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[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> saint Phlip,
>     I have several sources for this type of infomation.  An excellent
source is
> Theophilus "On Divers Arts" ("Divers" ....not "Diverse"..It is not a
typo!).
> Written in 1122 and translated many times, it is a treatise on Painting,
Glass
> Making, and Metalwork.  It has been tranlated many times over the years
into
> various languages.
>     I gave a lecture this last Saturday at SUN (Stellar University of
> Northshield) entitled "Theophilus - On Metalwork and using modern
applications
> to make period style metalwork possible in most backyards.
>    I described how to make a casting furnace using Theophilus's design
while
> using Ron Reil's burners for the heat.
>    Should I put my notes together in email form and send them to you?  If
you
> send me your snail mail address I'll send you some of my handouts. Should
take
> a few days to get it organized to mail.
>
> Daniel Kretchmar

Yes, please do- I'd love to see what you have. I've not gotten "On Divers
Arts" yet, because I've been mostly concentrating on smithing and steel, but
it looks like I'm going to hafta get a copy. In the mean time, your notes
and handouts would be extremely useful- and thank you, too, Robin, for
making the same suggestion.

Was just chatting with the guy I'm making the knife for, and his wife, who
is an excellent artisan in jewelry in her own right, says that there's a
better translation than the Dover book, so I'll be looking into that, too.
Does anyone know if it's available in the Latin? Since I do read the
language, I was thinking I could do my own translation of any questionable
bits, like I do with my medieval cook books.

Yeah, guys, I'm serious about this stuff ;-) One of the things I love about
SCA is that no matter how you try to narrow your focus, everything you study
sends you off into more things to learn about ;-)

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....