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.... How to make rush lights out of sheep fat and rushes. An almost forgotten food plant called Alexanders, which is a Mediterranean plant related to parsley, which I’ve never heard of but now want to plant in my garden. Tips on calligraphy done with quills. Did you know the quill has to be almost horizontal in the hand? And how to make a paintbrush out of a feather and a stick. Marvelously clever, and the secret to the fine lines in illuminated manu...
