Rayhana’s Repositorium
Rayhana bint Estafanos al-Abbas is a 16th-century Ottoman persona in the Kingdom of Caid. This site holds her Arts & Sciences documentation, class handouts, and research on Ottoman dress, cooking, and performance, along with browser tools for drafting patterns and running events. The focus is pre-1600.
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Arts & Sciences
Documented projects, class handouts, and research on Ottoman dress, cooking, and performance.
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Tools
Pattern generators and event calculators. Everything runs in your browser.
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Brambletally
A project tracker for A&S, research, and office work — steps, supplies, a timeline, a focus timer, and shared projects. Its own site; sign in with an email link.
Pattern generators
Enter your own measurements and get a to-scale cutting diagram with every dimension marked. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
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Şalvar Pattern Generator
Enter your measurements and get a to-scale cutting diagram for Turkish pants, with every dimension marked.
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Kaftan Pattern Generator
Draft every piece of an Ottoman kaftan to scale — body panels, front and side gores, gussets, and three sleeve styles.
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Ottoman Spiced Şerbat
A spiced pomegranate şerbet syrup built from a 13th-century Andalusian recipe and 16th-century eyewitness accounts of what Ottomans were actually drinking.
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Ottoman Costuming Basics
A layer-by-layer introduction to 16th-century Ottoman garb for men and women, with fabric guidance and recreation notes.
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Guide to Making Turkish Pants (Şalvar)
Pattern drafting and construction for şalvar, the essential Ottoman lower layer, using rectangular construction.
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Accessible A&S: A Parent's Guide to Youth Pentathlon
How I helped my third-grader enter and win the full Caid Pentathlon — a practical guide to supporting young artisans through big A&S projects, with a kid-friendly documentation template.
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Halloum with Tatbila
Home-made halloumi cheese aged two months, finished with a 14th-century seasoned paste of garlic, lime, walnuts, and herbs from al-Warraq.
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Karagöz & Hacivat Play
An original shadow play in the Ottoman Karagöz tradition — hand-painted goat skin puppets, a backlit screen, and a script that sends Karagöz volunteering at Great Western War.