Ivan Rezansky's SCA Adventures

Torcs: One Form of Medieval Russian Neck Bling

After reading about medieval Rus’ torcs in Седова, М.В. «Шейные гривны.» Ювелирные изделия древнего Новгорода (Х-XV вв.). Москва: Издательство «Наука», 1981,…

Jewelry Production Technology in 10th-15th Century Novgorod

I recently finished reading and translating this article discussing the technology used by craftsmen in medieval Novgorod to produce rings,…

Jewelry Of Medieval Novgorod (10th-15th centuries): Bracelets

I recently finished reading and translating a chapter from Jewelry of Medieval Novgorod by M.V. Sedova, an overview of jewelry…

Jewelry Of Medieval Novgorod (10th-15th centuries): Torcs

Today’s post is a translation of a chapter from Jewelry of Medieval Novgorod by M.V. Sedova, an overview of jewelry…

Jewelry Of Medieval Novgorod (10th-15th centuries): Introduction

Today’s post is a translation of the introduction to Jewelry of Medieval Novgorod by M.V. Sedova, an overview of jewelry…

Adding categories to your EK Wiki Page

I was recently involved with an effort to update the list of Arts and Sciences categories available on the EK…

Russian Historical Costume for the Stage, Parts II and III

Today’s post is a continuation of my translation of Russian Historical Costume for the Stage, a book written in 1945…

Russian Historical Costume for the Stage, Part I

Today’s post is Part I of a translation of Russian Historical Costume for the Stage, a book written in 1945…

An Embroidered Podea of the Ascension

Introduction Today I am presenting a reproduction of a 16th century style Russian podea, or embroidered icon. Icons such as…

EK Wiki, ye saga continues!

In a previous post, I talked about how to create a page on the East Kingdom wiki site. In this…