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Another Aromatic Soap for the beard, which is used by the nobility and is very pleasant.
The Elixirs of Nostradamus (1552)
Original Recipe
Take half a pound of Gaetan soap, or one of the whitest you can obtain, and cut the whole lot into flakes with a knife. Next take two and a half ounces of finely pulverized Florentine violet roots, six drachms [2] each of sweet flag and marjoram, half an ounce of dried roses and a similar amount of ( Read more... ) -
To make hair grow
Original recipe
Take the leaves of willow and boil them well in oil and therewith anoint the place where you would have any hair to grow, whether upon head or beard.My redaction ( Read more... ) -
Candles and Lantern Mock 1
(Pictures to follow)
Historic Overview
Firelight, hanging oil lamps, rushlights, candles and resin torches were the principal lighting sources of Medieval Europe. [1] Both beeswax and tallow candles can be dated back to the Romans. [2] Wax candle makers -or chandlers- were usually organized in separate guilds from tallow chandlers, as wax candles were ( Read more... ) -
The Great Canvas Floor Project (part the first)
Sitting around at Fall Coronet, my husband and I started to talk of things to do to spiff up our encampment. We are at the stage of our SCA life that we have a full encampment and a full car when transporting it. If we add anything to the encampment something must be replaced. Knowing this, we looked around our encampment and settled on two things ( Read more... ) -
It must be fabric migration season
I see another trip to the east bay coming in my future. More specifically, Stone Mountain & Daughters. -
Just had to get this off my chest
In response to veghammer and back40joules' open postIn my opinion, regardless of the merits of the complaints that you have - Ysabella has already served her time with the banishment. It was not extended this reign and has therefore ended. The matter is over with, and it is time to move on. To bring the same complaints up again is double jeopardy ( Read more... )
