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Saturday 16 May 1840

3 35/..

12 10/..

R14 ½° at 4 a.m. in our room and F65° (both marked on same little Bate London thermometer) breakfast – rice and tea – washing up and not off till 5 10/.. at 1st station at 6 8/.. i.e. 15v. in 58 minutes! – beautiful morning – sun hot now at 6 ¼ - fine rich pasture valley, grass and herbage, thistles, etc. all along – much cattle – station house just like that last night of Karamarianskoi – the 2 first of this kind low, one story building – 2 wings and a front something of this sort                        

5 10/.. to 6 8/.. Karamarianskoi to Kululinskoi 15

6 35/.. to 8 35/.. K- to Novoshemacha 18 ½

33 ½

one door in each wing and a room, and 2 doors in front and a room on each side of each of these 2 doors – very fairly off last night – better than in our Caravanserai at Elizabethpol [Elizavetpol'] – En route again at 6 35/.. at 7 ¼ at river – and river at 8 20/.. and at 8 25/.. village and station house of Novoshemacha (new Shemacha) – a general just gone, has taken 16 pair of oxen to get him up the mountain – no horses, nobody allowed to have horses but the post – no oxen – alight for the day – A- and I went out immediately and sauntered about till 10 ½ - a little Gastinoi [Gostiny] Dvor, bazaar, at a little distance in front of the village well supplied with the usual commodities hereabouts – Dried fruits and nuts (walnuts and filberts) almonds and dates and jujubes, and rock salt, and garance (madder) the root called ....... but the root ground to a fine powder is the henna with which they stain dye their nails a red orange colour – there was also abundance of the yellow green powder with which they dye their beards black – there were several sorts of cake (apparently of wheat flour) and split peas and beans, and lentils, and a largeish roundish ¼ in. or less thick queer dark looking cake which they let us taste, a veritable plum cake i.e. of plums dried and pressed into this shape – there was a butchers’ shop, and the man killed a sheep (fat tailed) before our eyes – cut its throat and let it bleed to death – several little sausages shops – the sausages in all stages of preparation, and also ready cooked to eat – there was also a plat of eggs poached

in oil and eaten with cake, 1/2doz. men at one dish – dipped in the cake, and took out the egg with their fingers, and one of the men held out a bit for me to taste – I ate it off the mans’ finger and found it very eatable – sauntered down into a nice garden – 3 or 4 houses (low mud-covered places as usual) but carpetted and neat within – the woman flocked round us ditto their husbands (or 1 or 2 men) – they had largeish oblong shallow cartons in their room under the stone bench full of silk worm eggs placed on mulberry leaf buds – a youth offered us green plums (magnum bonums just well set) to eat carefully taking out the little kernel which they made us understand was unwholesome – they took us to another cottage where the husband was weaving a Tchadra  veil of the women of this country – shewed us one – price 3 monāt i.e. 3/. silver rubles – sat down to my accounts at 11 – dozed over them – lay down – slept till 3 – then till now 5 ½ finished my accounts – then at Journal and map till dinner at 7 ¼ to 8 20/.. – then preparing bed etc. etc. till now 9 ½ - then at Journal again till now 11 p.m. beautiful night – R14 ¾° and F65° now at 11 25/.. p.m.

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IKTT(Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles)

Black color from Indian almond leaf Color becomes more alive with the passing of time. Beautiful black

インディアーモンドの葉で染めた黒 今回も良い色に染まっています。 そして時間の経過によって色がさらに生き生きしてくる。

美しい黒。

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Healing with Herbs

How to make a tincture

Making a tincture involves steeping the herb or root in alcohol, extracting its oils, minerals, alkaloids, and glycosides so that it is in its purest form. You can use vegetable glycerin or apple cider vinegar instead, particularly in tinctures intended for children, but they aren’t quite as effective at pulling out the good stuff. You’ll need strong alcohol, at least 80 proof. Everclear works well, as does vodka or brandy. You’ll also need a pint jar to fill with the herb or plant you want—any of the herbs listed above will work here. 

Chop the herb up a bit or bash it around with a mortar and pestle to help it break down. You’ll want the jar to be full, but not pack your herbs in too tightly. Then fill the jar completely with the alcohol. (If you’re using dried herbs or roots, you need only put in enough to reach halfway, and then add the alcohol up to the top.)

Seal the jar tightly. Label and date it, and let it rest in a cool, dark place.

For the first week, shake it once a day, then let it rest for five more weeks. At the end of the resting period, use a layer of muslin or cheesecloth held tightly over the jar to strain out the liquid. Decant the tincture into one of those small, dark glass bottles, preferably one with a dropper, and keep it stored away from direct sunlight. It should last for five to ten years.

How to make herbal oil

It’s more trouble than it’s worth to make your own essential oils. A true essential oil is extracted by boiling the herb in question and skimming the oil off the top—that’s a task best left to the professionals. But you can make your own herbal oil. It may not be quite as distilled, but it can still be effective, and it’s a great way to preserve herbs for use long into the winter. The nice thing about creating your own oils is that you can use any combination of herbs that you desire. You might mix calendula, catnip, lemon balm, marshmallow, mullein, plantain leaf, and yarrow for an oil that is particularly effective for skin care, or lavender, vervain, lemon balm, and yarrow for a soothing oil to rub on the temples. Chop or bruise your chosen herbs and place them in a jar. Fill the jar with the carrier oil of your choice (olive or almond oil works well), covering the herbs by one inch, and leaving one inch of space at the top. Close the jar tightly, and allow it to sit in as much sunshine as possible for a month. Strain the oil through a cheesecloth on an as-needed basis, leaving the rest to continue steeping.

How to make a poultice

A poultice is a soft, moist mass of herbs, cloth, and other ingredients, and it’s an excellent tool for treating topical infirmities. A hot poultice is excellent for drawing out infection, as with bee stings or draining abscesses, while a cold poultice will help reduce inflammation. Gather the herbs you want to use, either fresh or dried. If they’re fresh, you may want to mash the herbs up in a mortar and pestle (the traditional way) or blitz them through a food processor (the modern way). Even if you’re planning on making a cold poultice, add a couple of tablespoons of hot water to your herbs to awaken them, before letting them cool. You can add medicinal clay powder, Epsom salts, or baking soda and combine with water until the mixture becomes a thick paste. For ailments like congestion or insect bites, you can place the poultice directly on the skin, making sure, of course, that it isn’t too hot. To treat a burn or something that could easily become infected, place a clean cotton cloth between the skin and the poultice.

Common herbs and their uses

Ashwagandha: The name translates to “smell of horse.” This herb is hard to find fresh, but powders, pills, teas, and extracts are available. Benefits: Increases energy, boosts the immune system, antiinflammatory, reduces anxiety. Suggested use: Stir ¼-½ tsp. powder into warm milk and honey before bed. Concerns: May increase thyroid hormone levels and lower blood sugar.

Black cohosh: This member of the buttercup family could be grown in a garden. Dried roots, capsules, teas, and extracts are also available. Benefits: Relieves menstrual cramps and arthritic pain. Eases symptoms of menopause. Suggested use: Drink as a tea or mix with honey as a syrup. Concerns: May cause upset stomach, so consider taking with food.

Calendula: Also known as marigold, this herb could be grown in a garden, but is also available as teas, oils, and creams. Useful for dyeing and food coloring as well. Benefits: Helps heal cuts. Good for diaper rash or other skin irritations. Calms an upset stomach. Suggested use: Steep petals in just below boiling water for ten minutes, then drink as a tea. Add dried flowers to coconut, almond, or olive oil as a salve. Concerns: None known.

Catnip: It’s not just for cats! Catnip is easily grown and also available as a capsule, tea, extract, and essential oil. It is also handy as an insect repellent. Benefits: Anti-inflammatory. Good for insomnia, upset stomach, menstrual cramps, headache, and treating the common cold. Suggested uses: Steep for tea, sprinkle essential oil into the bath or rub it on the temples, use in cooking (it’s a member of the mint family, so its flavor is better than some). Concerns: None known.

Cranberry: Easily obtained fresh or frozen and also available in pill form, this herb is a great source of vitamin C, fiber, and vitamin E. Benefits: Most frequently used to treat and prevent urinary tract infections. Also shown to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, slow tumor progression in cancer, and help prevent gum disease. Suggested uses: Because they’re so tart, cranberries often come with a lot of sugar. Try to buy reduced-sugar dried cranberries and stay away from most cranberry juices. If you can manage it, drink the unsweetened juice to relieve a UTI, and certainly try making your own cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving. Concerns: None known.

Dittany: This is one of those herbs with a long history. It is also known as “burning bush.” Easily grown, it is hard to find in dried or tea form. Benefits: Antibacterial, antifungal, and antimicrobial. Good for the skin and the intestines, and is thought to be an aphrodisiac. Suggested uses: Steep in hot water for tea, but use sparingly. Use as an antibacterial balm or poultice. Concerns: If you’ve put some on your skin, stay out of the sun, as it can increase the risk of sunburn.

Elderberry: This herb has been used to battle a flu epidemic in Panama as recently as 1995. It can be grown, but is also available as a pill or an extract. For your personal garden, look specifically for Sambucus nigra, as other elderberry varieties can be toxic. Benefits: Boosts the immune system, treats sinus infections, lowers blood sugar, acts as a diuretic and a laxative, good for skin health and allergies. Suggested uses: They’re delicious! Can be made into a syrup, jams, or jellies—even wine. Concerns: Don’t pick and use wild elderberry unless you’re absolutely certain the plant is Sambucus nigra. Always cook the berries to remove any toxicity.

Feverfew: This is another herb with a long history. Easily grown and available dried, it is most frequently found in capsule form. Benefits: For centuries, it was used to relieve fever, to assist with childbirth, and for fertility. Now it is most frequently used to prevent migraines. It can also help with tinnitus, nausea, dizziness, asthma, and allergies. Suggested uses: It doesn’t taste good, so not recommended even as a tea. Instead, make a tincture or purchase capsules. Concerns: If you do drink it, feverfew can cause irritation in the mouth. If taken in large quantities on a regular basis, stopping can cause withdrawal symptoms, so use only as needed. May cause the uterus to contract, so don’t take while pregnant.

Horse chestnut: This is not the kind of chestnut you’d want to roast on a fire, but it is still useful. It is not recommended for personal processing, as the seed contains esculin, a poisonous substance. Purchase an extract or pill instead. Benefits: Shown to be extremely effective against varicose veins. Also good for hemorrhoids and frostbite. Suggested uses: 300 milligrams of horse chestnut seed extract twice daily. Concerns: Don’t consume raw horse chestnut seeds, bark, or leaves.

Lemon Balm: This member of the mint family has a distinct lemony scent. It is also known as “melissa.” It is easily grown, but also available in tea, extract, and essential oil forms. Benefits: Calms anxiety, encourages restful sleep. Good for the skin, improves mood and mental clarity. Suggested uses: Steep fresh or dried to make tea, use in cooking, use to flavor honey or vinegar, use in a hot bath. Concerns: None known.

Marshmallow: Sadly, these are not the things we put in hot chocolate. The root is available dried, as well as in powder, extract, capsule, and tea form. Benefits: Aids with dry cough, represses inflammation in the lining of the stomach, good for chilblains and sunburn. Suggested uses: Drink as a tea, add to a base oil for a salve. Concerns: May cause low blood sugar.

Milk thistle: This herb is easily grown, as it’s pretty much a weed. It’s available as an extract, pill, or tea. Benefits: Milk thistle can protect your liver from toxins—say, for instance, alcohol. It can even be used to treat cirrhosis and jaundice and helps with environmental toxin damage. Suggested uses: Steep in hot water or make a tincture. Not recommended for use in cooking. Concerns: May cause diarrhea.

Mullein: This is the clear quartz of herbal healing. It is easily found and grown and available both dried and in capsule form. Benefits: Known particularly for respiratory relief, including cough, bronchitis, asthma, and pneumonia, it’s also good for earache, fever, sore throat, migraine, and to heal the skin. Suggested uses: Apply a tincture to relieve ear infection, drink as a tea, use as a salve to heal wounds and bruises. Concerns: None known.

Plantain leaf: Pretty hip these days, as herbal remedies go, plantain leaf is easily grown and available dried or in capsule form. Benefits: Great for the skin, particularly in relieving insect bites, poison ivy, and sunburn. Lowers cholesterol, helps clear up bladder infections, relieves constipation or diarrhea. Suggested uses: Make poultice with clay and water or make a salve with a base oil. Infuse vinegar to spray on the skin to provide pain relief. Drink as a tea. Concerns: None known.

Rue: This herb is also known as “herb of grace.” Easily grown, it is also available dried, in capsule form, or as an essential oil. Benefits: Used to promote menstruation, it provides a sense of calm and well-being and is good for relieving gas, mucus, and arthritis. Suggested uses: As an oil or poultice it can relieve croup or chest congestion. Drink as a tea to ease anxiety. Concerns: This one is serious—it can cause a miscarriage. Use in small amounts, regardless of whether or not you’re pregnant.

Valerian: This is an attractive addition to any garden, with a pleasing scent, but it is the root which holds the good stuff and that does not smell good. Easily grown, this herb is also available in tea, capsule, and extract forms. Benefits: Valerian is very effective against insomnia. It also calms anxiety and depression, and helps with ADHD and headache. Suggested uses: Drink a tea made from the leaves for a mild sedative, or steep the roots for something stronger. Add a tincture to a bath for a gentler, child-friendly alternative. Concerns: None known, but obviously don’t operate heavy machinery.

Vervain: Usually blue vervain is used, but other types seem to work just as well. Easily grown, vervain is also available dried or as an extract. Benefits: Helps with anxiety and sleeplessness. Also provides pain relief, eases tense muscles, and promotes an overall sense of wellbeing. Suggested uses: Steep in hot water as a tea. Not recommended in cooking, though it smells nice, so add a little to a bath. Concerns: May cause nausea.

Yarrow: This member of the sunflower family is easily grown—and quite lovely— and available dried or as an essential oil. Benefits: Relieves fever, as well as cold and flu symptoms. Relieves cramps, provides a sense of calm and relaxation, and aids in restful sleep. Suppresses the urge to urinate (say, during a UTI). Use topically for a rash or small cuts. Suggested uses: Drink as a tea in the evening to induce sleepiness or relieve cold and flu symptoms, or make into a salve for external use. Concerns: None known.

Source: From Practical Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to Crystals, Horoscopes, Psychics & Spells

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Seshat

Egyptian goddess of knowledge, wisdom, writing, languages, learning, accounting, architecture, astronomy, astrology, building, mathematics, science, and surveying

Seshat (Sesha, Shai, Sesheta, or Safekh-Aubi) was one of the most important deities of Ancient Egypt. She had no temples (or at least none that have been discovered) but instead was widely worshipped through commonplace acts and daily rituals from the Early Dynastic Period to the last dynasty to rule Egypt. Her name means “she who scrivens” (she who is the scribe), and she is credited with the invention of hieroglyphics. She is a goddess of numerous talents and is great in knowledge; expertizing in many areas such as record-keeping, writing texts, assisting in the building of temples, analyzing stars and planets, calculating, and much more. Thus, Seshat is the patron goddess of scribes, librarians, architects, artists, teachers, scientists, and all seekers of knowledge, truth, and wisdom. Seshat is the daughter of Thoth (god of knowledge and wisdom) and Ma’at (goddess of truth and justice). Some versions of myth say that Seshat was also the consort of Thoth, or that she was his feminine counterpart.

One of the greatest roles of Seshat is that she is the one who looks after the Library of the Gods, and is the loving patroness of all libraries in existence. It was believed by Egyptians that every time an author wrote a story, book, or inscription, the divine scribe Seshat would write an etheric copy of this book in order to eternalize it in the Library of the Gods. She is the very deity who is claimed to have invented the Egyptian writing system, with her father Thoth being the one to teach these hieroglyphs to the Egyptians. Additionally, Seshat held the role of being scribe of the Pharaoh, recording all of his achievements and triumphs, as well as recording both the loot and captives taken during his battles. She is also the one who records the actions of all mortals upon leaves from the sacred persea tree. As the divine measurer and scribe, Seshat was also believed to recorded, by notching her palm, the time allotted to each Pharaoh for his stay on Earth. She also was responsible for recording the speeches of the Pharaohs during their crowning ceremonies. 

Seshat is the one who opens the portal to the afterlife and teaches the parted spirits the sacred spells from The Egyptian Book of the Dead, allowing the spirit to safely traverse the dangers of the Underworld. Her other role is that she is the one who builds homes for the spirits in the afterlife. Seshat was also sometimes depicted helping the funerary goddess Nephthys revive the deceased in the afterlife in preparation for their judgment by Osiris within the Hall of Truth. Seshat was also closely associated with the House of Life, along with deities such as Isis, Nephthys, and Thoth. The House of Life was attached to temples and was a centre of learning and teaching, an archive and scriptorium. It functioned as the repository of all knowledge, both sacred and profane. 

Seshat is known to be an expert in the art of sighting the stars and planets, as well as understanding them and calculating their movements. Due to this great skill, she was the one to assist the Pharaoh in the “stretching of the cord” ritual (“pedj shes”) so that she could have the temples and pyramids built with astronomical measurements- located beneath certain sacred areas of the sky. The “cord” refers to the mason’s line which was used to measure out the dimensions of each building. Her skills were also highly needed for surveying the land in order to re-establish boundary lines after the annual floods. Seshat is thus a granter of homes, temples, libraries, and every other foundation of the world. As she is the daughter of knowledge and order, she is the bases upon which the world thrives- assisting in the eternal evolution and truth-seeking of mankind.

In the Book of Thoth, one epithet of Seshat is “Mistress of the Sustenance of the Foremost of the Chamber of Darkness” The Chamber of Darkness is often referred to and perhaps eludes to the afterlife. Darkness is necessary for the development of intuition, wisdom, and the unfolding of mysteries, as well as the ability to face certain truths that may be hard to accept. Seshat holds the titles of “she-who-is-wise", “she who first established (the) chamber”, “she being a lamp of prophecy”. Thus, Seshat brings forth the light of truth and knowledge into the darkness of ignorance. From her comes all inventions, documents, scientific discoveries, and revelations. She is the goddess who is aware of all events and possesses a vast mind full of understanding and depth. She is an illuminating teacher to humanity- a goddess who brings the light of knowledge forth so that the world can become better.  

Appearance: Sehsat was depicted as a woman wearing a leopard skin dress (as worn by shamanic priests); the pattern of this hide was thought to represent the stars, being a symbol of eternity, and to be associated with the night sky. Seshat is also shown wearing a headdress composed of either a palm-leaf stalk or a seven-pointed star on top of a pair of inverted horns (the number seven symbolizes perfection). She was occasionally called “Safekh-Aubi” (or “Safekh-Abwy” meaning “She of two horns”) because of this headdress. However, others have suggested that the horns were originally a crescent moon, representing her connection with Thoth. She is often shown offering palm branches (representing “many years”) to the Pharaoh to bless him with a long reign. She may also be shown holding a palm stem, bearing notches to denote the recording of the passage of time, especially for keeping track of the allotment of time for the life of the Pharaoh. She was also depicted holding other tools and, often, holding the knotted cords that were stretched to survey land and structures.

Personal experiences: Seshat is an extremely wise and intelligent deity who is ever-curious, always seeking out any and all information. She is an excellent mentor and bestows sage guidance upon those who are devout in seeking truth. She is an incredible healer as well, since she knows vast information on medicines and other forms of healing. She is the one who illuminates all shadows, being with us throughout life and following us into the afterlife. Seshat is in fact the daughter of Thoth and Ma’at, but she explains that she was never consort to Thoth as this was a confusion. Sometimes, deities will combine their energies together in a non-sexual way in order to create a new deity who is a combination of their unique powers. This technique was done between her and Thoth, and one of the gods created from them was Khonsu, the god of the moon and healing, as well as the representation of the Initiate on the path towards Illumination. 

Seshat’s epithets: 

Mistress of the House of Books

The Primeval One

The Divine Scribe

Keeper of the House of Life

She Who is Wise

Mistress of the House of Architects

Foremost of Builders 

Celestial Librarian

Lady of Numbers

Lady of Writing

Chief of the Library

She of Seven Points

The Lamp of Prophecy

Knower of Fates

Divine Scribe

Lady of Hieroglyphs

Mistress of the Sustenance of the Chamber of Darkness

Reckoner of All Things on Earth

Lady of Writings in the House of Life

| Offerings |

Mead, beer, roast fish, dates, figs, plums, grapefruit, strawberry-flavoured chocolate, salted popcorn, cooked lamb, icecream, telescopes, monoculars, magnifying glasses, notebooks, scrolls, papyrus, quills, fountain pens, leopard print clothing, star imagery, star maps, henna dye, non-fiction books, old maps, miniature globes, orange or turquoise beads, golden jewelry, gold armlets (especially snake ones), lilies, roses (pink or white), tulips, geraniums, spearmint, lemon blossoms, cherry blossoms, almond blossoms, moonstone, white quartz, citrine, carnelian, jade, amethyst, amber, artwork, poetry. Incenses: amber, musk, white orchid, poppy, and sandalwood + jasmine. 

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[the-deeds-to-shibden]

Saturday 16 May 1840

[up at] 3 35/”

[to bed at] 12 10/”

Reaumur 14 1/2º at 4 a.m. in our room and Fahrenheit 65.º (both marked on same little Bate London thermometer) breakfast – rice and tea – washing up, and not off till 5 10/” – at 1st station at 6 8/” i.e. 15 versts in 58 minutes! beautiful morning – sun hot now at 6 1/4 – fine rich pasture valley, grass and herbage, thistles, etc. all along – much cattle – station house just like that last night of Karamarianskoi – the 2 first of this kind

5 10/” to 6 8/” Karamarianskoi to Kululinskoi                    15

6 35/” to 8 35/” Karamarianskoi to Novoshemacha      18 1/2

                                                                                           33 1/2

low, one story building – 2 wings and a front something of this sort

one door in each wing and a room, and 2 doors in the front and a room on each side of each of these 2 doors – very fairly off last night – better than in our Caravanserai at Elizabethpol – en route again at 6 35/” – at 7 1/4 at river – and river at 8 20/”  and at 8 25/” village and station house of Novo Shemacha (new Shemacha) – a general just gone, has taken 16 pair of oxen to get him up the mountain – no horses, nobody allowed to have horses but the post – no oxen – alight for the day – Ann and I went out immediately and sauntered about till 10 1/2 – a little Gastinoi Dvor bazaar, at a little distance in front of the village well supplied with the usual commodities hereabouts – Dried fruits and nuts (walnuts and filberts almonds) and dates and jujubes, and rock salt, and garance (madder) the root called .  . .  .  . but the root ground to a fine powder is the henna with which they stain dye their nails a red orange colour – there was also abundance of the yellow green powder with which they dye their beards black – there were several sorts of cake (apparently of wheat flour) and split peas and beans and lentils, and a largeish roundish 1/4 inch or less thick queer dark looking cake which they let us taste, a veritable plum cake i.e. of plums dried and pressed into this shape – there was a butcher’s shop, and the man killed a sheep (fat-tailed)  before our eyes – cut its throat and let it bleed to death – several little saussage /sic/ shops – the sausages in all stages of preparation, and also ready cooked to eat – there was also a plat of eggs poached in oil and eaten with cake, 1/2 dozen men at one dish – dipped in the cake, and took out the egg with their fingers, and one of the men held out a bit for me to taste – I ate it off the man’s fingers and found it very eatable – sauntered down ino a nice garden – 3 or 4 houses (low mud-covered places as usual) but carpeted and neat within – the women flocked round us ditto their husbands (or 1 or 2 men) – they had largeish, oblong shallow cartons in their rooms under the stone bench full of silk worm eggs placed on mulberry leaf buds –  a youth offered us green plums (magnum bonum just well set) to eat carefully taking out the little kernel which they made us understand was unwholesome –  they took us to another cottage where the husband was weaving a Tchadra veil of the women of the country – shewed us one – price 3 monāt i.e. 3/. Silver rubles – sat down to my accounts at 11 –  dozed over them – lay down – slept till 3 – then till now 5 1/2 finished my accounts – then at Journal and map till dinner at 7 1/4 to 8 20/” – then preparing bed etc. etc. till now 9 1/2 –  then at Journal again till now 11 p.m. beautiful night – Reaumur 14 3/4º and Fahrenheit now 11 25/” p.m.

Anne’s marginal notes:

general Fezey commandant at Kuba – who we met at Madame Latchinoff’s, and found at Baku.

Henna.

NB: All unannotated (no links, explanations, illustrations etc.) entries will be annotated in the future and reposted.

WYAS page: SH:7/ML/E/24/0106

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[jackhkeynes]

Glossary of Terms: from A to Z in the Boralverse

aphlox | carbon dioxide billrod | cochineal connit | disguise dackin | indigo ersteigung | apex, crest, sforzando fecundation | fertilisation guild | corporation heredian acid | DNA indreck | nonprofit, charity jalick | tuxedo kenonaut | spaceship lencorve | line of credit, tab mitigor | ethene, ethylene narjill | coconut ostracon | lottery, sortition parachthon tales | speculative fiction quanga | butler, secretary rath | bike shadome | tomato threshold mill | nuclear power plant ubiquity | cultural supremacy, totalist ideology viker | steward well-mint | well-off xanthal | neon yacht | cult, secret society zetter | note, memo

The full list of Boralverse jargon may be found under the cut.

adamant | titanium

aeronaut | airship

air-steeple | telegraphy post on a balloon

alchemick | chemical, relating to chemistry

alchemist | chemist

alchemy | chemistry

aldreman | mayor, municipal leader

alluning | moon landing

aphlox | carbon dioxide, also carbonic acid as a liquid

aquifex | hydrogen

arithmat | computing

astrapic | electric, electromagnetic

aumond | almond

autonome | autonomous, unauthorised

autune | sparkling wine, esp. from the Autun region

bdella | virus

billrod | cochineal, a crimson dye produced from the shell of an insect and imported from Lower Mendeva

bit-sheet | tabloid, cheap newspaper

blacklair | horror, media intent to scare

blankpine | white pine, Weymouth pine

bookhouse | library

brimstone | sulfur

caddar | to distil, purify, extract

calamine | zinc oxide

case | cell

casting | publishing

chain substance | polymer

chimer | chimera, hybrid

christmas pie | savoury pie eating on Revillon across Northern Europe but especially in Borland

circular function | trigonometric function

clavier | keyboard, piano

cmm disk | vinyl record

cmm | "chain muriac mitigor", polyvinyl chloride, PVC

codnere | kidney

collocker | interviewer, investigator

collock | chat, dialogue, interview, conversation

collusion | collaboration, confederation

concord | treaty, agreement

concrescence | instantiation, model, prototype

concurrence history | history of a particular time period

conjure | to conspire, to collude

connit | disguise, inconspicuousness, secretiveness; hiding place

connock | ice skating

console | leader of merchant republic, esp. Genoa

convoker | representive, PR person

convoy | troop, division, band of soldier

copperplate | right-wing

coppers | cheap seats, nose-bleeds, lowest-quality product

copysheet | study notes

coronal | helium

corporal quillsam | periodic table, set of chemical elements

coshow | rubber, esp. natural rubber, latex

costumery | clothing catalogue

coswer | cousin

counter-zoic | antimicrobial

covring | (maths) surjection, surjective map

dackin | indigo

daily gyre | circadian rhythm, body clock

daplight | LED

davarn | grand hotel, resort

deficient | positively charged

deixism | approach to research focused on collecting primary sources and references

deixist | researcher, archivist

detaxion | synthesis, combining, esp. in chemistry

dominium | region of control, domain, demesne

druckdue | the silver screen, cinema

drypepper | peppercorns, black peppercorns

edition | publishing, publication

ersteigung | apex, crest, sforzando, peak, climax

excourse | competition, tournament, quiz, game

extent | field (physics)

fecundation | fertilisation

fendle | fennel

filmic | cinematic

geoscopic | exploratory, cartographic, intending to see the world

giftale | media set in or taking aesthetic inspiration from Italy

grade | separate, sort in categories

green snowfall | first snowfall of the new year (after the first of March)

guild | corporation, company

gum | rubber, esp. synthetic rubber

gyre | orbit, cycle; to orbit, to ring around-

herdtale | agricultural stories and songs of mid-19C Gulf Mendeva

heredian acid | DNA (also shortened to heredian)

hereditarian | genetic

hereditature | genome, DNA

heredity | genetics

heverrath | bicycle, velocipede

hever | lever, pedal, also the verb

hourchain | rosary, armilla

hydromotor light | microwave radiation

iamb 5' | iambic pentameter

icon | photo, photgraph

igniac | oxide

ignifex | oxygen

indreck | nonprofit, charity

in peripatetico | abroad, on an exchange, on a sabbatical

in tesquo | in the wild, in practice, in real life

Iscovalian variation | evolution by natural selection

jalick | tuxedo, high formalwear

jast | zinc

kenonaut | spaceship

kernel | cell nucleus

kester | beggar, panhandle

lacker | veneer, false surface

laic | secular, irreligious, oecumenical

lampfire | naked flame used as a light source

leavingstore | gift shop, shop for trinkets

lencorve | line of credit, tab

limmon | lemon

lineball | team ballgame, resembling (soccer) football or rugby

lithing | account, list, enumeration

lodginghouse | waystop, inn, traveller's rest

longform light | radio waves

lorrer leaf | bay leaf

lovetale | romance writing

luetic pox | syphilis

lux | radiation, elementary particle

machinal | automatic, by rote

machovine | strontium

manner | property, nature

mapbook | atlas

masquira | genre of stories typically featuring vigilante characters and plots driven by hidden identities, high society and complicated schemes. It has some overlap with the later spycraft genre, especially in modern works.

matching | (maths) bijection, bijective map

mechanics | dynamics, physics of motion and collision

mecon | metre (length of pendulum with halfperiod 1 second

melee | high society, the gentry (old-fashioned), the ton, the activities of the gentry

meshforum | online community

mesh | network

methodics | computer science, programming

ministry | department, ministry, bureau

mitigor | ethene, ethylene, C2H4

modest | socially conservative, with respect to family, children and gender relations

moneypurse | wallet, purse

mozardisto | member of a populist faction involved in the Second German War primarily made up of Andalusian Christians but expanding in scope, especially towards the end of the war.

mozard | populist, antiestablishment

muriac | chloride

muria | chlorine

myton | type of merchant ship in wide use during the late fifteenth century

namecard | ID, nametag

narjill | coconut

natron | sodium

normal nawat | Classical Nahuatl

normal speed | lightspeed, œ

nucalic acid | DNA (see heredian acid)

odyssey | cinema, movie theatre

oeculux | electromagnetic radiation

oecumen | landscape, outlook, overview, universe

one-case | single-celled

one-zeffre | binary, one-bit, digital

onyx lace | shell pasta, conchiglie

ostracon | lottery, sortition

parachthon | speculative, science fiction and fantasy (of stories)

penetrating light | X-ray radiation

petersly | parsley

plenty | electric charge

poise | currency of Britain as of 1950 N

prase | administrative head of ancient and modern Borlish government

propagant | wave-like

prosequent | descendant, progeny, something proceeding from a source, accompaniment

pseudogum | synthetic rubber

quanga | butler, esp in East Asian context; secretary, PA

quasipolitic guild | multinational megacorporation

quasipolitic | resembling a nation or polity

quaterno | textbook, handbook, primer

quill | source, spring, basis, foundation, (maths) domain

quire | reference book, textbook

quister | phone, telephone

quist | to call, to phone

raincatcher | gazebo, free-standing roofed structure without walls

rath | bike

reckoning | arithmetic, counting

redirection bank | switchboard

refettorio | refectory, cafeteria, mess hall

replacement code | substitution cipher

revillon | christmas eve

romance | story, tale, fiction

sam | set, group of things, (maths) set

sandrine | vitamin C, ascorbic acid

scattering light | ionising radiation

scattering | ionising

scitation | examination, test, exam

scole | school, college

scratcher | (colloq.) journalist, reporter, writer

sevring | (maths) injection, injective map

shadome | tomato

shortform light | gamma radiation

signum | macron, long diacritic

sithing | (in mathematics) function, assignment

slate | display, screen

sodality | group, club, association

sodal | member, element

solarium | sunroom, seaside resort

songcraft | music, composition, music theory

sorty | party, get-together, do

spycraft | espionage, spywork; also a genre of fiction

staddomain | trade colony, colony for the purposes of resource production, esp. those colonies of the Stadbund in Cappatia and Africa

starce | coin used in mediæval Borland

stauron retainer | intra-uterine device

steeplecard | telegram

steeplemesh | telegraph network

steeplepost | telegraphy

steeplescript | analogous to Morse Code, with four symbols

steward | deputy, second-in-command

sticket | label, tag

subcase construct | organelle

subrussic light | infrared light

sufficient | negatively charged

surblavic light | UV light

switcher | one working at a redirection bank

tachslate | touchscreen device

tachygraph | typewriter

tallath | province, region (esp. of Britain)

tapestry | big screen, billboard, film screen

tapper | telegraph operator

tartoffer | potato

technic | technical, scientific

Tellard book | atlas (archaic)

tender | barman, bartender

tenyear | decade

the hex hours | the small hours, the middle of the night

threepoint method | triangulation

threshold force | nuclear fission power

threshold mill | nuclear power plant

timehold | marine chronometer

tinplate | left-wing

Tiong loom | Jacquard loom

toriot | large wind instrument with roughly the range of the bassoon

totalism | absolute monarchy

totalist | absolute, authoritarian

tovarick | homosexual

tovarism | homosexuality

trevold | novel, story

trone | currency of Provence as of 1950 N

ubiquity | cultural supremacy, totalist ideology

veck | bus

vectory | bus, omnibus

veldsvindung | global economic recession, depression

viker | steward, affairs manager, right-hand man

vittles | diet, food intake

voidtale | story set in space

void | outer spaceship

walkway | pedestrian footpath, esp in urban context

wares | ingredients, apparatus

wayport | supply point along the coast for long naval voyages

weekly | a weekly newspaper

well-mint | well-off, prosperous, wealthy

whitefish | white fish

workshop manufacture | industrial production

xanthal | neon

xenic | alien, extraterrestrial

xenozone | alien, extraterrestrial being

yacht | cult, secret society

yatherpot | casserole, one-pot dish

yearturning | the New Year

zest | vibe, morsel, speculation, suspicion

zetter | note, memo

zoia | microorganism

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the signs as ancient sweets

aries:  condoignac - a medieval French spiced quince paste preserved with honey; the equivalent of modern cotignac, a specialty of Orleans and reputedly a favourite of Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc)

taurus:  kurat al milh - or ‘ball of sweet salt’, was an Arabic version of the first recorded recipe for caramel. It is simply sugar that has been high-boiled until it turns brown and slightly bitter. One of the early uses of this Arabic caramel was not sweet-related: it was a depilatory for harem ladies.  

gemini:  tzoalli - an amaranth and maguey honey-based confection from the Mayan empire closely related to alegría, an amaranth and pumpkin seed confection commonly eaten during Dia de los Muertos.

cancer:  manus christi - a medieval English confection which was a stick or a disc of hard candy flavored with cinnamon, violets or rosewater. Sometimes flakes of precious metals and powdered gemstones were added to medicinal sweets for extra goodness, and Manus Christi contained gold leaf and sometimes crushed pearls (manus christi perlata).

leo:  lawzinaj - located in a medieval Arabic cookbook known as the Kitab al-Tabikh, compiled in Baghdad by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq in the late tenth century, this was an almond sweet scented with a heady conflagration of musk, amber and mastic which al-Warraq says was made for kings while traveling.

virgo:  aloeswood confections - a sweet treatment mentioned in a thirteenth-century medical formulary by the Persian physician Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandi, it was a powder made to ease digestion and stomach ailments, made of a cooked concoction of sugar, pulverized Indian aloeswood, saffron, clove, cardamom, lemon rob and/or lemon juice.

libra:  madhuparka - an ancient Aryan confection made with a mix of honey, curds and ghee. It was the Aryans who introduced the enduring tradition of always offering a sweet something to guests, and this is the first recorded incarnation of a hospitality rite common to many cultures. 

scorpio:  chocolatl - chocolate, in its original form, was a central American delicacy “discovered” in the 16th century by Spanish conquistadors. At the court of Montezuma, king of the Aztecs, there was post-prandial practice of drinking golden chalices of chocolate, poured from one vessel to another to create a frothy head. This chocolate, for  which there were many different recipes, was not usually sweetened, and a variety of flavours were added to it - chilli pepper, vanilla, allspice and various flower-petal pastes. However, honey was occasionally used. For the Aztecs, chocolate was the most important foodstuff of all; it was an aphrodisiac, it was issued in tablet form to warriors on the march, rich traders coveted it, and it  was an important part of religious ritual. Red dye called annatto, from the achiote plant, was sometimes added to chocolate to convey reference to, or a substitute for, human blood. Both the Aztecs and the Mayans are known to have had a penchant for human sacrifice, and the Aztec association of chocolate with blood, sex, money and fighting is probably more appropriate to a commodity imbued with powerful psychoactive and commercial properties, than the disingenuously infantile identity which has emerged for it in Western culture.  

sagittarius:  fig sweetmeats - an ancient Roman confection (cited by the first-century AD Roman agricultural writer Columella),which were figs treaded into a pulp, mixed with toasted sesame, aniseed, fennel seed and cumin, formed into little balls, wrapped in fig leaves, and stored in jars.

capricorn:  mochi -  in the best Shinto tradition, mochi are associated with money, and like wealth they can be difficult to swallow all at once. Most mochi sweets are flavoured with an, a delicate paste made from sugar mixed with red or white azuki beans, or perhaps chestnuts, sweet potato or other vegetables and fruits. These are made in hundreds of shapes and colours, many of them related to the seasons or beautiful regional features. Traditionally, mochi are square in Tokyo, and round in Osaka and Kyoto. These sweets are sold in old, high-class shops such as Toraya in Tokyo, which caters to the royal family.

aquarius:  jujubes - round fruits, reminiscent of dates, that were sugared and honeyed and sold to children in China during the Sung Dynasty (960-1279 AD). These are the prototype, some scholars believe, for the narcotic consumed by Odysseus and his lotus-eating companions.

pisces:  marchpane - medieval marzipan in English until the nineteenth century, was utilized most dramatically in the making of movable table decorations known  as subtleties. In France they were called entremets, and in Italy, intermezzi - both  words mean 'between courses’. Subtleties were allegorical or symbolic models that provided entertaining diversions as they were carried around the hall and set on the  table. A subtlety often made some serious point about the occasion, the guest of honour or a date in the religious calendar, but they could be lighthearted, too.

*information culled from Sweets: A History of Candy by Tim Richardson

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