Ottoman Sephardim

My persona in the SCA is that of a Jewish woman deposed from Spain who ended up in the Ottoman Empire. This site is a place for me to share my research and exploration. I often have a hard time finding the kind of information and detail I want when researching these things so I will share it all here for those who think like me.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Ottoman Poetry Class Handout

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Another class I am teaching at a symposium tomorrow featuring some of the basics of Ottoman Poetry. You'll be missing out on a fair ...

Ottoman Literature Class Handout

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I finally finished putting together a lot of my research in the form of a class I will be teaching at a symposium tomorrow. There are gene...

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Ghazel

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I am working on writing two classes for an upcoming Atlantian event in May called Cooks and Performers. I am working on Ottoman poetry and...

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Camp Furniture for the Ottoman Persona

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In an effort to make camp a more period appropriate visage we tend to cover things or make furniture ourselves. While I have some skill I a...

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Prayer Beads

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Being that I am a Jew (in terms of persona) I would have no use of prayer beads in the medieval context. But beads are shiny and I like shi...

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Brianne Galgano: I am a 30 something geeky artist from a planet not so dissimilar from your own. I participate in a number of lost arts and self-sufficiency based experiments. I spend a good portion of my life living in the modern middle ages, (sca.org) in the Kingdom of Atlantia, where I focus on Ottoman studies.

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