Full Documentation Deep in the grasp of COVID, I was going completely stir-crazy. I decided to wander my woods and the adjacent nature preserve to keep my head clear, and to get exercise. I was wandering the woods one day in August 2021 and looking for oak galls for my Weird Roman Remedies project, when... Continue Reading →

Full Documentation Faces on Roman pots have been found in towns, villages, forts, inside wells, in bathhouses, and in graves in formerly Roman territories.  There are several finds and shards among forts and ruins along Hadrian’s wall (Braithwaite 2007).  It appears that these pots, adorned and sculpted with almost caricature-like features and characteristics, were wheel-thrown... Continue Reading →

Full DocumentationThe German painting Portrait of a Woman, ca 1510-1515 by Bernhard Strigel is currently on display at the Met, in Gallery 626. When I first saw the painting, I catalogued it as something I would love to use for inspiration someday. That day finally came after I was given my writ for the Laurel, and... Continue Reading →

A Scroll Done in the Style of A Page from the Rothschild Prayerbook c. 1505-1510 About Flemish Manuscripts Illuminated manuscripts were collected by the most powerful and wealthy throughout Europe and served as a symbol of “piety, politics, and status”.  Between 1470 and 1560 was the golden age for Flemish manuscripts.  During this time, borders... Continue Reading →

The Drink of Great Roots Corotica Senebelenae (Clovis)  EK Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Corotica_merkka_Senebelenae (MKA Jennifer Davis, she/her) This beverage is a recreation of a drink from Kitab al tabikh fi-l-Maghrib wa-l-Andalus fi `asr al-Muwahhidin, li-mu'allif majhul. The title is translated in English as The Book of Cooking in Maghreb and Andalus in the Era of Almohads by an unknown... Continue Reading →