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Meridies Fall 2008 Coronation photos online

Armoured Combat | Meridies | Photo Album | SCA Royalty
Danielle has posted an album of photos from the recent Coronation of Their Majesties Seth and Gwendolen of the Kingdom of Meridies on her SmugMug website.

16th century pottery kiln found in Russia

1501 CE to 1600 CE | Glass and Ceramics | Russian
Excavations have uncovered a 16th century pottery kiln near Tula, Russia. The kiln may have been used to make bricks for the Tula Kremlin. (photo)

Renaissance artists enjoyed their own "art scene"

Fine Arts | Norman | Renaissance
Where did Renaissance painters go to unwind? According to Tony Perrottet of Drexel University's The Smart Set, it was La Società del Pauiolo, the Company of the Cauldron, an artists-only club that required participants to bring an artwork and a dish to pass.