REALLY interesting article! Two little nits--when you mention "parare, to shield" in the etymology of "parasol," you should also mention "sol, sun." And please, in possessive form of "it," NO apostrophe. --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy (English) and amateur costumer
-----Original Message----- >From: mlysett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 31, 2006 10:27 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [h-cost] History of the Parasol > >Hi all, > >I've recently written an article on the history of the parasol through >the 16th and early 17th centuries. > >Over the last 4 or 5 years, reenactors and faire people have repeatedly >told me "parasols arent period." I've had the evidence to support >their use for at least as long, but I finally decided to make a formal >article about it. > >Although I am selling items elsewhere on this site, my goal with this >article wasn't to sell more, but to provide reenactors with the >evidence to dispel this particular myth. So, I invite anyone >interested to have a look. You may check out the article at >http://www.margaretroedesigns.com/parasolhist.html. > >I will be forwarding this article to several lists during the next few >days, so I apologize if you receive this several times. > >I hope you all enjoy, >Margaret Roe > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
