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Accuracy in Films
MoP: Where are your horns ( Read more... ) -
Photos from Chicago Yesterday
A photo of my Roman glass at http://www.flickr.com/photos/folo/4184728081/
and a few shots of the Museum of Science & Industry and its grounds at http://www.flickr.com/photos/folo/sets/ -
Staffodshire Hoard Book
Just today I received the slim volume on the Staffordshire hoard I ordered from the British Museum, and I am extremely satisfied. Recommended! Slim, but quite nice, with color photographs of the hoard but also line illustrations and what looks like an excellent text by Kevin Leahy and another gentleman who I am unfamiliar with, Roger Bland. The ( Read more... ) -
A Different Kind of Viking Impression
Even today, I encounter people who still believe that the Vikings wore horns on their helmets. But even folk who know that the horns are mythical sometimes don't know that "Viking" was an occupation (I remember an SCA event when a Duchess insisted to everyone that she suspected that he Viking Race hadn't died out). And even they often don't know ( Read more... ) -
Book Notification
Anne Berdanier of Furder Strandi noted that the Brtish Museum is publishing a book on the Staffordshire Hoard. It is 48 pages lnng and is reasonably priced. And well worth the trouble of negotiarting the British Museum shoppi ng page. My copy is ordered! http://www. ( Read more... ) -
What do we wanna do this weekend, Brain?
Miss Julie is selling her jewelry at the Yule show of the local Craft League. If you're in the area, see her--and all the others, selling excellent pottery, fabric, wood and other artsy-cfraftsy goodness--at the civic center in Urbana, Illinois. -
Recent Projects
Been busy lately with some inter-connected projects. These are all items made for the folc of Micel Folcfland and/or to display on line ( Read more... ) -
I don't know why this is so neat but...
I love Whipper Snapper over on Flickr. Today, he published photos of Anne Bronte's grave, along with his amusing account of how it came to his attention: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/4102150747/ and surrounding photos. And I'm not even a Bronte fan -
For Fans of the Early Mioddle Ages
Just a quick recommendation. Today, I received my copy of _The Viking World_ by James Graham-Campbell. It had been recommended by a Regia friend in a post on a totally different subject, and I took a look at Amazon, where there were smple pages. It looked very nice and cost less than twenty bucks. The photos did not give it proper service. The book ( Read more... ) -
You've got to take a look
If you haven't discovered the Swedish National Heritage Board over at Flickr, you ought to take a look. Most of their shots are copies of stuff from a century or century and a half ago of runestones, buildings and such. I haven't found any shots of 19C Viking reenactors yet, but they must be around or coming up: Leave a comment