuscripts
Food - Meats
Sweet or Decorated Foods
Food - Utensils
Food - Vegetables
Heraldry
Home, Sweet Home
Info-Sources
Life-Steps
Medieval-Life
Articles by Nicolaa deBracton of Leicester
Norse-related stuff
Pennsic
People
Performance Arts
Period-Thought
Personal Care
Personas
Plants, Herbs and Spices
Religion
SCA Camping
Planning SCA Events
The SCA, Inc
SCA Sociology
SCA Stories
Scribal Arts
Structures
Textile Arts
The 12th Century
Time
Travel
Weddings
Uncatalogued

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From Stefan's Florilegium: A Content Sample:

Feasts
Medieval and SCA Feasts
<http://www.florilegium.org/>

"This is a collection of files that I have assembled from various sources
since I first joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) in 1989.
The information in these files comes from the Rialto newsgroup
(rec.org.sca), the old fidonet medieval echo conferance area, various
mail lists and articles submitted to me by their authors.
Several types of files are available:

-msg (or no suffix) These files are composed of a variety of short
messages from a variety of authors having a common subject .
-art A stand-alone article written by a single author. Some are off of
the networks while some were submitted to me by the author.
-bib A bibliography of book and article titles on a single subject.
-FAQ An article file that follows a Frequently Asked Questions format. "

<snip>

filelist-list The complete list of these Florilegium files. (also text,
rtf.)

12th-nite-fst-art Ansteorran 12th Night feast, AS 32.
12th-N-Oertha-art Oertha 12th Night Feast, Jan 2000.
15C-Italn-fst-art Meridian Kingdom A&S Fair feast by Fra Niccolo
Difrancesco. 15C Italian.
A-French-Meal-art "A Spring Supper by the Seine" by Her Ladyship Katja
Davidova Orlova Khazarina.
ACG-Feast-art Menu and recipes from Heralds and Scribes Collegium in
Abhain Ciach Ghlas.
Andalusan-Fst An Andalusian summer banquet by Giles de Laval.
Arthurian-Fst-art Arthurian event feast menu and recipes.
BB-Dragonship-art Feast for the Baronial Birthday for Dragonship Haven,
EK. 12/5/98.
BC-Delftwood-art Baronial Championship feast for Delftwood.
BM-Slvr-Av-Fst-art "Bordermarch Silver Anniversary Feast" by Countess Tess
of the Gardens MP.
bread-for-fsts Baking and buying bread for SCA feasts.
Bnfld-Bat-Fst-art Menu and recipes from Bonfield Battle event in
Ealdormere in 1998.
Carnival-Fst-art An Italian Carnival Feast in Delftwood.
ClancyDay-fst-art "Clancy Day Feast" by Dame Hauviette d'Anjou
Coron-Fst-BP-art "Coronation feast based on 14C recipes" by Baroness
Minowara Kiritsubo (Kiri)
child-kitchen Having children in the kitchen during feast preperation.
cooks-clothng Period and SCA cooks clothing.
cutting-onions Techniques for cutting onions.
dayboards SCA dayboards, middle-of-the-day, buffet meals.
Daybrd-Advent-art "Dayboard Adventures" by Jadwiga Zajaczkowa.
EK-Crwn-Fst-art Details of the EK spring Crown AS 33 feast.
Elizabet-Fst-art An Elizabethian feast menu and referances.
fd-transport Transporting cooked and prepared food.
feast-decor Decorating the feasthall.
feast-ideas Ideas for SCA feasts.
feasts-fish Serving fish at SCA feasts.
feast-menus Feast menus from various SCA feasts.
feast-serving Ideas for serving feasts. How to organise.
feasts Ideas and comments for SCA feasts.
feastgear Obtaining feastgear for use in the SCA. Cleaning wooden
feastgear.

The above are links to corresponding documents.

Returning to SCA

Miscellaneous On-line Material of Interest
A collection of links ranging from SCA-specific to
ancient/medieval/renaissance history related.
Except where noted, none of the links listed here are maintained or
sponsored by the SCA, Inc.
These links were all active as of: March 6, 2004.
SCA-related links
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Content Sample:

The Hunt
Resources for the medieval enthusiast: articles, classified ads, and a
searchable database of medievally-related sites. Information is entered by
the site's visitors.

Known World Web
Event listings for all kingdoms (nifty calendar features), SCA News,
articles, chat, forums, and more

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Sincerely,
David Dillard
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