I got this issue that I have continued to go back and forth on for the past several years.  I am curious about what other folks think on the matter.  Guess I should get to explaining.  A long time ago, when searching for some books on how to do some of it, I found online authentic and verified by apparently somewhat reputable sources illuminated pages from medieval books, usually the most common come from Books of Hours and other prayer types of books, apparently having been really common during times that I am in particular most interested.  They were for sale on eBay and after a little research they can be found in several other places as well.

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Going to Gulf Wars XIX in March?  As of this past Sunday it was eleven weeks until the day the site opens for general admission.  Holy cows (and horses) I got a LOT of stuff to do in that short time.  I think my free time between now and then just went to zero.  As I do a few of the projects I hope to do some updates here and I will be making some notes here as the planning process goes forward for anyone interested.    Please note that right over to the right somewhere I have put up a count down until the site opens.   No reason to panic as of yet, right?  Got plenty of time and a good handle on things at this point.  Hope to see everyone there!

Had a question from a friend today that I thought would make the perfect blog entry here on Eligius, so I made the answer to her, but here is a bit more details on the matter.  The question was a very basic, “Was the renaissance going on during the 14th century?”  It is a valid question to be sure, but perhaps it is one of those that it is not really so valid to answer.  And certainly if an answer it is given, as I did then and am doing again now, it comes with a litany of qualifications on the answer.

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Okay… So I admit that I apparently suck.  I have gotten more then a little bit busy the last week or two and did not manage to keep up with the posting here, even though it is NaBloPoMo.  Well, I am still going strong over on mephistos and it is a good read.  However, even given my less that stellar performance of keeping things posted daily here on Eligius, I have more then enough to post about.  I am going to be doing something just a little different here though.  I have not completely worked out the target as of yet, but I am think along the lines of a post a week or two posts a week, maybe even three a week.  I think that is much more likely to be sustained, even doing it out through a year, then posting once a day for a month.  As soon as I get it completely figured out, you dear readers, will be the second group of people to know.  For now, note that I will have a good posting here in just a short bit.

In conjunction with that, there are a few things that I am hoping to get updated here on the site this weekend coming up.  As I get those done, I think I will come back here and check them off as a list type of thing and add to this post.  By the way, if you have suggestions shot, I am always open on that kind of thing.  Lastly, I am also looking for other sites of a medieval/historical re-enactment type to link to from here, especially blogs, but not exclusively.