It is amazing that this has come up, as I have been on an online search which began with St. Germaine. There is multitudinous information that Comte (Count) de St. Germaine was of Romanian (Transylvanian) royalty and connected to monarchy in many countries, and had amazing gifts in many areas. There is a strong evidence that he was also William Shakespeare (perhaps a pen name?), and Sir Francis Bacon (an alter ego/pen name?). There is an amazing resemblence to all three and they lived at the same time, though Count Germaine's continues much longer.
The interests/aptitudes of one basically did not overlap into the other's, as for instance Count Germaine was not good at writing, but Shakespeare was, and the information goes on and on. I note that Shakespeare also appears to be very young for his later years, and Germaine was purported to have been seen many times over not only generations, but centuries, always looking to be a man of 40-50 yrs. I know of people who travel to Romania to ingest something that some call the "Found of Youth" which sounds similar to what elixirs that Germain drank, as he was never seen eating in public and gave this to people who got younger, etc. Coincidence? I can go on at great length, but it is an interesting subject and even more so the more one reads. Minimally, they all lived at the same time, and definitely resemble each other. The reason I bring this up, is that Germaine was from an area and level that owning and wearing lace was indeed royal (and the recounts are always stunned as his fine clothing and jewels, etc.), and there would definitely be an appreciation of this kind of work. He did spent time with English, French and many other royalties also, where not only Romanian Point, but many laces we love were sold and used by royalty. Strangely, in this more recent search, my interest in lace has surged and it brought me to more actively pursue lacemaking other than those I already do, because I see all of these incredible pictures from another time of elegance. And then someone posts this article. A definite 360 for me! Hope I haven't freaked too many out, but I have two books coming on Shakespeare/Francis Bacon/Germaine along with my lace books, but there is a lot of info on the internet too. I would say it is definitely Shakespeare, and the youthful look and lace may be explained with me touching on the subject. Germaine seems to also have been connected to some of these deeper secrets or mysteries that movies are or have been made on of late, but I digress. Back to lace. <S> On the aside, placing lace bookmarks into sleeves, wouldn't it help to stiff it it with sizing or starch a bit? At least the tip so the corners wouldn't curl. Being a knitter I would use a long aught needle too. Best, Susan Reishus *** Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:03:11 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: [lace] Shakespeare wearing lace An article in today's New York Times discusses a recently found portrait thought to be William Shakespeare. He is wearing a lace collar. The portrait is thought to date from 1610 (confirmed by x-ray of the wood panel) which was six years before Shakespeare died in 1616. One argument presented for the position that it is not Shakespeare is that the lace is too aristocratic and nice, although an accompanying video has a scholar type claiming that Shakespeare was quite successful by the end of his life and would have been able to afford sartorial finery. Any thoughts? _http://www.ny times.com/2009/03/10/world/europe/10shakespeare.html?ref=todayspaper_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/world/europe/10shakespeare.html?ref=todayspaper) Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
