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Template talk:Lochac Barony

2005-08-05T04:01:45Z

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There are two thing I'd like help with on this page:

# I need a small image of a Baronial coronet to add into the bottom corners.
# I'd like to make the borders of the box (internal and external) pink, to mimic the Lochac device, but I don't know enough to do it.
:I modified the style tags to do what I think you're looking for. As far as coronets, you want photo or drawn image?--[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 01:10, 3 Aug 2005 (CDT)

Thanks for the modifications, I was able to fiddle around a bit more and get something like what I wanted. You should be able to see a resemblance between the Lochac arms and the Barony table now. I'm not sure if the pale colours or the straight red and blue look better, but for the moment I have decided to be bold.

As for the coronet, a drawn coronet is what I was thinking of. If you could manage it on a blue background that would be great. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 08:43, 3 Aug 2005 (CDT)

* Guys, my problem with some of these designs is their size due to the pictures. Can we shrink the size of the images on the pages, or shrink the actual images? Likewise for the device on the [[Lochac]] page. And Conrad, is a type of crown specified or traditional for Lochac, because lovely though your image is Thorhrimr, I noticed that you changed the look of the crown. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 01:50, 4 Aug 2005 (CDT)

**Cian, am I correct in assuming that you meant this comment to go to the [[Template:SCA Kingdom box]] page? If so I agree that on a lower resolution monitor some of the devices are too large. The Lochac Barony Template works well for me in a range of resolutions. You can resize an image by adding a | after the image name and then specifying the number of pixels wide you want the image, e.g. 200px . The CoA blazon for the Lochac arms does not specify the type of crown, so any crown is a fair interpretation. I drew up the older device with that crown because that seemed to be the way most people did it, but you would have to ask an active Lochac herald.

*** My personal opinion is that the image of the Lochac device should on this template should not be any larger (roughly) that the "Lochac Barony" text. As it is, the template is overwhelming the rest of the text on the page... cf. [[Barony_of_Politarchopolis]]. And likewise, on the Kingdom pages, the summary boxes are already so large that they swamp the text (cf. [[Kingdom of East]]). If the devices are large too, then this is just added to. The smallest seems to be that of [[Kingdom of the West]]. I like the size and simplicity of the [[Template:SCA Kingdom box]]. It doesn't need colour. It doesn't need pictures. It doesn't need anything but links. It is just to make the user's journey easier, not to try and sell them a car! <br> And about the crown, I was just trying to make sure that the new pic of the Lochac device wasn't breaking any local protocol/tradition/heraldic norms. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 20:14, 4 Aug 2005 (CDT)
****The reason that the ''Lochac Barony'' template dominates the Politarchopolis page is because that page is little more than a stub. I personally like the colours and images (which are after all relatively small) and think that they act as a quicker visual cue than the text. [[User:130.194.13.101|130.194.13.101]] 23:01, 4 Aug 2005 (CDT)

*I'm sorry the crown isn't the same as before. I can go back to the drawing board, but it'll take some time, I've got some other heraldry requests locally ahead of it and they're for patches being sewn onto Sporrans (read paid work, lol). I'm glad that we can resize the image with the '|size' in the Image tag so that the gallery will still show the image at full size. I'll remember to add that as I update or add any graphics.--[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 12:29, 4 Aug 2005 (CDT)
** Thanks for the coronet image by the way. It is exactly what I had envisaged. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 18:26, 4 Aug 2005 (CDT)

Bead

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'''Beads''' can be made from a variety of materials ([[glass]], [[wood]], [[bone]], [[ivory]], [[gemstones]], [[coral]], [[metal]]s, and more obscure materials) and into a variety of shapes.

[[Medieval]] beads are often well smoothed and neatly worked - modern gemstone chips would probably have been considered inferior products. Some fine filigree wire beads are known from parts of the period, especially from the [[Byzantium|Byzantines]], colourful intricately patterned lampwork glass beads are especially associated with the [[Viking]]s, and tiny glass seed beads with late [[period]] [[Venice]]. Beads could even be carved into elaborate shapes.

Beads could be used for a wide variety of purposes. Not simply strung as [[necklace]]s, beads made other pieces of [[jewelry]], but were also used to adorn clothing, decorate [[embroidery|embroideries]], etc. [[rosary|Rosaries]] or paternosters were strings of beads used to count the number of prayers to be said by the [[Catholic]] faith in period, and were a common accessory at all levels of society. Prayer beads were used in some other religons including [[Islam]].

See also:
*Lois Sherer, "50,000 years of beads".
*[http://paternosters.home.igc.org/ Historical Rosaries and Paternosters]
*[http://sca.livingpast.com/rosary.html What not to call a rosary - the medieval history and naming practises of rosary prayers, prayer counting beads and rosary books, including pictures of medieval prayer beads]

Bead

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Making oil lamps

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To make an easy modern recreation of a period [[oil lamp]] you will need:
*A vessel - search your local [[op-shop]] for a shallow bowl, ashtray, fake lamp, beaker or similar in [[glass]], [[stone]], [[ceramic]] or [[metal]].
*some wicking- apparently [[cotton]] mop heads work as well, if not better than commercial wicking (and a lot cheaper)
*[[oil]] - buy some cheap [[olive oil]] at the supermarket. Don't worry, a small bottle should last you for a long time.
*a way to hold up your wick - you can just drape your wick over the side of the vessel, or you can wind a triangle out of some wire around an eyelet shape to hold the wick, or with some cork and a washer create a floating wick.
*a saucer - if you drape the wick over the edge of your vessel, it will drip oil. A saucer underneath your lamp will save the [[tablecloth]], and keep the autocrat happy at [[feast]]s.

Assemble your components and test out your new lamp. Tell your friends.

see also:
*[[oil lamps]]
*[[lighting]]
*[[candles]]

College of St Monica

2004-10-26T03:03:43Z

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<div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:St_Monica_Device.gif]]</div>
The '''College of [[St Monica]]''' is the [[SCA]] name for [[Monash University]] in Melbourne, Australia. A very active college, it currently boasts 51 members on paper (more like 25 in person, total) as of October, [[2004]]. Current (2004) [[officer]]s of the [[college]] are:
*[[Seneschal]]: Antoinette
*[[Reeve]]: (C)Lara
*[[Chronicler]]: Rik
*[[Hospitaller]]: Maryanne
*[[A&S]]: [[Justinis Hammerhand]]
*[[Marshal]]: Russel
*[[Spong]]:

*[[Herald]]: [[Tobin]]
*[[Constable]]: [[Mibanui bach merch Iudhail]]

Other current members include:
*Lady [[Elizabeth de Meyham]]
*Lady [[Tomassia Mariano]]
*Lady [[Teffania Tuckerton:User Tif]]
*Lord [[Kowacz Elek]]
*Lady [[Indrani Ma]]

== See also ==
* [[College]]
* [[Shire of Krae Glas]]

===Members auncient and venerable===

* [[Cormac Lenihan]]
* [[Elspeth Caerwent]]
* [[Jane Harcourt of Wallyngford]]
* [[Leif Brusi Magnusson]]
* [[Martyn]]
* [[Thomas Flamenc of Kelslae]]
* [[Yvonne Yvette de Plumetot]]

College of St Monica

2004-10-26T03:02:32Z

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<div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:St_Monica_Device.gif]]</div>
The '''College of [[St Monica]]''' is the [[SCA]] name for [[Monash University]] in Melbourne, Australia. A very active college, it currently boasts 60 members on paper (more like 30 in person, total) as of March, [[2003]]. Current (2004) [[officer]]s of the [[college]] are:
*[[Seneschal]]: Antoinette
*[[Reeve]]: Lara
*[[Chronicler]]: Rik
*[[Hospitaller]]: Maryanne
*[[A&S]]: [[Justinis Hammerhand]]
*[[Marshal]]: Russel
*[[Spong]]:

*[[Herald]]: [[Tobin]]
*[[Constable]]: [[Mibanui bach merch Iudhail]]

Other current members include:
*Lady [[Elizabeth de Meyham]]
*Lady [[Tomassia Mariano]]
*Lady [[Teffania Tuckerton:User Tif]]
*Lord [[Kowacz Elek]]
*Lady [[Indrani Ma]]

== See also ==
* [[College]]
* [[Shire of Krae Glas]]

===Members auncient and venerable===

* [[Cormac Lenihan]]
* [[Elspeth Caerwent]]
* [[Jane Harcourt of Wallyngford]]
* [[Leif Brusi Magnusson]]
* [[Martyn]]
* [[Thomas Flamenc of Kelslae]]
* [[Yvonne Yvette de Plumetot]]

Cherry Cordial

2004-10-26T02:59:41Z

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Cherry Cordial:

*Take a Glass Jar with a well fitting lid (if it has a metal lid it needs to be plastic coated, metal can spoil the taste of the alcohol).
*Sanitise jar by Boiling in HOT water for ten minutes.
*Layer Jar with cherries and fine sugar (the cherries can be whole or pitted)
*Fill Jaw with Brandy or Vodka
*Seal and shake jar.
*Place jar in dry, dark location, shake daily.
*Once sugar has dissolved (this will take anywhere from 4 days to 4 weeks, depends on how much sugar there is), filter beverage into presentation bottle (make sure it's also sanitised!)

The result: a thick, reddish beverage that smells/tastes like cherries!

[NOTE: the cherries, once removed, can be used on top of the dessert of your choice]

Brewing

2004-10-26T02:51:51Z

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'''Brewing''' is an ancient art and is fairly easy and fairly cheap to get started with. It's far easier than you think. Brewing encompasses any boiled and fermented beverage, anything between [[beer]] and [[mead]].

Fermentation, simply put, is the process of [[yeast]] converting sugar into alcohol and CO<sub>2</sub>. Brewing, at the most basic level, involves giving yeast things to eat. It's a little more complex - you also need to manage what kind of yeast you have, what the yeast has to eat, and for how long.

Different brews require different techniques - if you're interested in making a specific drink see the links below.

==The History of Brewing==
Brewing was known to the early Chinese, the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians and the Babylonians. As best as we can make out, most of these early brews involved thick porridge-like mixes of grain and water that had been left out for wild yeast. The resulting 'beer' was probably not particularly tasty, but '''alcoholic'''. Big news.

Beer tended to dominate cultures that lacked [[wine]] - the Romans looked down upon those pesky barbarians who drank beer.

It has only been relatively recently that the agent of brewing (yeast) was actually understood to be any part in the brewing process at all. Many of the old recipes call for you to simply put the ingredients into a barrel previously used for the purpose and wait. It was not known what it was that magically caused the alcohol to form in the brew.

Obviously, brewing still worked - mainly because the grapes often carried the wild yeasts upon them, but also because the residue of the previous brews would still be embedded within the grain of the oak casks.

==General Brewing Technique==
If all that you're interested in is [[Beer]] then you should visit a home brew shop or supermarket and pick up a brewing kit. These tend to include most if not all of the following:
* Long plastic spoon
* Fermenter (including lid, airlock and rubber seals)
* Bottle filling valve

This equipment can be used to brew other things than beer and should cost $60-$100 (Australian).

Wine kits are also available - though often much harder to find. However most stores also offer many books on brewing that will give you a wide range of options for your brewing pleasure.

==Basic Safety==
The number one tip I can offer is to do a good job cleaning your equipment. This really does make a huge difference to the outcome.

While many people claim that it is necessary to sterilise, it is more important simply to follow good common sense with regard to basic hygiene. you're basically doing some cooking with some food that will be sitting around for weeks (beer) or months (wine) and so if any greeblies get in - they will breed for that time and you'll end up with an awful mess.

If you trust yourself to be exceptionally clean, then do so, but otherwise, invest in some of the pink sterilising solutions you can get at a brew shop. Alternatively, try [[Aquashield]].

A word of warning: be careful if you use sterilisers that aren't specifically for brewing!

You will be drinking this stuff later, and drinking bleach or other household sterilisation stuff is a Bad Idea™.

The only other thing to be careful about is bottling - read the page on [[glass grenades]] to get an idea of one of the more dangerous problems that can occur if you're not patient.

== Topics ==
=== Equipment ===
*[[Brewing equipment]]

=== Types of Brewing ===
* [[Wine brewing]]
* [[Mead brewing]]
* [[Beer brewing]]
* [[Alcoholic Infusion]] (legal liqueurs)

=== Drinks ===
* [[Mead]]
* [[Wine]]
* [[Beer]]
* [[Spirits]]
* [[Cider]] / [[Perry]]
* [[Cordials]]

=== Sources ===
There are several period sources for information regarding brewing but as with recipes much of what is "known" about period methods is speculation. Most long works on the topics are [[Out of period]].

Useful works include:
* The [[London and Country Brewer]]

[[category:brewing]]
[[category:arts]]

Alcoholic Infusion

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Alcoholic infusions are the legal way to make many spirits. Infusion tends to involve cramming a jar full of herbs, fruit, coffee etc and filling it with a pre-made alcoholic beverage. It is important to sanitise all your equipment before use as a badly made batch can cause blindness.

Arrow

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Cordial

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A '''cordial''' is [[tonic]] made from plant matter (eg [[fruit]]s, [[vegetables]], leaves). Medieval cordials could be [[alcohol]]ic or non-alcoholic, and were generally consumed for their presumed good effects upon the person's health.

Modern fruit cordials (concentrates of fruit juice and [[sugar]] which are diluted wth water) available in [[Australia]] (but strangely rare in northern Europe and North America) bear some similarity to certain medieval cordials, and are thus often provided to drink at feasts in [[Lochac]].

User talk:Conrad Leviston

2004-03-05T00:18:37Z

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<evil grin> Actually I did know the dragon was the natural enemy of the elephant. For the dragon is a serpent and the serpent did offer the fruit of the tree to eve. ;-)
Bet you didn't know 12th C dragons only had 2 legs though. :-)

Tiffany (just a little light bedtime reading :-) )

---

The serpent offering the fruit, huh? I suppose all those tales of dragons capturing fair maidens makes sense in that context. Especially if you're one of those nutty religious types who believes that the fruit is a metaphor for sex. The maid is captured by the rapacious and then rescued by the chaste.

I'm still not sure how the elephant comes into it though.

---

I think it's a red herring - actually a real observation of african snakes that could strangle large animals - a piece of factual information that slipped in by accident amoungst all that metaphor. I bet the early greek descriptions show dragons as just a large snake with no legs.

Tiff

Fred

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Fred is the [[archery]] target for [[Stormhold]]'s archers.

He had a friend called Will ("archers, shoot at will").

12th Century Life

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Daily life in the [[12th Century]].

This set of articles is intended to be a scholarly (ie reference your sources) guide to the daily particulars of life in an interesting historical century, particularly in the area of [[England]] and [[France]] because these are easier to research. This is mostly aimed at describing the daily aspects of life (when you ate, how you went shopping, how much it cost, what you did for fun, etc), rather than the grand historical events (although some of these will be needed to be linked to as background too).

''Money''
*[[12C_coins| coins]]
*[[12_Century_purses|significance and use of purses]]
*[[12_Century_taxes|taxes]]
*foreign coin
*worth of goods
''Shopping''
*[[12_Century_shops|shops]]
*[[12_Century_markets|markets]]
*[[12_Century_fairs|fairs]]
*what to sell?
''Food''
*[[12_Century_meals|meal times]]
*common ingredients
*for the poor
*for the rich
*recipes
''Clothing''
*fabrics
*clothing styles
*[[12C_fashion|fashion]]
*acessories
*taylors
''Entertainment''
*music
** [[troubadour]]s
*poetry
*theatre
''Education''
*universities
*apprenticeships
''Religion''
*the church
''Travel''
*overland
*oversea
*crusades
*pilgrimages
*foreign places
*duties and customs

''History''
*[[12th Century]]
*[[English Monarchs]]
** [[Henry I]] Beauclerc (1100-35)
** [[King Stephen]] (1135-54)
** [[Empress Matilda]] (1141)
** [[Henry II]] (1154-89)
** [[Richard I]] the Lionheart (1189-99)
** [[John Lackland]] (1199-1216)
*[[crusades]]

''Medicine''
*medicine
*birth
*death and cemetaries
*hospitals
''Noble heirachy''
*
''Crafts'' (as in what specialist tradesmen do)
*guilds
*names for specialist craftsmen
*

'''Reading'''
*[[12_Century_bibliography|Basic General Books on 12th Century Life (a good place to start)]]
*[[12_Century_References|References cited in above articles]]
*Specialist Books on Aspects of 12th Century Life
*[[12_Century_Links|Links to good web resources]]
*[[12_Century_novels|Novels set in this period]]
*[[12_Century_texts|12th Century texts (translations) that are fun to read]]

Braid

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'''Braid''' generally refers to a woven, long, piece of narrow fabric used for decorative or weight-bearing/strengthening purposes. See also: [[braiding technique]].

Flat cross-section braids were often used for [[belts]], [[straps]] or trim for [[edging]] clothing. Circular or square cross-section braids were often used for [[draw-strings]], [[poynts]], [[lacing]] etc. Very narrow, elliptical or flat-on-one-side braids were used in [[couching]] (see below).

The braid could be made separately and stitched on later, or be made as the clothing is being made (ie made as part of the clothing, stitching it down as you make it). It could be laid down straight across the fabric (eg along the top of a [[stomacher]]), or following seams in the clothing (even concealing them), or laid in decorative loops/patterns (known generally as [[couching]]).

Some braids were also used to add strength to the edges of clothing, for example, to strengthen the seam along an edge full of [[buttonholes]] to prevent the buttons tearing the fabric.

There are a number of braiding techniques, all producing different forms of braid. The most common (in the [[SCA]]) being:
* [[fingerloop braids]] - produces either flatish, round or couching braids
* [[tablet weaving|tablet woven braids]] - produces flat braids
* [[kumihimo]] - produces circular cross-section braids
* [[lucet]] - produces square or couching braids

Talk:Fingerloop braids

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Hmmm, I'm itching to take some step by step photos of this.... - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]]

Well If you bribe me enough i might bring along my *fancy new digital camera* :-) and some string sometime - you get to do the photo editing though. - Tiff

12th Century

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== Events ==
* Song dynasty loses power over Northern China
* First, Second, and Third [[Crusade]]s of western European kingdoms against Islam
* [[Pope Adrian IV]] granted overlordship of [[Ireland]] to [[Henry II]] of [[England]].
* Suger rebuilds the abbey [[church]] at [[St Denis]] north of [[Paris]], seen as first [[Gothic]] building
* [[Portugal]] declares independence from the kingdom of [[Leon]] and [[Castille]] in 1139

== Significant people ==
* [[Peter Abelard]], one of the first scholastic [[philosopher]]s
* [[Bernard of Clairvaux]], French abbot influential in church politics
* [[Hugh of St. Victor]], French scholar
* [[Richard of St. Victor]], theologian
* [[Alfonso I Henriques]], first [[King]] of [[Portugal]]

== Artwork ==
European art: transitional from Romanesque to Gothic.

== Clothing ==
T-tunic styles continue esentially unchanged from the [[11th century]] (often a little tighter fitting across the chest), as clothing for the common man or woman, and the lord or lady when working, or less fashionable.
Court styles see the introduction of the bliaut for both sexes, a tightly fitted garment, often cut with silly dangly long sleeves.
see: [[12th century garb]]

External [[Garb]] Links
* Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html
*12th century Garb mailing list (also diverges to acessories, jewellry and occasionally daily life in the 12th C
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/12thcenturygarb/
*Instructions on how to make a (currect best guess) highly authentic bliaut
http://jauncourt.i8.com/bliautho.htm

''See also:''
* [[11th Century]]

* [[13th Century]]
* [[Period]]

Talk:Winter

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Beg pardon - "winter starts after the winter solstice"

Modern winter starts nearly a month before that, (starts a while after autumnal equinox), along with the cold weather. Does medieval definitions of the seasons differ? If so, a longer explaination might be in order.

Tiff

Braiding technique

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'''Braiding''' is the craft of making [[braid]] from [[spinning|spun]] [[thread]]. Braids can be decorative, practical or both, and the technique used can determine which category the resulting braid falls into.

There are a number of braiding techniques, all producing different forms of braid. See the [[braid]] page for a discussion of braid types and uses, beolw is a list of techniques and links to pages on them.
* [[fingerloop braids]] - produces either flat decorative braids, or flat-one-one-side braids good for [[couching]]. Quite quick to make, but hard to make longer than a metre or so in length and increasingly harder to add more threads (as you only have ten fingers). Decorations are limited by the highly interlooped way the threads move in the band
* [[tablet weaving|tablet woven braids]] - produces flat braids of any length (within reason) and with a very high degree of control over the decoration (especially with the advanced double-face and 3/1 twill techniques). The braids are also very strong and durable.
* [[kumihimo]] - produces circular cross-section braids of astonishing complexity and beauty - traditionally made in silk, weaving tends to take a bit more time, but the results are worth it
* [[lucet]] - produces square or couching braids - braiding is quite easy to do, though it can be time-consuming and the threads used must be hard-wearing due to abrasion - but this is a braiding technique that can be taken on the train/bus with you
*[[fingerweaving]] - produces cords or flatish braids that may have semi-complex patterns, multiple colours and may be longer than fingerloop braids. Not as strong as other techniques, no equipement required, medium speed and complexity.

Instructions on some basic braids and more complicated plaits can be found through Phiala's string pages:
http://www.stringpage.com/

A good start being her basic braiding pages (please note she's moving her site so these links may become inactive):
http://www.stringpage.com/old/braids.html
http://www.stringpage.com/old/coolbraid.html
http://www.stringpage.com/old/fingerloop.html

Potluck feast

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A [[feast]] where everyone brings along a plate of food.

The [[autocrat]] will generally supply bread and often cordial. Sometimes soup will be supplied too.
Each person attending is expected to bring along a quantity of food suitable to serve 6-8 people (generally), ie bringing along enough [[food]] to feed you of one type, although you will share and eat some of many dishes. Remember that this is one dish per person, so if you invite a friend or bring along children, either ask them to bring food, or bring food for them.

Typical quantities of food to bring are:
* one whole roast chicken
* a bag of apples
* A large [[tart]] or [[pie]]
* A large loaf of flavoured [[bread]]

Remember that Chicken and apples are pretty typical examples given for food to bring to potluck picnics, so sometimes we end up with 6 chickens and 3 bags of apples - very boring. Here is a list of other suitable [[/food]]s that don't require cooking. (also helpful may be a list of [[non-period food]]s.)

Of course if you have the time to cook for a potluck, we'll all love you. See [[recipes]].

Remember to bring your own [[feasting gear]], and that the food at the potluck will often be sitting around in your car/bag, then at the event, without heating or refrigeration facilities. (sometimes these are available, but ASK first). So to avoid food poisoning, it's important to use [[food hygiene]] standards. Dishes like [[pie]]s, [[vegetables]], [[fruit]], sweets that can be served cold are good, while luke warm [[meat]] dishes can easily grow bacteria unless you can bring them straight from the stove/oven to the serving table at the event.

For info on what food to take along to a potluck [[feast]] (and what constitutes as [[Period_foods]]), check out http://www.advancenet.net/~jscole/introfoodclass.pdf

Potluck food

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This is a list of foods that can often be gotten fro myour local shops, and don't generally require cooking, suitable for [[potluck feast]]s. If you feel like cooking, see period [[recepies]].

*period [[Fruit]]s
**[[apple]]
**[[orange]]
**[[grape]]s
**strawberries
**many more less common varieties listed under [[fruit]]
*[[Dried fruit]]s and [[nut]]s
**almost any fruit was dried ([[apple]], [[pear]], [[sultana]]s, dates, [[fig]]s,...)
**Most nuts ([[almond]], [[walnut]], [[hazelnut]], chestnut, pistachio) except [[peanut]]s, [[cashew]] are period
*[[cheese]]
*[[pie]]s
**[[fruit pie]]s (yes look in that supermarket freezer for apple, pear, apricot or berry pies), but please defrost them on a cold day. A period example: [[Pear_tart_(recipe)]]
**[[quiche]] - there is a kind of period [[tart]] - eg [[Ember_Day_Tart(recipe)]] much like a quiche, although more heavily spiced. Try for a plain quiche without tomatoe in it please.
**large [[meat]] pies, preferably with added other ingedients (not potatoe), eg a period pie with meat and berries [[Caneline_Beef_Pie(recipe)]]
*[[bread]] (remember the autocrat often supplies some too)
*[[roast chicken]] - hot or cold (but be careful of [[food safety]]
*cut cold meats
*some dips
**[[hommus]]
**chives and onion???
*[[salad]] - was made up of hebs and general leaffy stuff, including flowers and sometimes chopped fruit. Salad mix may not be a bad approximation to some period salads.
*sweet buns eg glazed sultana buns (I think)
*almond cake (look at the gormet italian coffee cakes in he supermarket)
*shortbread
*Angel's food - a sweet dip that goes well with italian or shortbread style biscuits, for dip see: [[Angels_food_(recipe)]]

''See also:''
* [[Food]]

Potluck food

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This is a list of foods that can often be gotten fro myour local shops, and don't generally require cooking, suitable for [[potluck feast]]s. If you feel like cooking, see period [[recepies]].

*period [[Fruit]]s
**[[apple]]
**[[orange]]
**[[grape]]s
**strawberries
**many more less common varieties listed under [[fruit]]
*[[Dried fruit]]s and [[nut]]s
**almost any fruit was dried ([[apple]], [[pear]], [[sultana]]s, dates, [[fig]]s,...)
**Most nuts ([[almond]], [[walnut]], [[hazelnut]], chestnut, pistachio) except [[peanut]]s, [[cashew]] are period
*[[cheese]]
*[[pie]]s
**[[fruit pie]]s (yes look in that supermarket freezer for apple, pear, apricot or berry pies), but please defrost them on a cold day.
**[[quiche]] - there is a kind of period [[tart]] - eg [[Ember_Day_Tart(recipe)]] much like a quiche, although more heavily spiced. Try for a plain quiche without tomatoe in it please.
**large [[meat]] pies, preferably with added other ingedients (not potatoe), eg a period pie with meat and berries [[Caneline_Beef_Pie(recipe)]]
*[[bread]] (remember the autocrat often supplies some too)
*[[roast chicken]] - hot or cold (but be careful of [[food safety]]
*cut cold meats
*some dips
**[[hommus]]
**chives and onion???
*[[salad]] - was made up of hebs and general leaffy stuff, including flowers and sometimes chopped fruit. Salad mix may not be a bad approximation to some period salads.
*sweet buns eg glazed sultana buns (I think)
*almond cake (look at the gormet italian coffee cakes in he supermarket)
*shortbread

''See also:''
* [[Food]]

Potluck food

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This is a list of foods that can often be gotten fro myour local shops, and don't generally require cooking, suitable for [[potluck feast]]s. If you feel like cooking, see period [[recepies]].

*period [[Fruit]]s
**[[apple]]
**[[orange]]
**[[grape]]s
**strawberries
**many more less common varieties listed under [[fruit]]
*[[Dried fruit]]s and [[nut]]s
**almost any fruit was dried ([[apple]], [[pear]], [[sultana]]s, dates, [[fig]]s,...)
**Most nuts ([[almond]], [[walnut]], [[hazelnut]], chestnut, pistachio) except [[peanut]]s, [[cashew]] are period
*[[cheese]]
*[[pie]]s
**[[fruit pie]]s (yes look in that supermarket freezer for apple, pear, apricot or berry pies), but please defrost them on a cold day.
**[[quiche]] - there is a kind of period [[tart]] - eg [[Ember_Day_Tart]] much like a quiche, although more heavily spiced. Try for a plain quiche without tomatoe in it please.
**large [[meat]] pies, preferably with added other ingedients (not potatoe), eg a period pie with meat and berries [[Caneline_Beef_Pie(recipe)]]
*[[bread]] (remember the autocrat often supplies some too)
*[[roast chicken]] - hot or cold (but be careful of [[food safety]]
*cut cold meats
*some dips
**[[hommus]]
**chives and onion???
*[[salad]] - was made up of hebs and general leaffy stuff, including flowers and sometimes chopped fruit. Salad mix may not be a bad approximation to some period salads.
*sweet buns eg glazed sultana buns (I think)
*almond cake (look at the gormet italian coffee cakes in he supermarket)
*shortbread

''See also:''
* [[Food]]

Talk:New World foods

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is lime really out of period?

Tomato

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A widely cultivated [[South America]]n [[plant]] (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red [[fruit]], that some people may not like the taste of.

Tomato fruit is red - natures warning colour.

This fruit is a [[new world food]] and should be avoided at [[events]].

Tomato

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A widely cultivated South American plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit, that some people may not like the taste of.

Tomato fruit is red - natures warning colour.

This fruit is a new world food and should be avoided at events.

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'''I found errors in an article, who do I contact?'''<br>
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'''What's to stop this wiki from becoming a boring stagnant pond?'''<br>
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User talk:134.211.96.1

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Don't take it personally - I'm just editing new stuff as it pops up in [[Special:Recentchanges]]. It's just how a wiki works - everybody corrects everyone else. Feel free to fix up anything I've done. [[User:Morgant|Morgant]] 15:45 4 Aug 2003 (EST)
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You're doing good work editing articles but could you please hold off putting things such as "- to give oral sex and use foul language." on article pages? Even if this was relevant Cunnan isn't a dictionary (though I'll admit some dictionary style pages are needed for terms only used in the SCA). I dont like seeing people banned but if you do this often I or one of the other admins will take away your right to edit articles - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 14:35 6 Aug 2003 (EST)

:That wasn't a challenge. I don't dispute what you're saying but it isn't relevant to Cunnan. If you can put to gether a paragraph or two about the use of "French" to mean oral sex in [[period]] then it can be included. Otherwise you should add it to the Wikipedia of Wiktionary (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/French and http://wiktionary.org/wiki/French) - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 14:48 6 Aug 2003 (EST)
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It's only been suggested once that you should be banned. DOnt get worked up over it, if you can justify what you're doing then no one will complain (editing the FAQ wasn't a good way of doing this)

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United States of America

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The '''United States of America''' is where the [[SCA]] started. Most of the [[kingdoms]] are located in the US.

United States of America

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The '''United States of America''' is where the [[SCA]] started. Most of the [[kingdoms]] are located in the US.

USA

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#REDIRECT [[United States of America]]

Plate Armour

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'''Plate Armour''' is made from a variety of different [[metal]]s which are cut and worked into shape on a variety of [[dishing forms]] and with several different styles of [[hammer]]s.

Metal can be worked by heating and then beating or bending it into shape or alternatively it can be some worked cold its just a little harder and doesn't allow you to do some things that you could with the heat.

Cloved lemon

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'''Cloved lemons''' are often handed around at [[feast]]s or [[camping event]]s. Love it or hate it, it's a [[tradition]] that is engrained in [[SCA]] culture. Here's what happens:

Someone approaches you with a cloved lemon. You can do one of two things.
# Take the cloved lemon.
# Politely refuse the cloved lemon.

If you choose option 1, you take a [[clove]] out of the [[fruit]] with your teeth (don't bite too hard into the clove. It'll taste revolting, and it'll make your whole mouth go numb ;) The clove is supposed to freshen your breath. You then indicate to the person who gave you the fruit where to kiss you - often the hand, cheek or lips, it depends on your comfort level with the person who gave it to you. You then find another victim - oops! person to pass it on to.

If you choose option 2, and there is NO shame at all in doing this. It is not impolite to refuse a cloved lemon, and your decision is respected (and often understandable). There is, of course, the other option - whenever you hear mention of a cloved lemon being passed around, to just avoid it like Plague (''see: [[Black Death]]'') and go outside for a cigarette.

'''Why do we use cloved lemons?'''<br>
In period, you never wandered up to a stranger and introduced yourself. You were always introduced by a third party. This is a little to rigid for our modern society. Instead, we have taken the third party and made it a lemon.

Tablet weaving

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'''Tablet-weaving''' (also called card [[weaving]]) is a great way to make sturdy, woven bands of [[braid]]. These bands were used in period for straps, belts, braids for costume, bookmarks and ecclesiastical accoutrement.

The technique involves a set of cards threaded with (usually) four [[thread]]s through the holes in the corners (6 is also known in [[period]]). The end of the threads are held tight and form the [[warp thread|warp]] of the weave. The cards are turned a quarter-turn at a time, with the [[weft thread]] passing through the [[shed (weaving)|shed]] (or gap) between the upper pair of threads and the lower pair. Each card thus twines the four threads around each other and this twine is held in place by the weft. Tablet weaving is an easier form of weaving to start, as it does not require a loom to learn, however a loom will help maintain tension and to get up and down from you weaving easily. You can see some detailed manuscript pictures of period tablet weaving looms at:
http://www.kb.nl/vh-cgi/vhoverview.pl?Iconkeywords=73A354*&iconView=IMAGELIST#

Tablet-weaving is a [[warp faced]] weave, which means that the warp threads are what makes the surface-pattern. This pattern can be fairly complex depending on a several styles of tablet weaving, and the pattern is made up through the effect of:
* threading of the cards (both the direction of threading and also what colours are in each hole)
* turning the cards (forwards, backwards or any combination thereof)
* "twisting" the cards (turning the card on its vertical axis to swap the colour that's on "top")
*Adding a suplemental weft (brocading) to create a pattern
*occasionally embroidery or beads were added to a band to enhance surface decoration

These bands can be extremely decorative (including intricate surface decorations in [[gold thread]], called [[brocade|brocading]]) or intricate double sided patterning such as [[double face weave]] and [[3 and 1 broken twill|3/1 twill]], and was probably the major way of decorating clothes in early [[period]].

Tablet-woven braids are very strong and resist abrasion/wear. They can be (and were) used as [[belts]], [[baldrics]], [[straps]], decorative trim or [[edging]]s etc.

There are many people who can teach the basics of this art, so ask around, as it really helps to have a person to set you on your way.

A great website for the basics is on Phiala's string page: - http://www.stringpage.com/old/basictw.html

Have a look at the other tutorials there too as they go into great depth about how it all works. There is even some great info on how to do some off the advanced stuff like [[3 and 1 broken twill|3/1 broken twill]].

Also consider the [[group]]s:
* Lochac [[Fibre Guild]]
* Sca-Card-Weaving: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Card-Weaving/

Research

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=== how to use a library ===
http://www.lehigh.edu/~jahb/jadwiga/libraries.html

Arts

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== Arts and <b>CRAFTS</b> Topics ==
=== researching and doccumenting stuff ==
*[[why research]]
*how to begin [[researching]]
*how [[doccumentation]] works
*should i enter that A&S [[competition]]

=== Cooking & Brewing ===
*[[Brewing]]
*[[Feasting]]
*[[Food]]
**[[Subtleties]]
**[[Medieval Recipe]]s

=== Smithing ===
*[[Armour]]
*[[Weaponry]]
*[[Jewellery]] and [[piecework]]

=== Clothing ===
*[[Garb]]
**[[Early period dress]]
**[[Mid period dress]]
**[[Late period dress]]
**[[Period Material]] - see also [[loom weaving]]
**[[Accessories]]
**[[index of clothing styles]]

=== Decorative arts ===
*[[Embroidery]] and [[Beading]]
*[[Bobbin lacemaking]]
*[[Drawn thread work]] and [[needlelace]]
*[[Stencil]]ling and [[Fabric painting]]

=== Textile and Fibre Arts ===
*[[Tablet weaving]]
*[[Loom weaving]]
*various [[braiding technique]]s
*various [[knitting]] techniques (or similar)
*[[Dying]]
*[[Spinning]]

=== Performance ===
*[[Singing]]
*[[Instrumental music]]
*[[Poetry]]
*[[Dance]]

=== Writing and artwork ===
*[[Calligraphy]] & [[Illumination]]
*[[Cartography]] ([[Maps]])
*[[Language]]
*[[Illumination]]
*[[period painting]]

=== Construction ===
*[[Pavillion]]
*[[Housing]]
*[[Ships]]
*[[Furniture]]- see also [[woodworking]]
*[[Siege weapons]]

=== Household ===
*[[Bedding]]
*[[Tablewares]]
*[[Candle]]s
*[[household tools]]

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Tournament style

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There are various tournament styles you can choose from:

* [[Round robin tournament]]
* [[Speed tournament]]
* [[Single kill, double elimination tournament]]
* [[Pandybat tournament]]
* [[Chivalric weapons]] tournament
* [[Pas D'arms]]
* [[Mellee]]
* [[Challenge tournament]]
* [[Counted blows tournament]]
* [[Bertie-beetle tournament]]

Tournament

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The common abbreviation of ''[[tournament]]''.

A tourney is a formal competition between combatants. Originally devised as a [[training method]] it soon became very popular as a sport in the [[Middle Ages]], with professional tourney circuits appearing throughout Europe. there were many attempts to ban tourneys, most of which failed dismally.

In the SCA tourneys are run for [[heavy]], [[rapier]] and [[light]] combatants. The best opportunity to see one in action is to pop along to [[Stormhold]]'s [[Monthly Bash]], held on the 1st Sunday of every month from 1pm at John Gardiner Reserve, Auburn Rd, Hawthorn.

There are many [[tournament style]]s, from the classic "tennis" style single kill, single elimination (where each bout consists of one fight, the loser is eliminated, and the winner advances to the next round), the common double elimination (Fighters are eliminated after sustaining two losses) and round robin (where every fighter fights every other fighter). Each round may be fought best of one or three fights (commonly) or more. I ([[Gwynfor Lwyd]]) have seen a best of fifteen fights a couple of times. The running of the Tourney is the domain of the [[Lists Officer]], who determines who fights whom and records results, the [[Marshal]]s who inspect the fighters' armor, ensure adherence to the [[Rules of the List]] and supervise bouts, and the [[Herald]]s who announce the [[combatant]]s, introduce them to the populace, MC the salutes and announce the victors.

Usually the victor of the tourney wins a [[tassle]] for him/herself, and a token for his/her [[consort]]. There are often prizes for the Most [[Chivalric]], Best [[Death]] or Most Entertaining fighter as well.

Tourneys are also a great opportunity to lounge around in [[pavilion]]s or under sunshades, eat, [[drink]], socialise and work on small projects surrounded by other people doing much the same thing.