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Feast of St Sylvester 2019

30 Wednesday Jan 2019

Posted by Lijsbet van Catwiic in Cooking, Dutch Recipes, Persona, Uncategorized

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On the 12th of January I cooked my fourth feast for my local canton’s event, the Feast of St Sylvester. This one though was extra special. The menu for this feast was almost two and a half years in the making. Back in the summer of 2016 I found a website that sparked this idea. This site contained the text of two Dutch manuscripts from the mid – late 15th century which had been translated from Middle Dutch, to Modern Dutch, and then into English by Christianne Muusers. They were 15th century Dutch recipe books (my SCA persona is 14th-15th century Dutch) and I couldn’t find more than a handful of the recipes that had been recreated and published online anywhere else.

The first manuscript, Wel ende edelike spijse, contains 62 recipes. The second, The convolute Gent KANTL 15, contains 92 recipes in the first volume and 150 in the second volume. A total of 304 recipes to choose from! Some had ingredients that were impossible or extremely difficult to get, some had unclear cooking instructions, and some were repetitive. There were three recipe variations just for wafers. Of the eleven recipes that I ended up choosing only three had recreations that I could find online: wafers, onions with cumin sauce, and the fried gouda.

My favorite dish was definitely the stewed quince although the stuffed apples come in a firm second. Everything seemed to go over really well and some of the dishes surprised me, like the onions of which hardly any came back to the kitchen during cleanup. If you would like to learn more about my menu and try some of the recipes yourself please take a look at my Netherlands Feast documentation.

I want to thank my kitchen staff and servers again as well. Many of them stepped in to volunteer when my mom ended up in the hospital the weekend before. Putting together so much food is a production and every willing hand helps to lighten the load for all.

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Collecting Research: Belt for 14th-15th C Lady.

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by Lijsbet van Catwiic in 14th Century, 15th Century, Garb, Persona, Uncategorized

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I have decided that I really need a proper cloth belt for my 14th and 15th century garb. Here is where I will be putting my research links for this project.

http://www.larsdatter.com/belts.htm – Extant belts from 6th -17th centuries

  • Belt from the Colmar treasure, silver-gilt mounts (alternating between women’s heads and roses) on silk, first half of the 14th century
  • Belts from the 14th-15th centuries
  • CL17696, a fragment of a lady’s belt, Germany, 4th quarter of the 15th century
  • Lady’s belt, silk with silver and garnets, end of the 15th century

leather belt with mounts, 1350 1400, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

belt mounts, late medieval, 1350 1400, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Reproduction belt from Clunis Museum, France. Late 14 c.

Belt for a Lady’s Dress, c. 1375-1400

Girdle with Profiles of Half-Length Figures 1350-1400 Italy

Silver, with traces of gilding and enamel North Italian ca. 1330–50

First half of the 14th century (ca. 1300-1330), French – Champagne. Enthroned Virgin and Child. MMA.

15th century . Grey wool belt, with ivory fittings. Musée de Cluny – musée national du Moyen-Âge

Right now the fabrics I have are linen and small pieces of wool. My plan is to piece the wool bits together, use linen to line the back, and use mounts on the belt. Strategically placed to cover the lines where the wool is pieced together of course.

 

And for a different style of 15th century belt. I might do one of these later…

CARLO CRIVELLI (1435 – 1495) – Detail – Saint Mary Magdalen at the Cross.

schilderij Hugo vander Goes 1470

Passion (Greverade) Altarpiece (detail) 1491 Hans Memling

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