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Camping event

2004-05-27T03:59:51Z

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An event where tents and fire pits are normally required.

You spend the night in your tent (hence camping) and [[cook]] your own food.

Cooking

2004-05-27T03:55:18Z

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[[Period]] style cooking is a big part of many [[SCA]] events ([[feast]]s being one obvious example :)

Many period dishes are simple to prepare and only require ingredients that can be found in any supermarket. Remember that many [[food]]s we eat today didn't exist during period and their presence is noticable (to some people at any rate)

There are many ways to participate in recreating medieval cooking. You can join your local [[Guild_of_Cooks|cooks guild]], cook for a few SCA friends after redacting a medieval recipe, or cook period food over an open fire at a [[camping event]].

''See also:'' [[food]], [[Recipe]]

Cook

2004-05-25T02:54:18Z

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To prepare [[food]] for eating by applying heat.

see also:
*[[cooking]]
*[[recepie]]

Cook

2004-05-25T02:50:17Z

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To prepare [[food]] for eating by applying heat.

see also:
*[cooking]
*[recepie]

Recipes

2004-05-25T02:50:11Z

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There are many sources for [[period]] '''recipes'''. Most of these recipes don't give very clear directions for amounts of ingredients, cooking times, etc. Many people are more comfortable with versions which have been worked out to resemble modern recipes with specific instructions, but some "instinctive cooks" are able to work directly from the medieval recipes with ease. The process of modernising a recipe is known as [[redaction]].

== Medieval recipes ==

=== Basic stuff ===
*[[butter (recipe)|butter]]
*[[almond milk (recipe)|almond milk]]
*[[Ghee (recipe)|Ghee]]

=== Soups ===
* [[Blood soup (recipe)|Blood soup]]
* [[Viking Fish Soup (recipe)|Viking Fish Soup]]
* [[Veal Soup (recipe)|Veal Soup]]
* [[Minestrone (recipe)|Minestrone]]

=== Meats & Mains ===
* [[Coleslaw (recipe)|Coleslaw]]
* [[Lamb fritters (recipe)|Lamb fritters]]
* [[Makerounss (recipe)|Makerouns]] - medieval macaroni cheese!! :D
* [[Mushroom and cheese pastries (recipe)|Mushroom and Cheese pastries]]
* [[Pies of Parys (recipe)|Pies of Parys]] - Mincemeat Pie
* [[Cheese and saffron tart (recipe)|Cheese and saffron tart]]
* [[Spanakopitta (recipe)|Spanakopitta]] - Spinach pie
* [[Flemish meat stew (recipe)|Flemish Meat stew]] - recipe with beer
* [[Chicken with oranges and lemons (recipe)|Chicken with oranges and lemons]]
* [[Mutton in beer (recipe)|Mutton in beer]]
* [[Garlic lamb (recipe)|Garlic Lamb]]
* [[Armenian Lamb (recipe)|Armenian Lamb]]
* [[Caneline Beef Pie (recipe)|Caneline Beef Pie]]
* [[Grilled Venison in Juniper Berry Sauce (recipe)|Grilled Venison in Juniper Berry Sauce]]
* [[Koupepia (recipe)|Koupepia]]
* [[Poume d'oranges (recipe)|Poume d'oranges]] - Pork meatballs

=== Vegetables and other side dishes ===
* [[Leeks and Mushrooms (recipe)|Leeks and mushrooms]]
* [[Boolawnee (fried leek pastries) (recipe)|Boolawnee (fried leek pastries)]]
* [[Ember Day Tart (recipe)|Ember Day Tart]]
* [[Blaunche escrepes (recipe)|Blaunche escrepes]] - essentially savoury pancakes
* [[Compost (recipe)]]

=== Sweets and Desserts ===
* [[Gingerbread (recipe)|Gingerbread]] - medieval gingerbread, using ginger and bread.
* [[Pear tart (recipe)|Pear tart]]
* [[Aebleskiver (recipe)|Aebleskiver]]
* [[Baked apples (recipe)|Baked Apples]] (with beer)
* [[Raisin and fig cream (recipe)|Raisin and Fig cream]]
* [[Subtelties]]
* [[Baked custard pie (recipe)|Baked custard pie]]
* [[Angels food (recipe)|Angels food]]
* [[Fritters (recipe)|Fritters]] - awfully like pancakes...
* [[Heathen peas (recipe)|Heathen peas]]
* [[Daryoles (recipe)| Daryoles]] - Strawberry and cream pie
* [[Quince marmalade (recipe)|Quince marmalade]]
* [[Saviullum]] - Roman cheesecake

== Medieval recipes online: ==
* http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/cook.htm - A collection of links to Medieval online recipes.
* http://www.florilegium.org/
* http://www.godecookery.com/
* http://www.users.wineasy.se/chaos.productions/food1.htm - Food of [[renaissance]] [[Sweden]]
* http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html - A collection of [[Medieval]] and [[Anglo-Saxon]] recipes
* http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-european-coll.html - Medieval European recipes
* http://home.earthlink.net/~smcclune/stewpot/ - The Stewpot Period Culinary Guild (SCA)
*http://www.notaker.com/old_onli.htm

Inter-College War

2004-05-05T07:08:05Z

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Inter-College War (ICW) is an annual event at which all the [[College]]s of [[Lochac]] meet for 4 days of [[camping]] (well actually indoors bunkhouses are usually provided), [[war]], [[drinking]], fighting, drinking, [[feasting]], drinking, fighting, tomfoolery... etc. Each year a different University hosts ICW, and it's generally held during the midsemester break - perfect timing for the middle of [[winter]]! It can be a very amusing event, very rowdy, and tons of fun. To give you some idea, think of a large congregation of university students from all across [[Australia]] in [[garb]] and [[armour]] attempting to recreate pre-[[16th century]], ultimately resulting in much entertainment, new friends, incriminating photos and an extraordinary hangover.

ICW began in June [[1994]], as a challenge between [[College of St Aldhelm|St Aldhelm]] and [[College of St Ursula|St Ursula]] during "The Defense of The Realm", an event held at the [[Crossroads]] site in [[Torlyon]].

[[2004]] will be the 11th ICW, and is being hosted by the [[College of St Monica]], in [[Melbourne]], from July 8 - 12.

Barony of Krae Glas

2004-02-03T00:28:29Z

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<div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:Krae_Glas.jpg]]</div>

'''Krae Glas''' is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the [[College of St Monica]].

It was founded in [[Anno Societatus]] 29 by former members of St Monica's. The current [[seneschal]] is Baron [[Karel of the three Isles]]. The [[Shire]] of Krae Glas also boasts 29 sustaining members, 4 more than is necessary for a group to become a [[barony]]. However as Krae Glas only became a [[Shire]] on January 25th Anno Societatus 38, it is unlikely that they will move onto [[Barony]] stage for a year or so.

===External links===
* http://www.sca.org.au/krae_glas/

===Additional pages===
[[KraeGlas_hall_hire|Halls for hire in krae Glas]]

KraeGlas hallhire GWUC

2004-01-08T03:23:08Z

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name: Glen Waverley Uniting Church
adress: Cnr Kingsway and Bogond Av, Glen Waverley
Contact: Fay Wagon 9560-3580
hall: seats about 160, wooden floor
price: Saturdays till 6pm $36/hr, 6pm-midnight $51/hr, kitchen $36 extra
flat fee, bond $100
kitchen: single 900mm wide oven, domestic fridge
notes: hall by description only - sight unseen
must leave before midnight - secutity system activates
no alcohol allowed on premises

details last checked: July 2003

KraeGlas hall hire

2004-01-08T03:20:29Z

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Being a guide to halls, parks, campsites in the boundaries or near enough to use by the canton of [[Krae Glas]]. This naming can be expanded (eg to whole of melbourne) if geographic location of entries justfy it.
If unsure of what hall details are useful, please use templates for each of [[KraeGlas_hallhire_hall_template|halls]], [[KraeGlas_hallhire_park_template|parks]], and [[KraeGlas_hallhire_campsite_template|campsites]] that can be copy pasted so making it easier to remember all the details that people might want to know about a location.

=Halls for hire=
==Monash City Council==
====Council owned properties====
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWCC|Glen Waverley Community Centre]]
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_NHCC|Notting Hill Community Centre]]
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_MCC|Mulgrave Community Centre]]
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWCC|Glen Waverley Community Centre]]

====Private organisations in Monash Council boundaries====
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWUC|Glen Waverley Uniting Church]] - many rooms, very cheap, no alcohol, midnight curfew
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWCoC|Glen Waverley Church of Christ]]
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_MWML|Mount Waverley Masonic Lodge]]

==Stonington City Council==
==Glen Eira City Council==
==Bayside City Counil==
==Knox City Council==
==Kingston City Council==
==Greater Dandenong City Council==
==Casey City Council==
==Frankston City Council==
==Mornington and Penninsula shire==

=helpful links=
*[[http://www.mav.asn.au/guide.nsf/Metro?OpenNavigator|Map of melbourne city councils]]
*[[http://www.sca.org.au/krae_glas/gallery/charts/SHoldmap|map of krae glas boundaries]]

KraeGlas hall hire

2004-01-08T03:18:14Z

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Being a guide to halls, parks, campsites in the boundaries or near enough to use by the canton of [[Krae Glas]]. This naming can be expanded (eg to whole of melbourne) if geographic location of entries justfy it.
If unsure of what hall details are useful, please use templates for each of[[KraeGlas_hallhire_hall_template|halls]], [[KraeGlas_hallhire_park_template|parks]], and [[KraeGlas_hallhire_campsite_template|campsites]] that can be copy pasted so making it easier to remember all the details that people might want to know about a location.

==Monash City Council==
===Council owned properties===
**[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWCC|Glen Waverley Community Centre]]
**[[KraeGlas_hallhire_NHCC|Notting Hill Community Centre]]
**[[KraeGlas_hallhire_MCC|Mulgrave Community Centre]]
**[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWCC|Glen Waverley Community Centre]]

===Private organisations in Monash Council boundaries===
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWUC|Glen Waverley Uniting Church]] - many rooms, very cheap, no alcohol, midnight curfew
*[[KraeGlas_hallhire_GWCoC|Glen Waverley Church of Christ]]
**[[KraeGlas_hallhire_MWML|Mount Waverley Masonic Lodge]]

==Stonington City Council==
==Glen Eira City Council==
==Bayside City Counil==
==Knox City Council==
==Kingston City Council==
==Greater Dandenong City Council==
==Casey City Council==
==Frankston City Council==
==Mornington and Penninsula shire==

==helpful links==
*[[http://www.mav.asn.au/guide.nsf/Metro?OpenNavigator|Map of melbourne city councils]]
*[[http://www.sca.org.au/krae_glas/gallery/charts/SHoldmap|map of krae glas boundaries]]

Barony of Krae Glas

2004-01-08T02:52:26Z

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<div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:Krae_Glas.jpg]]</div>

'''Krae Glas''' is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the [[College of St Monica]].

It was founded in [[Anno Societatus]] 29 by former members of St Monica's. The current [[seneschal]] is Lord [[Karel of the three Isles]]. Krae Glas also boasts 31 sustaining members, 6 more than is necessary for a group to become a [[barony]].

===External links===
* http://www.sca.org.au/krae_glas/

===Additional pages===
[[KraeGlas_hall_hire|Halls for hire in krae Glas]]

Talk:12th Century References

2003-11-27T01:38:12Z

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I think this is better than having separate articles for each reference but I still don't like it. It makes the printed version of an article less useful (since the references wont be included) and it means that "12th Century References" appears in our RDF feed (take a look at the main page of the KG site and you'll see it listed). Its also something of a non-article IMO.

If no one has any objections I'd like to move the reverences back into the articles that link to them. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]]

I'm not sure - a bibliography is a valid article - it tells you where to look further. Maybe if I called it a bibliography rather than a list of references? (and eventually put in an intro)
Because it's going to get awfully repeditive to keep repeating the same references over and over again. Besides it seems nice to have a bibliography somewhere.

Hmm maybe we can reference each article I suppose, but I'm going to get awful bored. (and if you make them sidenotes I'll stop editing the article because it's just too messy in Netscape 4.07, and I need to get the concensus of 4 other people before i can upgrade this computer's netscape.)

Houpelande

2003-11-25T00:42:46Z

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A '''Houpelande''' is an outer garment worn c1340-1450 (most fashionable late in this period) in [[England]], [[France]], [[italy]] and more northerly parts of europe. The garment is characterised by a very full body which extends outwards gaining [[fabric]] from the shoulders, and is then [[belt]]ed into [[pleat]]s to contain it's fullness somwhat. Houpelades generally have very silly sleeves which widen from the shoulder, often ending in fancy patterned [[dag]]s, or they may be gathered into a cuff at the wrist leaving a very puffy sleeve.

Men's houpelades reached only mid thigh, worn over hose, while women's houpelades extended to the floor.

== External links ==
*http://www.damehelen.com/houpe/index.html
*http://www.virtue.to/articles/circle_houp.html

Index of clothing styles

2003-11-24T05:40:51Z

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==A list of commonly referred to and controversial clothing styles in the [[SCA]]==
Some of these are misnomers, unrepresentative of the breadth of clothing of the medieval period, or are often poorly reproduced. However, they are the style names current in Lochac, and a beginner costumer will often encounter them.
A good glossary of such terms (in their many uses) can be found at hte following external link:
[[http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/glossary.html|Marc Carlson's "Some Clothing of the Middle ages; Glossary"]]

*generic early period [[t-tunic]]
*"10 gore dress" - a [[14th century]] style worn by [[Viking]]s in [[Greenland]]. It adds side [[gore]]s and more advanced sleeve caps (early set in sleeves) on a basic T-tunic to give more shaping to a gown.
*[[viking garb|viking clothing]] - most often used to refer to early period Scandinavians, i.e. men in t-tunics and leg wraps, and women in the controversial to reconstruct [[apron_dress|"apron dresses"]]
*[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
*Norman [[bliaut]]
*Italian Renaissance - actually refers to a variety of substyles, all of which have in common
**For women- a dress with a seam at the waist, pleated on skirts below and a corseted bodice above.
**For men- doublets worn above tights is mostly the fashion (although longer robes also exist). See [[Florentine_clothing|Florentine]], [[Venetian_clothing|Venetian]], [[Flemish_clothing|Flemish clothing]].
*[[Elizabethan Clothing|Elizabethan dress]]
*[[kilts|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing, which is a belted cloak worn in late medieval Scotland, not the modern pleated skirt.
*[[coathardie]]
*[[Houpelande]]

==Medieval clothing styles by time period:==
*pre-600
**[[Roman_Clothing|Roman]]
*600-800 (note: not sure on where to put time boundaries here)
**Viking
**Frankish
*800-1100
**Byzantine
*1100-1200
**bliaut in England, France, variations from Germanic region through the Alps to Italy, and some features copied further afield eg Christian Spain
**T-tunic in nearly all of Europe
**Byzantine
*1200-1300
**Spain-side laced dresses
**[[Clothing_shoulderless surcoat|armless/shoulderless surcoat]]
*1300-1400
**[[sideless_surcoat|sideless surcoat]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
**[[Houpelande]] England, France, Italy, northern Europe c1360-1450
*1400-1500
**[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
**[[Houpelande]] England, France, Italy, northern Europe c1360-1450
**Italian early Renaissance styles
*1500-1600
**[[Tudor_Clothing|Tudor Clothing]]
**[[Elizabethan_Clothing|Elizabethan Clothing]]
**[[Florentine_clothing|Renaissance Florentine]],
**[[Venetian_clothing|Renaissance Venetian]]
**[[Flemish_clothing|Renaissance Flemish]]
**German Renaissance ([[landsknecht]])

==Medieval Clothing styles by Region:==
*Russia
*Scandinavia
*Germanic region
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[bliaut]] c1130-1200. Local variation - trim in bands on biceps,
**[[Clothing armless surcoat|women's armless surcoat]] c1410
**[[Houpelande]] northern Europe c1360-1450
*[[Irish Clothing|Ireland]]
**[[leine]] and [[brat]] - Kings pre 1000
*[[Scotish Clothing|Scotland]]
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[the great kilt|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing
*[[English Clothing|England]]
**[[Bliaut]] men & women, 1050-1200
**[[Houpelande]] men & women c1360-1450
**[[Tudor Clothing]] ?-?
*France and region
**[[Frankish_Clothing|Frakish]]
**[[Bliaut]] men, & women 1100-1200
**[[Houpelande]] men & women c1360-1450
**[[Burgundian_Clothing|Burgundian Clothing]] 14?? - ?
*Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Checkosolvakia)
*Italian city states
**[[t-tunic]]
**Italian variations on the ladies' [[bliaut]] c1130-1200
**[[Houpelande]] men & women c1360-1450
**early Renaissance (1400-?)
**Renaissance Flemish
**Renaissance Venetian
**Renaissance Florentine
*Roman Empire
**[[Roman_clothing|Roman Clothing]]
*Byzantium and "near East"
*Northern Africa (Including Egypt)
*Spain (Islamic and Christian)
**[[t-tunic]]
**t-tunic styles with sleeves similar to those on the [[bliaut]] c1100-1200
**[[Clothing_spainish surcoat|women's side laced surcoat]] c1190-?
*The region including Afghanistan....
*Indian
**[[sari]]
*[[Mongul_Clothing|Mongol Clothing]]
*[[Chinese_Clothing|Chinese]]
*Other Asian
*[[Japanese_Clothing|Japanese]]

==Clothing styles by profession or cultural group== (ie styles that will be distinct from the normal clothing styles of the time):
*[[entertainers_clothing|musicians,jongleurs and entertainers]]
*[[prostitute_clothing|prostitutes]]
*[[clerical_clothing|clergy]] includes priests, monks, nuns
*romany and other travelling groups
*[[mariner_clothing|mariners]] (sailors)
*[[military_clothing|military clothing]]
*travelling traders - was special clothing worn, or clothing from home, local clothing or a mixture of both?
*clothing of the jews

==Clothing for special purposes==
*special clothing for fighters
*special [[clothing for horseriding]]
*changes to crusader dress for the heat of the east (were there any?)
*clothing adjustments for working in a hot place (eg a kitchen)
*clothing adjustments for working in the fields (taking off layers, add a straw hat, etc)
*nightgowns (mostly just undergarments we think - evidence?)
*clothing for attending religious services (add a hat or veil? rosary?, what for which religion, etc)
*clothing for weddings - (I believe nothing more special than your best clothes or a new best set for the rich, but an article with evidence from various periods is needed)

This page is a work in progress, and also an overview the scope of which is beyond any average person. Details will be wrong - fix them. Go on, you know you're just itching to fill in the gaps.

Cotehardie

2003-11-24T05:29:21Z

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This term is fairly broad, and can refer to several differnt garments. For possible definitions, scroll down to Caothardie in thefollowing external link: [[http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/glossary.html|Marc Carlson's Glossary]]

The most common useage of this term in [[SCA]] cirles is refering to a farily tightly fitted female garment of the [[14th Century|14th]] to [[15th Century]] that stereotypically has rows of buttons down the front and along the sides of the tightly fitted sleeves.

external links:
[[http://www.cottesimple.com/|la cotte simple]]

Index of clothing styles

2003-11-24T05:19:50Z

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==A list of commonly referred to and controversial clothing styles in the [[SCA]]==
Some of these are misnomers, unrepresentative of the breadth of clothing of the medieval period, or are often poorly reproduced. However, they are the style names current in Lochac, and a beginner costumer will often encounter them.
A good glossary of such terms (in their many uses) can be found at hte following external link:
[[http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/glossary.html|Marc Carlson's "Some Clothing of the Middle ages; Glossary"]]

*generic early period [[t-tunic]]
*"10 gore dress" - a [[14th century]] style worn by [[Viking]]s in [[Greenland]]. It adds side [[gore]]s and more advanced sleeve caps (early set in sleeves) on a basic T-tunic to give more shaping to a gown.
*[[viking garb|viking clothing]] - most often used to refer to early period Scandinavians, i.e. men in t-tunics and leg wraps, and women in the controversial to reconstruct [[apron_dress|"apron dresses"]]
*[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
*Norman [[bliaut]]
*Italian Renaissance - actually refers to a variety of substyles, all of which have in common
**For women- a dress with a seam at the waist, pleated on skirts below and a corseted bodice above.
**For men- doublets worn above tights is mostly the fashion (although longer robes also exist). See [[Florentine_clothing|Florentine]], [[Venetian_clothing|Venetian]], [[Flemish_clothing|Flemish clothing]].
*[[Elizabethan Clothing|Elizabethan dress]]
*[[kilts|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing, which is a belted cloak worn in late medieval Scotland, not the modern pleated skirt.
*[[coathardie]]

==Medieval clothing styles by time period:==
*pre-600
**[[Roman_Clothing|Roman]]
*600-800 (note: not sure on where to put time boundaries here)
**Viking
**Frankish
*800-1100
**Byzantine
*1100-1200
**bliaut in England, France, variations from Germanic region through the Alps to Italy, and some features copied further afield eg Christian Spain
**T-tunic in nearly all of Europe
**Byzantine
*1200-1300
**Spain-side laced dresses
**[[Clothing_shoulderless surcoat|armless/shoulderless surcoat]]
*1300-1400
**[[sideless_surcoat|sideless surcoat]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
*1400-1500
**[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
**Italian early Renaissance styles
*1500-1600
**[[Tudor_Clothing|Tudor Clothing]]
**[[Elizabethan_Clothing|Elizabethan Clothing]]
**[[Florentine_clothing|Renaissance Florentine]],
**[[Venetian_clothing|Renaissance Venetian]]
**[[Flemish_clothing|Renaissance Flemish]]
**German Renaissance ([[landsknecht]])

==Medieval Clothing styles by Region:==
*Russia
*Scandinavia
*Germanic region
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[bliaut]] c1130-1200. Local variation - trim in bands on biceps,
**[[Clothing armless surcoat|women's armless surcoat]] c1410
*[[Irish Clothing|Ireland]]
**[[leine]] and [[brat]] - Kings pre 1000
*[[Scotish Clothing|Scotland]]
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[the great kilt|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing
*[[English Clothing|England]]
**[[Bliaut]] 1050-1200
**[[Tudor Clothing]] ?-?
*France and region
**[[Frankish_Clothing|Frakish]]
**[[Bliaut]] 1050-1200
**[[Burgundian_Clothing|Burgundian Clothing]] 14?? - ?
*Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Checkosolvakia)
*Italian city states
**[[t-tunic]]
**Italian variations on the [[bliaut]] c1130-1200
**early Renaissance (1400-?)
**Renaissance Flemish
**Renaissance Venetian
**Renaissance Florentine
*Roman Empire
**[[Roman_clothing|Roman Clothing]]
*Byzantium and "near East"
*Northern Africa (Including Egypt)
*Spain (Islamic and Christian)
**[[t-tunic]]
**t-tunic styles with sleeves similar to those on the [[bliaut]] c1100-1200
**[[Clothing_spainish surcoat|women's side laced surcoat]] c1190-?
*The region including Afghanistan....
*Indian
**Is the sari period?
*[[Mongul_Clothing|Mongol Clothing]]
*[[Chinese_Clothing|Chinese]]
*Other Asian
*[[Japanese_Clothing|Japanese]]

==Clothing styles by profession or cultural group== (ie styles that will be distinct from the normal clothing styles of the time):
*[[entertainers_clothing|musicians,jongleurs and entertainers]]
*[[prostitute_clothing|prostitutes]]
*[[clerical_clothing|clergy]] includes priests, monks, nuns
*romany and other travelling groups
*[[mariner_clothing|mariners]] (sailors)
*[[military_clothing|military clothing]]
*travelling traders - was special clothing worn, or clothing from home, local clothing or a mixture of both?
*clothing of the jews

==Clothing for special purposes==
*special clothing for fighters
*special [[clothing for horseriding]]
*changes to crusader dress for the heat of the east (were there any?)
*clothing adjustments for working in a hot place (eg a kitchen)
*clothing adjustments for working in the fields (taking off layers, add a straw hat, etc)
*nightgowns (mostly just undergarments we think - evidence?)
*clothing for attending religious services (add a hat or veil? rosary?, what for which religion, etc)
*clothing for weddings - (I believe nothing more special than your best clothes or a new best set for the rich, but an article with evidence from various periods is needed)

This page is a work in progress, and also an overview the scope of which is beyond any average person. Details will be wrong - fix them. Go on, you know you're just itching to fill in the gaps.

Index of clothing styles

2003-11-24T05:17:31Z

130.194.13.103:

==A list of commonly referred to and controversial clothing styles in the [[SCA]]==
Some of these are misnomers, unrepresentative of the breadth of clothing of the medieval period, or are often poorly reproduced. However, they are the style names current in Lochac, and a beginner costumer will often encounter them.

*generic early period [[t-tunic]]
*"10 gore dress" - a [[14th century]] style worn by [[Viking]]s in [[Greenland]]. It adds side [[gore]]s and more advanced sleeve caps (early set in sleeves) on a basic T-tunic to give more shaping to a gown.
*[[viking garb|viking clothing]] - most often used to refer to early period Scandinavians, i.e. men in t-tunics and leg wraps, and women in the controversial to reconstruct [[apron_dress|"apron dresses"]]
*[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
*Norman [[bliaut]]
*Italian Renaissance - actually refers to a variety of substyles, all of which have in common
**For women- a dress with a seam at the waist, pleated on skirts below and a corseted bodice above.
**For men- doublets worn above tights is mostly the fashion (although longer robes also exist). See [[Florentine_clothing|Florentine]], [[Venetian_clothing|Venetian]], [[Flemish_clothing|Flemish clothing]].
*[[Elizabethan Clothing|Elizabethan dress]]
*[[kilts|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing, which is a belted cloak worn in late medieval Scotland, not the modern pleated skirt.

==Medieval clothing styles by time period:==
*pre-600
**[[Roman_Clothing|Roman]]
*600-800 (note: not sure on where to put time boundaries here)
**Viking
**Frankish
*800-1100
**Byzantine
*1100-1200
**bliaut in England, France, variations from Germanic region through the Alps to Italy, and some features copied further afield eg Christian Spain
**T-tunic in nearly all of Europe
**Byzantine
*1200-1300
**Spain-side laced dresses
**[[Clothing_shoulderless surcoat|armless/shoulderless surcoat]]
*1300-1400
**[[sideless_surcoat|sideless surcoat]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
*1400-1500
**[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
**Italian early Renaissance styles
*1500-1600
**[[Tudor_Clothing|Tudor Clothing]]
**[[Elizabethan_Clothing|Elizabethan Clothing]]
**[[Florentine_clothing|Renaissance Florentine]],
**[[Venetian_clothing|Renaissance Venetian]]
**[[Flemish_clothing|Renaissance Flemish]]
**German Renaissance ([[landsknecht]])

==Medieval Clothing styles by Region:==
*Russia
*Scandinavia
*Germanic region
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[bliaut]] c1130-1200. Local variation - trim in bands on biceps,
**[[Clothing armless surcoat|women's armless surcoat]] c1410
*[[Irish Clothing|Ireland]]
**[[leine]] and [[brat]] - Kings pre 1000
*[[Scotish Clothing|Scotland]]
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[the great kilt|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing
*[[English Clothing|England]]
**[[Bliaut]] 1050-1200
**[[Tudor Clothing]] ?-?
*France and region
**[[Frankish_Clothing|Frakish]]
**[[Bliaut]] 1050-1200
**[[Burgundian_Clothing|Burgundian Clothing]] 14?? - ?
*Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Checkosolvakia)
*Italian city states
**[[t-tunic]]
**Italian variations on the [[bliaut]] c1130-1200
**early Renaissance (1400-?)
**Renaissance Flemish
**Renaissance Venetian
**Renaissance Florentine
*Roman Empire
**[[Roman_clothing|Roman Clothing]]
*Byzantium and "near East"
*Northern Africa (Including Egypt)
*Spain (Islamic and Christian)
**[[t-tunic]]
**t-tunic styles with sleeves similar to those on the [[bliaut]] c1100-1200
**[[Clothing_spainish surcoat|women's side laced surcoat]] c1190-?
*The region including Afghanistan....
*Indian
**Is the sari period?
*[[Mongul_Clothing|Mongol Clothing]]
*[[Chinese_Clothing|Chinese]]
*Other Asian
*[[Japanese_Clothing|Japanese]]

==Clothing styles by profession or cultural group== (ie styles that will be distinct from the normal clothing styles of the time):
*[[entertainers_clothing|musicians,jongleurs and entertainers]]
*[[prostitute_clothing|prostitutes]]
*[[clerical_clothing|clergy]] includes priests, monks, nuns
*romany and other travelling groups
*[[mariner_clothing|mariners]] (sailors)
*[[military_clothing|military clothing]]
*travelling traders - was special clothing worn, or clothing from home, local clothing or a mixture of both?
*clothing of the jews

==Clothing for special purposes==
*special clothing for fighters
*special [[clothing for horseriding]]
*changes to crusader dress for the heat of the east (were there any?)
*clothing adjustments for working in a hot place (eg a kitchen)
*clothing adjustments for working in the fields (taking off layers, add a straw hat, etc)
*nightgowns (mostly just undergarments we think - evidence?)
*clothing for attending religious services (add a hat or veil? rosary?, what for which religion, etc)
*clothing for weddings - (I believe nothing more special than your best clothes or a new best set for the rich, but an article with evidence from various periods is needed)

This page is a work in progress, and also an overview the scope of which is beyond any average person. Details will be wrong - fix them. Go on, you know you're just itching to fill in the gaps.

Index of clothing styles

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==A list of commonly referred to and controversial clothing styles in the [[SCA]]==
Some of these are misnomers, unrepresentative of the breadth of clothing of the medieval period, or are often poorly reproduced. However, they are the style names current in Lochac, and a beginner costumer will often encounter them.

*generic early period [[t-tunic]]
*"10 gore dress" - a [[14th century]] style worn by [[Viking]]s in [[Greenland]]. It adds side [[gore]]s and more advanced sleeve caps (early set in sleeves) on a basic T-tunic to give more shaping to a gown.
*[[viking garb|viking clothing]] - most often used to refer to early period Scandinavians, i.e. men in t-tunics and leg wraps, and women in the controversial to reconstruct [[apron_dress|"apron dresses"]]
*[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
*Norman [[bliaut]]
*Italian Renaissance - actually refers to a variety of substyles, all of which have in common
**For women- a dress with a seam at the waist, pleated on skirts below and a corseted bodice above.
**For men- doublets worn above tights is mostly the fashion (although longer robes also exist). See [[Florentine_clothing|Florentine]], [[Venetian_clothing|Venetian]], [[Flemish_clothing|Flemish clothing]].
*[[Elizabethan Clothing|Elizabethan dress]]
*[[kilts|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing, which is a belted cloak worn in late medieval Scotland, not the modern pleated skirt.

==Medieval clothing styles by time period:==
*pre-600
**[[Roman_Clothing|Roman]]
*600-800 (note: not sure on where to put time boundaries here)
**Viking
**Frankish
*800-1100
**Byzantine
*1100-1200
**bliaut in England, France, variations from Germanic region through the Alps to Italy, and some features copied further afield eg Christian Spain
**T-tunic in nearly all of Europe
**Byzantine
*1200-1300
**Spain-side laced dresses
**armless/shoulderless [[surcoat]]
*1300-1400
**[[sideless_surcoat|sideless surcoat]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
*1400-1500
**[[burgundian_clothing|Burgundian]]
**[[Cotehardie]]
**Italian early Renaissance styles
*1500-1600
**[[Tudor_Clothing|Tudor Clothing]]
**[[Elizabethan_Clothing|Elizabethan Clothing]]
**[[Florentine_clothing|Renaissance Florentine]],
**[[Venetian_clothing|Renaissance Venetian]]
**[[Flemish_clothing|Renaissance Flemish]]
**German Renaissance ([[landsknecht]])

==Medieval Clothing styles by Region:==
*Russia
*Scandinavia
*Germanic region
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[bliaut]] c1130-1200. Local variation - trim in bands on biceps,
**[[Clothing armless surcoat|armless surcoat]] c1410
*[[Irish Clothing|Ireland]]
**[[leine]]
*[[Scotish Clothing|Scotland]]
**[[t-tunic]]
**[[the great kilt|great-kilt]] - read carefully, there are many misconceptions about this article of clothing
*[[English Clothing|England]]
**[[Bliaut]] 1050-1200
**[[Tudor Clothing]] ?-?
*France and region
**[[Frankish_Clothing|Frakish]]
**[[Bliaut]] 1050-1200
**[[Burgundian_Clothing|Burgundian Clothing]] 14?? - ?
*Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Checkosolvakia)
*Italian city states
**[[t-tunic]]
**Italian variations on the [[bliaut]] c1130-1200
**early Renaissance (1400-?)
**Renaissance Flemish
**Renaissance Venetian
**Renaissance Florentine
*Roman Empire
**[[Roman_clothing|Roman Clothing]]
*Byzantium and "near East"
*Northern Africa (Including Egypt)
*Spain (Islamic and Christian)
**[[t-tunic]]
**t-tunic styles with sleeves similar to those on the [[bliaut]] c1100-1200
**[[sideless surcoat]] c1190-?
*The region including Afghanistan....
*Indian
**Is the sari period?
*[[Mongul_Clothing|Mongol Clothing]]
*[[Chinese_Clothing|Chinese]]
*Other Asian
*[[Japanese_Clothing|Japanese]]

==Clothing styles by profession or cultural group== (ie styles that will be distinct from the normal clothing styles of the time):
*[[entertainers_clothing|musicians,jongleurs and entertainers]]
*[[prostitute_clothing|prostitutes]]
*[[clerical_clothing|clergy]] includes priests, monks, nuns
*romany and other travelling groups
*[[mariner_clothing|mariners]] (sailors)
*[[military_clothing|military clothing]]
*travelling traders - was special clothing worn, or clothing from home, local clothing or a mixture of both?
*clothing of the jews

==Clothing for special purposes==
*special clothing for fighters
*special [[clothing for horseriding]]
*changes to crusader dress for the heat of the east (were there any?)
*clothing adjustments for working in a hot place (eg a kitchen)
*clothing adjustments for working in the fields (taking off layers, add a straw hat, etc)
*nightgowns (mostly just undergarments we think - evidence?)
*clothing for attending religious services (add a hat or veil? rosary?, what for which religion, etc)
*clothing for weddings - (I believe nothing more special than your best clothes or a new best set for the rich, but an article with evidence from various periods is needed)

This page is a work in progress, and also an overview the scope of which is beyond any average person. Details will be wrong - fix them. Go on, you know you're just itching to fill in the gaps.

19th century

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The nineteenth century saw a great rise in interest in history, which was probably a Good Thing.

On the other hand, it also saw a lot of slipshod, nationally-biased work where authors either made shit up, or were very careful with what they selected.

Nineteenth century historians were very big on ideas like the March of History towards Progress, and thus tended to promulgate ideas like the [[Renaissance]].

Generally, if it's a nineteenth century work, don't use it ... unless (a) you really know what you are doing, or (b) it's a nineteenth century reprint of a historical document.

While it is not unknown for historical documents to have been fabricated in the 19thC, you are more likely to be on solid ground if you use 19th C document collections (eg the Historical Manuscripts Commission collections) than if you use nineteenth century interpretations (eg [[Burkhardt]]).

A similar prinipal applies to 19th C copies of medeival artworks - the general outlines are often copies well, but the details are often drawn sufficiently wrong as to be misleading (eg giving the idea of corsets under [[bliaut]]s). Ninteenth century copies can give you an idea of what you might want to look for an original of (if it still exists), but often less effort and misconceptions are involved in looking up an original copy the first time. Many internet sites redistribute 19th century copies of illuminations (without warning of errors) because unlike modern accurate copies, 19th C copies are out of copyright.

Basis text Contributed by Anton, 6/11/03. Feel free to correct, redistribute etc

Groups in Lochac

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= Groups in the SCA =

*[[Kingdom of Lochac]] - Australia "http://www.sca.org.au/"

== Groups of the [[Kingdom of Lochac]] ==
*[[Barony of Stormhold]] - Victoria "http://www.vicnet.net.au/~anachronauts/"
**[[Canton of Krae Glas]] - Melbourne south-eastern suburbs "http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mongoose/krae_glas/"
**[[Canton of Dubh Thrain]] - Northern Melbourne
*[[Barony of Aneala]] - Perth "http://aneala.sca.org.au"
*[[Barony of Innilgard]] - South Australia
*[[Barony of Ynys Fawr]] - Tasmania
*[[Barony of Politarchopolis]] - A.C.T.
*[[Barony of Rowany]] - Sydney "http://www.sca.org.au/rowany/"
**[[Canton of Stowe on the Wowld]]
*[[Barony of St Florian de la Riviere]] - Brisbane (Southside), Queensland "http://www.sca.org.au/st_florians"
*[[Barony of Riverhaven]] - Brisbane
*[[Barony of Ildhafn]] - Auckland
**[[Canton of Cluain]]
*[[Barony of Southron Gaard]] - Christchurch
*[[Barony of Mordenvale]] - North-west New South Wales - http://www.sca.org.au/mordenvale/
*[[Shire of Arrowsreach]] - Melbourne north-eastern suburbs "http://www.arrowsreach.com/"
*[[Shire of Bordescros]] - Albury-Wodonga
*[[Shire of Agaricus]] - South-west of Sydney
*[[Shire of Dismal Fogs]] - South of Sydney
*[[Shire of Torlyon]] - The rest of NSW
*[[Shire of Bacchus Wood]] - Loganlea, Queensland

== Colleges of Lochac ==
*[[College of St Monica]] - Monash University "http://www.sca.org.au/st_monica/"
*[[College of St Basil the Great]] - University of Western Australia
*[[College of St Malachy]] - University of Wollongong "http://www.sca.org.au/st_malachy/"
*[[College of Blessed Herman the Cripple]] - Adelaide University "http://www.sca.org.au/blessed_herman/"
*[[College of St Crispin]] - Newcastle University
*[[College of St Aldhelm]] - University of Canberra "http://www.sca.org.au/st_aldhelm/"
*[[College of St Augustine]] - University of New South Wales "http://www.sca.org.au/st_augustine/"
*[[College of St Ursula]] - University of Sydney "http://www.sca.org.au/st_ursula/"
*[[College of St Gilda the Wise]] - University of Tasmania "http://www.sca.org.au/st_gildas/"
*proposed [[College of St Christina the Astonishing]] - Flinders University (SA)

== [[Guilds]] ==

* [[Bardic Guild]]
* [[Brewer's Guild]]
* [[Worhipful Company of Broiderers]]
* [[Guild of Cooks]]
* [[Royal Guild of Defence]]
* [[Fibre Guild]]
* [[Painters and Limners Guild]]
* [[College of Scribes]]
* [[Guild of the Silver Rondel]]
* [[Woodworkers Guild]]

== [[Households]] ==
*[[Woodrose]]
*[[House Calydon]]
*[[House Reverie]]
*[[The Axemen]]
*[[House Bastion]]
*[[House Saarlands]]
*[[The Flying Ypotryll]]
*[[Attica|House Attica]]
*[[House Descartes]]
*[[House Ironrose]]
*[[Bluefeather]]

New South Wales

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There are many SCA groups within New South Wales. These include:

*[[Barony of Rowany]]
**[[Canton of Stowe on Wowld]]
**[[College of St Augustine]]
**[[College of St Ursula]]
*[[Barony of Mordenvale]]
*[[Shire of Dismal Fogs]]
*[[Shire of Agaricus]]
**[[College of St Malachy]]
*[[Shire of Torlyon]]
*[[Shire of Bordescros]] (on the border with [[Victoria]])

Order of Precedence

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The order of Precedence is a listing of all the people who have received [[award]]s within the SCA, ordered from the highest ranking to the lowest. Ranking (or precedence) is determined by the highest level of award received, and the date an award of that level was first given to the recipient. The earlier a person received an award, the higher they appear on the order of precedence.

The ranking of awards, from highest to lowest, are:

* [[Duke]] and [[Duchess]]
* [[Count]] and [[Countess]]
* [[Viscount]] and [[Viscountess]]
* Other [[peer]]s
* [[Grant of Arms]]
* [[leaf level awards]]
* [[Award of Arms]]
* non-armigerous awards

Note that if somebody had received a [[laurel]] and a [[pelican]] in the last year, they would rank below somebody who had received a [[laurel]] three years ago, as they had reached that level first. The fact that someone has obtained a second award at a certain level does not add to their precedence.

The Lochac Order of Precedence can be located at: http://www.sca.org.au/herald/php/OP.php

Jewelry

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Jewelry was a diverse art during the medieval ages of making items that ornamented their wearer. Items could be purely decorative, or practical items to which decoration was added to create a pleasant effect, and impression of wealth.

Jewelry included items modernly thought of as jewelry:
*[[ring]]s, including [[seal ring]]s
*[[broaches]] including [[annular]]s, [[penanular]]s, [[disk broach]]es
*necklaces
*pendants
*decorative [[pins]], and also [[veil pin]]s
*bracelets
*[[earring]]s
and also other items:
*[[horse harness pendants]]
*fancy jewlled [[belt]]s
*jewelled [[trim]] on clothing
*[[fillet]]s (head bands)
*[[crown]]s, [[coronets]]

Jewelry could be made from a variety of materials:
*metal wire (gold, silver, copper, lead, alloys....)
*cast [[metal]]
*[[bead]]s from [[gemstones]], [[glass]], [[shell]] and coral, [[rock]] (eg fossils), [[wood]] or [metal]]
*[[enamelling]]
*[[coin]]s or other keepsakes eg a diskbroach or earring from a coin(generally cheap homemade jewelry)

see also
*[[gemstones]]
*[[beads]]
*[[gold]]

references:
*[[greek jewelry|http://www.addgr.com/jewel/elka/index.html]]
*[[http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/jewelry-msg.html|jewelry in Stefan's floregium]]

Mongol

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refernces:
[[http://members.tripod.com/~whitebard/ca54.htm|creative anachronist about the mongols]]

Gold cloth

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A cloth made from [[gold thread]], or any [[textile]] that looks similar to this cloth. A very oppulent statement of wealth.

[[http://www.firedrake.net/zisaac/clothofgold.doc|article on cloth of gold]]

Needle lace

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'''Needle lace''' became popular in very late period, following on from the [[drawn thread work]] that was the earliest of laces.

Needle lace first made its appearance as the form [[punto in aria]] or "points in air" - named thus as it was a material constructed by string with "thin air" and adding bits until you had lace. This was opposed to the drawn thread work in which you started from a material and removed bits.

Needle lace generally consists of having a strong edge secured on card or another stiff surface, and using a needle to delicately work many stitches over itself to create a worked area.

It is exceedingly time-consuming (the most time-consuming of all laces), and has thus always been incredibly expensive. The very fact that every stitch can be placed individually also means that the pattern has absolutely no constraints and thus was made into the finest and most complicated of filigree.

Only the most wealthy were able to afford needle lace in any quantity, often the larger pieces (such as the [[elizabethan]] [[ruff]]s) were supplemented by [[bobbin lace]] edges to fill out the space quicker and cheaper - some bobbin lace pieces even attmpting to copy the needle lace in an attempt at mimicry - with mixed success - there are some things that only needle lace can do.

references:
[[http://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html|tournament's illuminated article on needlelace]]

Bobbin lace

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'''Bobbin Lace''' is a type of lace that only began to make an appearance very late in [[period]].

It is made by the twining of pairs of [[thread]]s - wound onto "[[bobbin]]s". The partially-made lace is held in place by fine [[pins]] that hold the intersections between two pairs of threads. When the lace is finished, the pins are removed and lace holds the correct shape. Sometimes the lace was then starched (for example collars or cuffs) to make it rigid.

In period, the main type of bobbin lace was used in collars (the traditional [[elizabethan]] collar), in turned-back sleeve [[edgings]] and as edgings along the dress (eg passements along the [[stomacher]] or [[metallic lace]] along the seams).

One of the best sources to see period bobbin lace is, of course, "Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe Unlock'd" - where there are many pieces of lace (Elizabeth was aparrently quite fond of lace). However, it is often difficult to tell whether the lace is bobbin or [[needle lace|needle-made lace]].

While needle lace was preferred, it was *very* expensive due to the vast amount of time it took. As far as I've been told, bobbin lace was often employed as an alternative and, where possible, copied the style of the needle lace. To give a basic understanding of why, bobbin lace generally takes between 1 and 2 hours to do a square inch of lace. Needle lace takes longer...

While quite versatile, bobbin lace still has limitations of material that needle lace does not, and so you can quite often tell which is which by looking carefully for such things as triangles in the pattern (a sure sign of needle lace).

Most modern bobbin laces are definitely [[out of period]] - this includes torchon, honiton and bedfordshire (beds) laces. The main type of bobbin lace that was in period was called passements which looked like elaborate arches filled with filigree. These were generally used in a repeating pattern (often two shapes interleaved) and were used at first to edge collars - both for males and females.

Early on, the passements went around a square or circular collar. Later, the passements were often attached to a wider pattern consisting of squares filled with filigree, and this was generally made of needle-lace, though bobbin-lace was also used in these (especially where the person couldn't afford the expense of the needle lace).

The elizabethan collars were of the same basic pattern, but made in a circular fashion. They were made over a circle in size so that they could be ruffled and the final product would be a circle. The collars were often made with multiple layers sitting on top of one another to increase the "ruffliness" of the lace, these layers starched into wave-patterns.

Metallic laces and other edgings were also frequently made from bobbin lace and often went down the front seams to the full length of the dress.

Have a look through Unlock'd and see the different styles...

If you want to learn to make bobbin lace, I'd recommend learning the modern styles (eg Torchon) which are much easier - then advancing to passements afterwards. There are period pattern-books around, if you find a copy, [[UserTalk:Taryn|tell me and I will buy it!]]

Please Note: "grounds" of any sort are definitely Out Of Period eg torchon grounds etc - all period bobbin lace was made of filigree-style [[lace brides|brides]] and interlinking sections, though there were sections made of cloth-stitch to make shapes. To get an idea of the "feel" of the type of bobbin lace, look at some Cluny lace and see how it is generally built of loops over-laying loops.

references:
[[http://www.havenonline.com/bobbinlace/default.asp|bobbin lace articel from tournament's illuminated]]

Gemstones

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A large number number of gemstones were known to many cultures during the medieval period. Which gemstones were known in which time and place is harder to ascertain. Such small precious goods could travel vast distances via trading, a trade which had been widespread in the time of the ancient myceneans (2000BC?), so it is only via the evidence of archeological finds and writings of gemstones that we can be sure which stones reached which cultures. Trade goods were more likely to reach prosperous outwards looking cultures than ones undergoing war, famine or internal unrest.

Many names occur for the same gemstones in medeival literature, making it difficult to identify the gemstone named. The same name may also be applied to several similar looking gemstones, eg [[carbuncle]] could refer to [[ruby]] or [[garnet]].

Common gemstones (known in most times and cultures):
*[[garnet]]
*[[rock crystal]] - clear quartz

Rare gemstones (known to very few cultures and time periods):

Expensive gemstones (on average for most medieval times and places):
*diamond
*ruby
*sapphire
*emerald
*?pearl

Moderately expensive:
*amethyst (bigger discoveries in the modern period have brought the price down modernly, making it a good value choice for the modern reenactor)
*?garnet

Cheap:
*rock crystal
*agate

Out-of-period gemstones (or gemstones which were so excessively rare as to not have names in medeival europe):
*black opal
*jade (not availible in europe, rare in the middle east, common in china)
*tiger eye[[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/gemstones.html]]
*labradorite
*tourmaline

Also fake gemstones (eg [[Carbachons]] - coloured glass jewels backed with metal foil) existed in medieval times, as a cheaper way to make things more ostentacious. They are more likely to be used in uses such as garments and belts, than on the crown jewel. Just remember that in some times glitz was popular with more being better, but in others obvious use of fake gems would mark one as a cheap tryhard, and a few fine pieces of real gems might be preferred. [[Ennamel]] could also be used to create brightly coloured blobs that pass for gems at a distance.

Other items were also used in the same manner as gemstones - [[glass]], [[ivory]], very small mirrors,

For the lower classes cheaper alternatives than gemstones existed for jewelry - [[bone beads]], cheap stone, wooden or cheap glass [[bead]]s and similar items.

references:
*[[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/gemstones.html|Cariadoc's "On gemstones"]]
*Lois Sherer "30,000 years of beads" Available from many places including Melbourne University Library

Jewelry

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Jewelry was a diverse art during the medieval ages of making items that ornamented their wearer. Items could be purely decorative, or practical items to which decoration was added to create a pleasant effect, and impression of wealth.

Jewelry included items modernly thought of as jewelry:
*[[ring]]s, including [[seal ring]]s
*[[broaches]] including [[annular]]s, [[penanular]]s, [[disk broach]]es
*necklaces
*pendants
*decorative [[pins]], and also [[veil pin]]s
*bracelets
*[[earring]]s
and also other items:
*[[horse harness pendants]]
*fancy jewlled [[belt]]s
*jewelled [[trim]] on clothing
*[[fillet]]s (head bands)
*[[crown]]s, [[coronets]]

Jewelry could be made from a variety of materials:
*metal wire (gold, silver, copper, lead, alloys....)
*cast [[metal]]
*[[bead]]s from [[gemstones]], [[glass]], [[shell]] and coral, [[rock]] (eg agate), [[wood]] or [metal]]
*[[enamelling]]
*[[coin]]s or other keepsakes eg a diskbroach or earring from a coin(generally cheap homemade jewelry)

see also
*[[gemstones]]
*[[beads]]
*[[gold]]

references:
*[[greek jewelry|http://www.addgr.com/jewel/elka/index.html]]
*[[http://www.florilegium.org/files/ACCESS/jewelry-msg.html|jewelry in Stefan's floregium]]

Jewelry

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Jewelry was a diverse art during the medieval ages of making items that ornamented their wearer. Items could be purely decorative, or practical items to which decoration was added to create a pleasant effect, and impression of wealth.

Jewelry included items modernly thought of as jewelry:
*[[ring]]s, including [[seal ring]]s
*[[broaches]] including [[annular]]s, [[penanular]]s, [[disk broach]]es
*necklaces
*pendants
*decorative [[pins]], and also [[veil pin]]s
*bracelets
*[[earring]]s
and also other items:
*[[horse harness pendants]]
*fancy jewlled [[belt]]s
*jewelled [[trim]] on clothing
*[[fillet]]s (head bands)
*[[crown]]s, [[coronets]]

Jewelry could be made from a variety of materials:
*metal wire (gold, silver, copper, lead, alloys....)
*cast [[metal]]
*[[bead]]s from [[gemstones]], [[glass]], [[shell]] and coral, [[rock]] (eg agate), [[wood]] or [metal]]
*[[enamelling]]
*[[coin]]s or other keepsakes eg a diskbroach or earring from a coin(generally cheap homemade jewelry)

see also
*[[gemstones]]
*[[beads]]
*[[gold]]

Anno Societatis

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'''Anno Societatis''' is [[Latin]] meaning "in the year of our Society."

The "society" referred to is the [[SCA]].

The following shows AS dates along with their [[AD]] conversion.

'''May of - through April of A.S.'''

1966 - 1967 I (1)
1967 - 1968 II (2)
1968 - 1969 III (3)
1969 - 1970 IV (4)
1970 - 1971 V (5)
1971 - 1972 VI (6)
1972 - 1973 VII (7)
1973 - 1974 VIII (8)
1974 - 1975 IX (9)
1975 - 1976 X (10)
1976 - 1977 XI (11)
1977 - 1978 XII (12)
1978 - 1979 XIII (13)
1979 - 1980 XIV (14)
1980 - 1981 XV (15)
1981 - 1982 XVI (16)
1982 - 1983 XVII (17)
1983 - 1984 XVIII (18)
1984 - 1985 XIX (19)
1985 - 1986 XX (20)
1986 - 1987 XXI (21)
1987 - 1988 XXII (22)
1988 - 1989 XXIII (23)
1989 - 1990 XXIV (24)
1990 - 1991 XXV (25)
1991 - 1992 XXVI (26)
1992 - 1993 XXVII (27)
1993 - 1994 XXVIII (28)
1994 - 1995 XXIX (29)
1995 - 1996 XXX (30)
1996 - 1997 XXXI (31)
1997 - 1998 XXXII (32)
1998 - 1999 XXXIII (33)
1999 - 2000 XXXIV (34)
2000 - 2001 XXXV (35)
2001 - 2002 XXXVI (36)
2002 - 2003 XXXVII (37)
2003 - 2004 XXXVIII (38)
2004 - 2005 XXXIX (39)
2005 - 2006 XXXX (40)

see also[[http://www.sca.org.au/scribe/articles/sca_date.htm]]

Candle

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==Period candles==
Period candles could be made from two materials - [[tallow]] or [[beeswax]]. They were generally uncoloured, but there are some [[Renaissance]] examples of red, green and black candles. Tallow candles were yellow and smelly, whereas beeswax candles were nearly white and if they smelt at all, it was a pleasant smell of honey. While the poor made do with tallow candles, the rich and the church used beeswax candles refined so they were as white and pure as possible.

Modern candles are molded (giving them their uniform width), a technique that was not known until the fifteenth century[http://www.craftcave.com/candle/history.shtml]. Prior to this candles were produced by techniques such as dipping, dripping or rolling, all of which were very time consuming, adding to the cost of this article. Because of this non-uniform width, most candle holders or [[candelabra]] were of the variety with a bowl to catch drips and a spike to impale the candle on. Candelabra with fitted sockets for candles are a very late period invention, as they must postdate the common manufacture of molded candles. (although you can use these to hold your new oil lamp :-))

Until the [[Renaissance]], candles were not preferred as the main source of lighting a home - [[oil lamps]] were much more economical and equally bright, without the smell. The chief demand for beeswax candles came from the pre-Reform [[church]], as lighting candles was important for religious purposes.

see also:
*[[lighting]]
*[[modern candles]] to substitute when feasting
*[[oil lamps]]
*[[candelabra]]

Fork

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Two pronged forks were used in many european cultures (including the english) since before the 12th century (I believe) for the carving of meat. Each family might have one of two such carving forks for use at the table. (ie used only to chop up the meat, didn't get anywhere near anyone's mouth.

The earliest evidence of personal eating forks I've come across is in [[12th Century]] Italy (well OK, Venice, since Italy didn't exist yet).
Before this time eating utensils were a spoon and a knife.

However, forks were rather slow to take off. By the [[14th Century]], [[France]] had adopted the fork, but England held off adopting these inventions of the hated foreigners until after the time of [[Henry VIII]].

In later medieval times, western european people primarily used [[two pronged fork]]s. However, three, four, five and even seven-pronged forks are [[extant]].

Since it's rather difficult (and probably non-period) to eat without using your fingers with only a knife and a spoon, a [[serviette]] (or at a pinch a tea towel) is an extremely useful item, as it prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry (if you borrowed the [[garb]]).

Pile

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Pile is a term used in [[heraldry]] which means that a [[device]] contains what is essentially an large wedge shape, usually inverted.

Pile

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Pile is a term used in [[heraldry]] which means that a [[device]] is divided in a certain way.

Asia

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During [[period]], [[Europe]] had only limited contact and [[trade]] with '''Asia''' and there are, relatively, few people with Asian [[persona]]s in the [[SCA]]. Although there was minimal contact between Europe and Asia during period, this does not mean that Asian personas are forbidden.

== Asian Personas ==
There are not, realatively speaking, many people with asian personas in the SCA and [[herald]]s seem to be able to talk for hours on the subject.
=== Japanese personas ===
Some people may take issue with Japanese personas, because there are only twelve documented instances of people from [[Japan]] visiting Europe in period. Conversely, it can also be argued that there should not be a problem with Japanese personas because there ''is [[documentation]] of the Japanese being in Europe at that time''. It may be minimal documentation, but it is documentation nonetheless!

Pewter

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'''Pewter''' is an alloy of tin and a variety of other metals. Pewter [[tankard]]s are quite common.

Pewter was eventually replaced by [[porcelain]] [[table wares]] during the [[18th Century]]

Mass weapons

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'''Mass weapons''' are those that have a weight limit of 4 pounds and have the added target areas of the hips and shoulders as [[kill zones]].

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Weapons

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The '''weapons''' that are used in the [[SCA]] are made out of [[rattan]], nothing can be done to the rattan that changes its flexibilty.

"[[Sword]]s" are usually shaved done on the sides and out of the back [[blade]]s with a plane or spoke shave, once taped they can be no less than an inch and a quater in diameter and may be fitted with a [[thrusting tip]], which is required to have and inch of progressive give and may not double over.

Thusting tips are usually contructed from close cell foam with a [[leather]] collar around the area that the rattan and the thrusting tip are joined to prevent doubling over.

[[Axe]]s are considered a [[mass weapon]] and thus cannot weigh more that 4 pounds, the head can be constructed out of several materials, the most common being close cell foam (like a camp mat) and must have progressive give over the whole head.

[[Mace]]s often have a foam head with rattan splints attached to the outside, this is then taped over and is usaually attached to a handle(haft) that is relatively short and is also considered a [[mass weapon]]

Two handed weapons such as the [[glaive]], [[halberd]] and [[great sword]] are all [[mass weapons]] and have many different methods of construction.

It is a good idea to shape the handle of your weapon so that you can tell if you are hitting with the "blade" or the "flat" of your weapon.

===Hand weapons===
*[[sword]]
*[[SCA sword]]
*[[spear]]
*[[mace]]
*[[dagger]]
**[[dirk]]

==Missile weapons==
*[[bow]]
*[[Rocks]]

==Siege Weapons==
*[[siege weapons]]

Weapon

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Melee

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'''Melee''' is a type of [[combat]], where there are usually several people to a side, each side has there own objective, usually to beat the opposing side.

In this form of combat a person may not kill from behind, however they may inform a person that they have been engaged from behind and that [[combatant]] should turn to meet that challenge. Melees generally do not allow the use of [[missile weapons]], though there are some cases such as [[village football]] where this is allowed.

Melees can be fought either in the [[heavy]] or [[rapier]] [[list]]s.

Authorisation

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'''Authorisation'' is a means of testing a [[combatant]]s level of safety, you don't have to be a good [[fighter]] to be Authorised you just need to be safe.

Authorisation involves a practical and theoretical component, The Practical component is to asses a combatants safety level not only to themselves but to their opponent as well.

This may be different in different baronies but generally the practical part of the authorisations starts off with slow work, where combatants fight at about a quater of the speed, this is to asses technique, then moves to either three quater or full speed.

you will have to go through several drills

* you on your knees while your opponent stands
* you standing while you oponent kneels
* attack and defense drills
** you attacking your opponent defending and only being able to throw three shots
** your opponent attacking and you defending only able to throw three shots
* you opponent "monstering" you (Attacking very aggresively and in close) to sse how you react.
* Then several bout, during one or more of these the [[marshal]] may call "hold" to see that you know what to do (Drop to one knee with you sword above you head and call hold yourself).

In the theory section you will need to know such things as the [[rules of the list]], basic [[armour]] and [[weapon]] standards.

Accessories

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*[[Belt]]s
*[[Girdle]]s
*[[Pouch]]es
*[[Headwear]]
**[[Hat]]s
**[[Hood]]s
**[[Fillet]]s
**[[Hair net]]s
**[[veil]]s
*[[Favour]]s
*[[Jewellery]]
**[[Pin]]s
**[[Brooch]]es
**[[Precious stones]]
**[[Necklace]]s
**[[finger fing]]s
**[[earring]]s
**[[beading]]
**[[jeweled girdle]]s
*[[Scoggers]]
*Period [[Boots]] and [[shoe]]s
*period [[Hose]]
*[[Fan]]s
*[[Umbrella]]s

Arts

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== Arts and <b>CRAFTS</b> Topics ==
=== 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]]

Talk:Fork

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Actually, I think the 2 pronged fork is a falacy, as a personal eating implement. 2 pronged forks were used to carve food, but mostly no forks were used, or multiple (up to 7) prong forks were used in byzantium/by the rich in italy, etc. (not england till VERY late in period).

I really should put up some references. [[Tif]]

Board game

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==Board Games==

*[[Alquerques]]
*[[Chess]]
*[[Tafl]]
*[[Nine man morris]]
*[[Fox and geese]]

Threaded in patterns

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'''Threaded-in patterns''' are [[tablet weaving]] patterns that require no changes in [[turning direction]] or [[twisting]]. The entire pattern stems from the initial [[threading direction]] and colours of the tablets' [[thread]]s.

All the cards are continually turned in a single direction for the entire length of the band, which makes for a very quick weave.

This generally makes for a fairly simple, repeating pattern of a length that equals the number of holes in the cards (usually 4 so most patterns have a 4-row repeat).

There has (in the past) been some controversy over whether threaded-in patterns are [[period]], but apparrently some examples have been found. A small number of examples await publishing <sigh>. One example is at:
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/saxontw.html

However, note that the turning sequence used for this pattern is not the classic turning sequence most people learn for simple threaded in patterns.

There are a few possible explainations for the lack of medieval threaded in patterns published today:
*Medieval people really prefered other techniques
*Pretty bands were more likely to be treasured and preserved, and other techniques are prettier
*bands containing gold were likely to be preserved eg brocaded bands (also the gold lasts longer)
*bands made from cheap fabrics like wool and linnen are more likely to rot (not be preserved), and threaded in patterns being simple would be likely to be made from these
*after preservation in a bog, these bands have a uniform brown colour. It's hard to tell what the original colour was, and boring brown bands are less likely to be displayed and published by museums, so these bands are hidden in a museum basement somewhere and we don't know about them

Threaded in patterns

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'''Threaded-in patterns''' are [[tablet weaving]] patterns that require no changes in [[turning direction]] or [[twisting]]. The entire pattern stems from the initial [[threading direction]] and colours of the tablets' [[thread]]s.

All the cards are continually turned in a single direction for the entire length of the band, which makes for a very quick weave.

This generally makes for a fairly simple, repeating pattern of a length that equals the number of holes in the cards (usually 4 so most patterns have a 4-row repeat).

There has (in the past) been some controversy over whether threaded-in patterns are [[period]], but apparrently some examples have been found. A small number of examples await publishing <sigh>. One example is at:

However, note that the turning sequence used for this pattern is not the classic turning sequence most people learn for simple threaded in patterns.

There are a few possible explainations for the lack of medieval threaded in patterns published today:
*Medieval people really prefered other techniques
*Pretty bands were more likely to be treasured and preserved, and other techniques are prettier
*bands containing gold were likely to be preserved eg brocaded bands (also the gold lasts longer)
*bands made from cheap fabrics like wool and linnen are more likely to rot (not be preserved), and threaded in patterns being simple would be likely to be made from these
*after preservation in a bog, these bands have a uniform brown colour. It's hard to tell what the original colour was, and boring brown bands are less likely to be displayed and published by museums, so these bands are hidden in a museum basement somewhere and we don't know about them

Talk:Candle

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Does anyone have a reference for the red, green & black candle claim? [[User:Morgant|Morgant]] 10:42 23 Jul 2003 (EST)

Tiff:
Searching for that (something I read on email somewhere second hand - based on illustrations of coloured candles, which I think I saw some of the pictures of , but can't locate it again.<sigh>), I found a recepie for a yellow candle coloured with Turmerick on stefan's floregium: (about halfway down - search for Turmerick. Yes I see it's from 1609.)
http://www.florilegium.org/files/HOME/candles-msg.html

Since having nice pure (whiter) beeswax candles rather than (smelly yellower) tallow candles was a mark of your wealth, probably off-white beeswax candles were the fashion most of the time.