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Coffee Wine

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== Ingredients ==
* � lb freshly ground [[coffee]]
* 2� lbs dark brown [[sugar]]
* 1� tsp citric acid
* � tsp tannin
* 7� pts water
* 1 tsp yeast nutrient
* Sauterne [[wine]] yeast

== Method ==
Pour water in pot and put on to boil.
Stir in sugar until dissolved.
When sugar is completely dissolved, stir coffee into water and wait until it boils.
Remove from heat, cover and allow to cool.
In a sanitized secondary vessal, combine citric acid, tannin and yeast nutrient.
Strain coffee through double layer of muslin into secondary, discarding the grounds.
Add activated yeast and cover mouth of secondary with napkin held in place with rubber band.
When fermentation is vigorous, fit airlock.
Rack three times, 60 days apart, topping up and refitting airlock each time.
If desired dry, rack into bottles.
If desired sweet or semi-sweet, stabilize, sweeten to taste, wait 10 days, and rack into bottles.

[Recipe adapted from Leo Zanelli's ''Home Winemaking from A to Z'']
[[category:brewing]]

12th Century Games

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Old [[French]] [[literature]] mentions the [[game]]s [[chess]], and to a lesser extent [[tables]] as very typical [[knight]]ly pursuits. Noble ladies also might play these games.

[[Guingamor]] is spending a day at home being indisposed. He seeks out a companion and:
"After chatting a while, they went
to a game table (tablier) to amuse themselves" where they play chess (l'eschequier)
Later he approaches a [[castle]] where people have been "playing at backgammon or chess" ("As tables, as esch�s jouant" line 518, trans weingartner)

==Game Boards==
Game boards were usually much larger than modern boards. Boards were a square piece of wood, probably approximately 1m square, which was supported by a pair of trestle legs.(Holmes 1952, 43) Players would sit in chairs or benches at the board and might knock the board over if suddenly surprised.

==Chess==
[[12th Century]] [[Chess]] is not so dissimilar from modern chess that the game would be unrecocognised. A few rules differ however.....
*The queen moved one square on the diagonal.
*The bishop moved exactly two squares on the diagonal.
*The pawn moved as in modern chess, except did not have a double move opening, and only promoted to a queen (which was a week piece).
*Removing all of the oponents pieces except the king, called a 'bare king', was a victory.
*There was no castling (combined move of the king and rook). (Alfonso)
*It was often played with dice used to select which pieces were allowed to move.

==Tables==
[[Tables]] is one a group of games which are predecessors to the modern game backgammon. This version is played on a board with [[dice]]. (Holmes 1952, p43)

==Other games==
*[[Draughts]] - similar to modern checkers (Holmes 1952 p43)

==Internal Links==
* [[Game]]s
* [[12th Century Life]]

== External Links ==
* [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ566 Isle of Lewis Chessmen]

[[Category:12th century]]
[[Category:games]]

Lochac colleges

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===Active Colleges===
*[[College of Blessed Herman the Cripple]] - Adelaide University "http://www.sca.org.au/blessed_herman/"
*[[College of St Aldhelm]] - Australian National University (and sometimes seen to also cover secondary institutions and the University of Canberra) "http://www.sca.org.au/st_aldhelm/"
*[[College of St Basil the Great]] - University of Western Australia
*[[College of St Columba]] - University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ
*[[College of St Crispin]] - University of Newcastle "http://www.sca.org.au/st_crispin/"
*[[College of St Dionysus]] - University of Auckland "http://stdionysius.sca.org.nz"
*[[College of St Gildas the Wise]] - University of Tasmania "http://www.sca.org.au/st_gildas/"
*[[College of St Kessog]] - University of Otago "http://kessog.sca.org.nz/"
*[[College of St Malachy]] - University of Wollongong "http://www.sca.org.au/st_malachy/"
*[[College of St Monica]] - Monash University "http://www.sca.org.au/st_monica/"
*[[College of St Ursula]] - University of Sydney "http://www.sca.org.au/st_ursula/"

===Dormant Colleges===
Due to fluctuating membership, colleges sometimes become [[dormant]]. Colleges have different membership requirements to other groups, and are never placed into [[abeyance]] due to a dip in membership numbers. Lochac colleges in this category include:

*[[College of St Augustine]] - University of New South Wales "http://www.sca.org.au/st_augustine/"
*[[College of St Cecilia]] - La Trobe University - replaced after a few years by a non-sca medieval recreation group.
*[[College of St Christina the Astonishing]] - Flinders University (SA) (proposed)
*[[College of St Ignatius]] - Charles Sturt University, Bathurst (NSW)
*[[College of Mimir's Pool]] - Murdoch University (WA)
*[[College of St Odo the Good]] - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Proposed)
*[[College of Reannag Fhara]] - University of Canterbury (NZ)
*[[College of St Swithin]] - Swinburne University (Proposed)
*[[College of Sts Simon

College of St Malachy

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Founded in 1997, the '''College of St Malachy''' is the [[SCA]] [[groups|branch]] based at the [[University of Wollongong]]. It is found within the borders of the [[Shire of Colles Ardorum]], [[Kingdom of Lochac]]. It also hosts the annual Flametree Ball alongside the Shire of Colles Ardorum, which is a highly successful

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Alfonso X

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Known as ''El Sabio'' (the wise), '''Alfonso X''' was the king of [[Castile]] and [[L�on]] from 1252 - 1284.

He is best known for sheltering [[troubadour]]s during the [[Albigensian Crusade]], and collating two valuable treatises, the [[Cantigas de Santa Maria]] and the [[Libro de los juegos]].

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