The Society for Creative Anachronism Community

Rattan and India

mistdragon@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:06:10 GMT

Someone pointed this out on the Atenveldt mailing list, and it made me laugh. An official Indian government press release lists the SCA as one of the world's major consumers of rattan. (See the third paragraph from the bottom).

A little "peer reviewing" please?

mistdragon@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:41:15 GMT

I posted an article to my LJ that started life as an advice email to a newcomer. I have since been encouraged to submit the article to my shire's newsletter, but as it sits it's really just informal advice. Could I ask the community to take a look and give me advice and/or corrections so I can decide whether I want to submit this to my group at large?

I give you:
More than you ever wanted to know about the kilt in the 1590s

Thanks in advance!

KWAR 2008 -- CALL FOR PAPERS

mistdragon@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:47:40 GMT

CALL FOR PAPERS -- KNOWNE WORLD ACADEMY OF THE RAPIER -- 2008

Call for Papers for KWAR 2008 hosted by the Barony of Fenix. If you are an instructor please submit your class notes and any additional information you wish to share.

If you have a paper you are interested in sharing please submit that also.

Submissions and questions should be sent to Jean-Michel d' Aix en Provence mka Co tenBroek at co_barb@alltel. net

KWAR Website: http://www.basternae.org/dragonfly/

Something to lighten up the day

mistdragon@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:11:41 GMT

Was watching TV at work the other day when this comercial came on:

I laughed so hard.

Edit: I found the entire series!

Published music question

mistdragon@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:56:28 GMT

Is there a central repository of knowledge somewhere that lists, in one place, all of the medieval and Renaissance music that's been published in redacted editions in the last century or so?

If I were to, oh, win the lottery and buy a 16th-century book of music containing masses, motets, and madrigals by Dowland, des Prez, and Dufay, where would the best place be for me to go to see if any of those pieces have been published in a modern edition?

(It's a lovely book, worth buying just to look at, but I wonder if it'd be worth my while to digitize and promulgate it. I'd hate to go to all that trouble if it's already been done....)

Without comment

mistdragon@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:27:03 GMT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180295129086

*crossposted to sca and sca_east

I Couldn't Find Your Email

mistdragon@gmail.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:10:02 GMT

Dear Alban St. Albans,

I just received the cd's that you offered on period references.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart,

Merrit of Dragon Isle

Lyondemere, Kingdom of Caid
formerly of Canton of Border Winds, Barony of Tarnmist, Kingdom of the West

Period recipes that I can make Gluten Free

mistdragon@gmail.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:11:46 GMT

Hi all!

I've started a little project. I put a call out to my local list and got no response, so maybe you all can help me.

I'm looking for period recipes. Really period recipes from all over that I can turn into gluten free "period" recipes for a feast book.

I've got bread recipes, a roman stew, and modified a bunch of middle eastern stuff, but I personally have very few European period recipes other than what's online.

Do you have a favourite you've used at a feast or packed up for an event that you'd be willing to share? When this is done, I won't be looking to make a profit, just cover printing and shipping for anyone who is interested.

The Gluten Free Feast Book should be done by next summer if I get enough submissions. You will get credit for the original recipe.

Please email me at my LJ User name at yahoo dot com

YIS,

Lady Lina

Call For Instructors: Calontir Cook's Symposium - April 24, 25, and 26th 2009

mistdragon@gmail.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:33:12 GMT

Calontir Cook's Symposium 2009 - A Temperance of Cooks II: How Sweet It Is
April 24, 25, and 26th 2009 - Sponsored by the Shire of Lost Moor (St. Joseph, MO)

The second Calontir Cook’s Symposium is approaching. And we’re looking for instructors! It will be an all-day event, with multiple tracks of classes, a potluck feast, and a lunch-time keynote speech provided by Dame Alys Katherine. Additionally, this year's symposium will feature a themed track of Subtleties and Sugar Work.

We would love to have you teach! We’re looking for classes on topics that deal with subtleties, sugar work, period cooking, period cooking techniques, feast stewarding, and other medieval food-related areas. If you would like to teach a class, please send me (Gwen A’Brooke - wombat_girl at hotmail.com) an email detailing the class topic, class title, class size, AM or PM preference, class fee (if any), and if your class needs a kitchen or other special requirements. (We have both outdoor cooking and hands-on class space available)

Find more information at our web site: http://www.calontir.org/cooksguild/
Additionally - if you have a class you'd like to see, even if you aren’t the one to teach it, please e-mail me. We should be able to arrange something.

Yours in Service,

Mistress Gwen A'Brooke, Event Steward
wombat_girl at hotmail.com

(X-Posted LOTS of places. Please feel free to forward, and I apologize for those who see this multiple times)

Help--trying to find a potter from Pennsic

mistdragon@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:34:07 GMT

I just broke my partner's favorite cup.

We bought it from Pennsic a couple of years ago.

The bottle of one of the remaining cups has a circular stamp with the words Clark and Canada.

I remember the shop having a pun name, and being right next to Dark Victory Armory at the top of run stone hill, where you pass on the way to the belly dance tent...

Does anyone have any idea what I am babbling about, and know if they have a web presence, or know how to get in touch with them to try to buy another. I do not really expect we can afford Pennsic anytime soon, and I know Mark will be very unhappy without his cup =\

Any help or tips or memories would be very useful and appreciated.

14th Century Cookbook to be Digitized

mistdragon@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:49:33 GMT

A 14th-century recipe book compiled by King Richard II's master cooks is to put online for the first time to give modern-day chefs an insight into the delicacies of the Middle Ages.

Duke Morguhn Sheridan

mistdragon@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:54:36 GMT

Morguhn Sheridan, (mka John Glenn) succumbed on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 8:58pm to injuries sustained from a fall from his roof on Sunday September 21, 2008. He is survived by his Ladies, Duchess Rowan de al Garnison and Duchess Meirwen uerch Owein, other mundane family members, numerous Squires, Men-at-Arms, Cadets, pages, household members and all those whose life was touched by him.

Morguhn served the Society with his every fiber and was an example to all who knew and met him. He was always seen helping, schlepping and washing when he was not retaining, guarding, fighting or fencing. And in recent years it seemed that if he was not sitting the throne, he was standing behind it as either Queen's Rapier Champion or King's Heavy Weapon's Champion. Even in the end he served, having given all he could to the world, down to the marrow of his bones.

His SCA Peer Card had the following biography for him:

"Morguhn Sheridan has sat a throne a total of 7 times in 2 kingdoms with 3 different ladies--in short, he is skilled in higher math. When asked once why he wore favors from more than one lady he replied, "A good man needs only one lady to carry him to the heights--those of us less gifted require more inspiration to achieve anything at all." While he has a number of awards (including an AoA where he was noted more for doing the dishes than for fighting), his knighting by Gavin II and Sedalia II at Pennsic XVII, his Jewel of AEthelmearc from James I and Elina I, and his Keystone from Andrew and Alexandra mean the most to him."

I am honored to have been able to call myself his student, his cadet, his squire and then in August, when elevated to the Order of the Pelican, his fellow Peer. He was my Duke, my Knight, my Don, my Pelican, my teacher. But above all else, he was my friend. He taught me more about doing what needs to be done, because it needs to be done, than anyone else I know. You do not just sit back and think “oh someone else will get up and go wash dishes. Someone will set up the list field. Someone will think to do that.” Because, you know what… you are someone. He taught me the hardest lesson of all… if you can’t be noticed and acknowledged for your actions in your own right, what makes you think a bit of regalia will make their notice valid? It will be a false honor. Strength comes from perseverance and continuing to do what you do and what you know needs to be done. Fighting your own fights does not make you weak. But at the same time, there is no shame in calling on resources when you have them.

I learned from him that you do what needs to be done, and if you believe that what you did is right, do not be ashamed of it, but be prepared for any consequences that come and give fair warning so those that may have to handle the fall out are adequately prepared. He often heard me say “Sir, I’m not sorry but…”

And from him I learned one phrase to be proud of… “I am Ekaterina Volkova and all that that entails”.
Words cannot convey the loss I, my household siblings, his Ladies and the rest of the Known World feel at his passing.
I mourn the loss of my dear friend and hope that one day I can be even 1/10 of the Peer Morguhn Sheridan was.

35th King of the East
27th Count of the East
40th King of the East
8th Duke of the East
43rd King of the East
9th Territorial Prince of AEthelmearc
9th Viscount of Æthelmearc
12th Territorial Prince of AEthelmearc
3rd King of AEthelmearc
8th King of AEthelmearc
11th Jewel of Æthelmearc
Knight (East)
Master of the Pelican (AEthelmearc)
Patent of Arms (East)
Companion of the White Scarf (AEthelmearc)
Companion of the Millrind (AEthelmearc)
Companion of the Golden Alce (AEthelmearc)
Companion of the Sycamore (AEthelmearc)
Companion of the Keystone (AEthelmearc)
Companion of the Tygers Combatant (East)
Companion of the Silver Crescent (East)
Companion of the Golden Rapier (East) [Principal]
Award of Arms (East)
Companion of the Guardsman (East)
Sigil of Æthelmearc
Companion of the Burdened Tyger (East)
Friend of the Windmill (Barony of Delftwood, AEthelmearc)

There will be a calling hours, followed by memorial service on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Dimbleby Friedel Williams and Edmunds, 365 W. Main St., West Winfield, NY. Calling hours will be from 1-4:45. At 4:45 his Masonic brothers will hold a memorial service, followed by a short religious service, Baron Boris Dragonsbane officiant (mka Rev. Michael Reynolds). The Masonic lodge, a 1/2 block from the funeral home, has graciously offered to host a pot luck. Food may be left there at any time starting at 1 PM and our sisters in Eastern Star will make sure it is taken care of until we can gather there.

Goodbye, Boss. You will be missed.

Baroness Ekaterina Volkova, OP

What Do You Think?

mistdragon@gmail.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:35:13 GMT

I am event steward for an upcoming large event in Atlantia. We expect 800 people.

I have a request from an SCA member who is a representative for one of the home cosmetics companies to merchant at our event. She would only display items that would be of value at events . . . lotions, cleansers, sun screen and so on while taking appointments for cosmetics consults out of the public eye.

I have my own thoughts on the matter but would welcome input from others before I make a decision.

Would you welcome a merchant selling overtly modern items at an SCA event?

OR

Would you find it offensive in some way, even if the items would be of interest and use to those attending the event?

Or . . . what?

Med/Ren books for sale

mistdragon@gmail.com — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:50:16 GMT

We've gotten to the point where we have to sell off some of our library, and there's a fair amount from our Med/Ren studies in and since college, that it's time to let go of. The books range in topic from studies of the study of history itelf, to the Medieval era, to assorted topics, places and ages within the Renaissance. Some books identify as being about the Middle Ages in general, though for some books that just means Medieval, and for some it means Medieval and Renaissance, both. (If you'll forgive me, I'll be cross-posting the whole list in both Rennie and SCA communities, because there are many people with cross-contextual interest.) Before we post to Amazon, I thought I'd stick a book-list here. For more info. about any of them (blurb, HC/SC, condition, ISBN, pricing) just contact me.

~~~

Hildegard of Bingen -- A Visionary Life
by Sabina Flanagan

A Monk's Confession -- The Memoirs of Guibert of Nogent
trans. & fwd. by Paul J. Archambault

The Origins of Courtliness -- Civilizing Trends & The Formation of Courtly Ideals -- 939-1210
by C. Stephen Jaeger

Medieval Europe -- A Short Sourcebook -- 3rd Ed.
by C. Warren Hollister, Joe W. Leedom, Marc A. Meyer and David S. Spear

The Three Orders -- Feudal Society Imagined
by Georges Duby / trans. by Arthur Goldhammer / fwd. by Thomas N. Bisson

The Past Before Us -- Contemporary Historical Writing In The United States
ed. for the American Historical Association by Michael Kammen
fwd. by John Hope Franklin

Truth in History
by Oscar Handlin

Witchcraft & Magic in 16th and 17th Century Europe
by Geoffry Scarre

William Marshal -- The Flower of Chivalry
by Georges Duby

The Makings of the Middle Ages
by R.W. Southern

The Art of Courtly Love
by Andreas Capellanus

Giovanni and Lusanna -- Love & Marriage in Renaissance Florence
by Gene Brucker

Painting & Experience in 15th Century Italy -- 2nd Ed.
by Michael Baxandall

Feudal Society -- Vol. 1 -- The Growth of Ties of Dependence
Feudal Society -- Vol. 2 -- Social Classes and Political Organization
by Marc Bloch / trans. L. A. Manyon

Piers the Ploughman
by Langland / trans. J. F. Goodridge

The Song of Roland
trans. Dorothy L. Sayers

The Waning of the Middle Ages -- A Study of the Forms of Life, Thought and Art in France & the Netherlands in the Dawn of the Renaissance
by J. Huizinga

Ideas of History -- Vol. 1 -- Speculative Approaches to History
ed. Ronald H. Nash

Essays on ElizabethanDrama
by T. S. Eliot

As They Liked It -- A Study of Shakespeare's Moral Artistry
by Alfred Harbage

Feudalism
by F. L. Ganshof

The Chivalrous Society
by Georges Duby / trans. Cynthia Postan

Peasant Fires -- The Drummer of Niklashausen
by Richard Wunderli

The Play Called Corpus Christi
by V. A. Kolve

Old English Grammar -- Oxford 3rd Ed.
by Wright

The Golden Legend -- Readings on the Saints -- Vol. 1
by Jacobus deVoragine / trans. William Grancer Ryan

The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The Knight, The Lady and the Priest -- The Making of Modern Marriage in Medieval France
by Georges Duby

Medieval Popular Culture -- Problems of Belief and Perception
by Aron Garevich / trans. Janos M. Bak and Paul A. Hollingsworth

Einhard and Notker the Stammerer / Two Lives of Charlemagne
trans. and intro. by Lewis Thorpe

Eleanor of Aquitaine -- A Biography
by Marion Meade

Studies in Medieval & Renaissance Music
by Manfred F. Bukofzer

Chaucer -- Modern Essays in Criticism
ed. Edward Wagenknecht

Music in the Castle -- Troubadours, Books & Orators in Italian Courts of the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries
by F. Alberto Gallo / trans. Anna Herklotz

Willehalm
by Wolfram von Eschenbach

Medieval Europe -- A Short History -- 8th Ed.
by C. Warren Hollister

Medievalism and the Modernist Temper
ed. Howard Bloch and Stephen G. Nichols

Readings in Medieval History -- 2nd Ed.
ed. Patrick J. Geary

Also two books related to Gothic cathedrals, Poem of the Cid, two books dealing with Romanticism, and a bunch of Shakespeare (a number of single play/multiple play newer editions, as well as one of our old, hardbound "Complete Works"...and maybe more, as we go through more boxes...I just remember that these were set aside and boxed before, as ones to sell, but I haven't found them to list them yet.

For those into handcrafted items....

mistdragon@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:08:07 GMT

Pray, pardon this interruption...

There is a team forming up on Etsy, an online marketplace and community for buyers and sellers of handmade goods, that may be of interest. Presently, the SCAEtsy team is unofficial, and is being discussed about here:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5021491&page=1

There is currently a small handful of SCAdian merchants signed up for the Yahoogroup e-list, and this could easily bloom. Etsy is aimed at promoting the sale of handmade goods and sale of supplies for handmade goods - not as an auction house, but moreso as a series of shops run by the individual artisans and suppliers themselves.

If you know of anyone who may be interested in joining this "street team", please pass the word along.

Thank you.

-Kayleigh McWhyte, OL

a worthwhile survey

mistdragon@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:09:30 GMT

sorry for x posts... if you get thismore than once but its something i think is worth it!

Begin forwarded message:

> Something for your consideration.

> > ========================
> > The populace of the Society is invited to participate in a survey to
> > determine if there is support for the notion of Peerage recognition
> > for fields of Society Martial Arts other than Rattan combat. If you
> > feel that those who display Peer-like behavior in such fields as
> > Fencing, Archery, Siege Engineering, Equestrian, etc are worthy of
> > Peerage recognition, or believe that they do not, we invite you to
> > make your opinion known, and would ask that you invite others to
> > express their views on the matter as well. This survey will be
> > presented to the BoD for their consideration. Please take the Survey
> > at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCAPeerageSurvey/
> >
> > Please feel free to cross post as you will. The more opinions the
> > better.
> >
> > Maitre Wilhelus le Casse
> > Atenveldt
> > _______________________________________________
> > Fencers mailing list
> > Fencers@sca.org.au
> > http://www.sca.org.au/mailman/listinfo/fencers_,___
>

Looking for Re-enactor snailmailpals

mistdragon@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:49:18 GMT

Hello,

This is not 100% on-topic, but I hope this is allowed :)

    I am looking for snail mail pals among SCA. I love writing letters, and some of my present pals don't understand anything when I am babbling about costuming, illumination, weapons etc. That's why I'd love to get few more pals who would share at least few similar interests :)

    I bet you want to know something about me, right? I am nearly 30yrs old creature/female. I am Finn, but last 3 years I have been living in Scotland and I might be moving to Florida next year. That's why people from Florida/South US are esp welcome to contact me ;). I normally write at least 3 pages, sometimes nearly 10. I also reply pretty fast, because I don't have anything else to do at work than write letters ;).
    Aaanyway, I have been member of SCA and other re-enactiing groups over 11 years now. I enjoy nearly every aspect, but at the moment I am mostly into illumination, weapons, costuming and singing (well, with my voice it sound more like crows that angels :D). I have been also doing some illustrations for Baelfyr and dragon's tale (European SCa-mags)
    Outside SCA I enjoy reading, dark music, photographing, postcrossing, making art, WoW and dancing.

    I don't really have requests for new pals. All I hope you to be is pretty regular/fast replier, openminded and willing to write real letter by pen and paper :) I don't care about your genre, age, religion, sexual orientation as long you don't judge me because I am atheist and openminded girl :)
anyone interested? please, leave a comment :)

Playing in a Castle

mistdragon@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:35:38 GMT

This past weekend, The Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis in the Kingdom of Drachenwald, held their annual Raglan Fair.

This event is held in Raglan Castle in South Wales, where the populace get to camp in around the castle and play in it for the duration. Many battles and Pas d'Armes were held, as were Archery shoots, A&S competitions/displays and dancing and music. A normal activity is the midnight ball held by torchlight in the fountain courtyard of the castle.

If any gentles are interested, here are some photos taken of the event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9244152@N05/sets/72157607327934486

Ten Reasons to go to Canterbury Faire

mistdragon@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:18:20 GMT

1. No mudde. no duste, no venymous fauna! We still enjoy mild weather, a
site with plenty of grass and shade, and a convivial atmosphere.

2. Canterbury Faire XLIV will be bigger than ever, with more days, more
time and more relaxing.

2. The Mangy Mongol is the best Tavern in the Knowne World (by Royal
Appointment).

3. It's amazingly convenient to attend - we have running water, hot
showers, flush toilets, kitchens, bunkrooms, shady tent sites, and even
a few hire tents, plus an optional full-event meal plan. Our steadfast
transport marshal can arrange shuttles between airport or billet and
site for a modest fee.

4. All sorts of combat activities for heavies, plumes, and fencers,
including war scenarios, tourneys, Pas d'Armes and Baroness's Rapier
Tournament. Also, there are target archery competitions for all
experience levels.

6. Fine A & S classes and workshops for many interests held throughout
the event.

7. A wide variety of diversions, including a Grand Ball, Peasants'
Dance, Village Games, wrestling, Hafla, Equestrian display and
Half-Circle Theatre. Heavy purses are cheerfully lightened at our
fantastic indoor market.

8. Superlative feast!*

9. $NZ160 Early Bird fee includes meals, souvenir T-shirt, feast and all
the fun you can handle.

10. You know you want to.**

*note to potential attendees: The feast is a consistent sell-out and
tickets are snapped up very quickly. Book ASAP to secure a place at the
table.
**And so do your friends, so please feel free to circulate this missive.

http://sg.sca.org.nz/cf.htm

Stewards: Sybilla Cuspinian and Ginevra Serafina della Visconti
cf@sg.sca.org.nz

sumthin funny for a monday night

mistdragon@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:30:56 GMT

more animals

Round Pavilion for sale

mistdragon@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:08:25 GMT

From a friend of mine:
#############

Greetings all,
After much consideration i have decided it is time to let go of my current tentage.
Description
size: 14.5ft wagon wheel round
Maker: Revival/chivalry bookshelf
Condition: Used (Has been used at 3 pennsics plus a few other camping events here and there)
Asking Price: $ 700 OBO
Original asking Price new: $995.00 plus shipping.
Other items included: Ground Cloth, all ropes, poles and stakes, canvas bag.
This has been a very good tent, and has served me well. All interested parties please feel free to contact me at jjeppesen2000@gmail.com phone 517-740-0929.
YIS,
Jason Irenfest
Jason Jeppesen

#####################

Any Tribe denizens here?

mistdragon@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:13:17 GMT

Tribe has been down, since what? Friday? Anyone know what's going on?
Thanks, Umm Jibril

medieval egg timers.

mistdragon@gmail.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:00:13 GMT

I had a conversation at Pennsic about the use of rosaries in timing cooking stages in the medieval cookbooks. Anyone have a citation for this? The concept intrigued me, and I'd like a look at the primary sources.

Goodies in the mail!

mistdragon@gmail.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:06:20 GMT

Whoop! Many many thanks to Albans St. Albans for the long-forgotten disc of nifty period sources that appeared in my mailbox today!
There were no bills, just cool period resources - how fun is that?
Thank you, kind sir, I will put them to very good use!
Mistress Christianna MacGrain, Meridies

Rosters

mistdragon@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Greetings!
In my kingdom I have to keep a roster of the officers in my region. This roster includes the usual address book stuff but also membership numbers, exp dates, and warrant exp dates.

My question is, has anyone made an excel sheet in some sort of fashion like this? If you have may I use it?

I already looked in the MSO templates and didn't see one I liked.
Thanks :D