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Talk:Parsons farewell

2006-12-19T13:22:02Z

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--notes for conrad:--
trickiest bits of the reconstruction danced at krae glas dec meeting (to best of my memory)

---last verses:---
very important to know what happens next as otherwise will not complete hay. (but then that's true of most hay's isnt it?)

*1-4 turn partner full circle with x hand
*5-6 men step forwards so they have just passed other man by x shoulder (this is the line along which the subsequent hay occurs
*7-12? single hay (ie pass everyone else once) ending up in opposite person's place. better if no hands used.
*13?-16? turn partner full circle with x hand

*this ends with each in their opposite's place

*repeat with women doing as for the men, opposite hands used

*this ends with each back in their own original place.

[[User:Tiff|Tiff]]

Parsons farewell

2006-12-19T13:21:49Z

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Talk:Bliaut

2006-06-07T08:10:27Z

202.173.158.162: linguist help please!

How does one pronoounce this word? Thanks

Blee-ow
Or somethign similar. It'll depend where you are if that pronounciation guide actually works in your native accent, but it should at least be close. (Don't worry, you'll hear lots of variants). Cian as our resident linguist pedant (and one who has the same accent as me), can you render this into the article in a form that should be accent proof?[[User:202.173.158.162|202.173.158.162]]

Cartography

2006-05-03T03:10:43Z

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[[Image:Newe worlde 1572.png|thumb|right|A map of the "Newe Worlde" from 1572]]

There are a few things that held back '''cartography''' in [[period]] most of which were only a problem on large scales (people could produce good maps of a town or the local area but not of an entire continent). Large scale [[maps]] of what was known of the world were not often seen and the belief that the world was flat didn't help much.

==Maps of the World==

===The T-O Map===

The most common form of map in the [[Middle Ages]] was the '''T-O Map''', so called because the maps looked like an "O" with a "T" inside, partititioning the map into the three continents.

The map was ''oriented'' such that the east appeared on top, with [[Asia]] representing half the land mass. [[Europe]] appeared on the bottom left, and [[Africa]] the bottom right. In a eclesiatically important point, [[Jerusalem]] was situated in the centre of the map. Of the three lines partitioning the continents, the Mediterranean separated Europe from Africa, the Nile separated Africa from Asia, and the river Don (which in fact has its source south of Moscow) separates Europe from Asia.

===The Ptolemaic Maps===

One of the few advantages of the [[sacking of Constantinople]] was that the fleeing educated classes brought with them valuable books, which were then disseminated throughout Europe.

The book '''Geography''' by Ptolemy was one such book, and it was to become one of the most popular books of the [[15th Century]]. In this book Ptolemy gives scientific evidence for a spherical Earth, gives a calculation for its size, and contains maps based on these theories. In the end though, Ptolemy's calculation for the size of the earth is too small, which is why [[Christopher Columbus]] thought he was in [[India]] when he was in the Carribean.

==external links:==
*[http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=COMP-11&I=5&M=imageseule&Y=ImagesFixes 12th Century French map of Britain] and [http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=COMP-11&M=notice&Y=ImagesFixes manuscript information] for it.
*12thC Irish schematic map. [http://www.isos.dias.ie/english/index.html] Click "next" "next" "National Library of Ireland", "MS 700", and scroll along to f48r.
*1587 Map showing the great southern land [[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2099]]

Sawse madame (recipe)

2006-03-17T06:25:42Z

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Sawse madame (recipe)

2006-03-17T06:24:30Z

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Cartography

2005-12-13T13:52:34Z

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Recommendation

2005-08-26T04:37:35Z

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===SCA Recommendations===
People in the SCA often love to get [[award]]s. People love to give awards. What people often forget is that the people handing out the awards aren't omniscient - if you think that someone is deserving of recognition, you need to let the appropriate person know.

When recommending an individual for an award to the local Baron/Baroness, Prince/Princess or King/Queen, you should include the following:

# Both their [[SCA name]] and [[mundane]] name. (if they are fairly new, this is a great chance to find out how they would like to be called).
# State why you think the person deserves recognition - it might be work, achievement or [[service]]. Try to be specific - places, times and [[event]]s help.
# Suggest an appropriate [[award]]. (If you don't know the names of the awards, please still send your recomendation)

[[Category:Awards]][[Category:SCA]]

Game

2005-07-26T04:36:47Z

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The SCA is essentially a game, although many people tend to forget this. The SCA is all about having fun, [[dress]]ing up, [[fighting|beating up your friends]], [[feast|eating unhealthy food]], making forts and [[castle]]s... just like you did when you were 6 years old. Sure, you're all adults, and the game is a little more advanced and now involves a whole bunch of legalities, but.. it's still just a game.

You can also play medieval games in the SCA. There are
*[[board game]]s
*[[card game]]s
*[[dice game]]s
*[[drinking game]]s
*[[outdoor games]]
*[[medieval sport]]s
*[[medieval childrens game]]s

==References==
*[[The Compleat Gamester]] by Charles Cotton 1674

===External Links===

* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/game.htm Atlantia's games links]
[[category:games]]

User talk:Simoncursitor

2005-06-23T07:44:04Z

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Hello and welcome to Cunnan,

Good work on what you've been working on so far, we normally start by encouraging new users to make edits but you've beaten us to it. Feel free to edit [[User:Simoncursitor|your user page]] to tell us about yourself and link to any other websites you're involved in.

One small tip: you can sign your user-name on talk pages by typing <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> for something like "[[User:Tobin|Tobin]]" or by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> for "[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 09:04, 7 Oct 2004 (EST)".

[[User:Tobin|Tobin]]
===Kingdom of Alvia===
Since you added it to [[Other re-enactment sites]], could you explain what exactly Alvia is coz the homepage confuses me. Is it a fictional kingdom played within [[Far Isles]] or is it a breakaway group from Far Isles? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]

:Alvia as such never existed, and, in due course, will come off here. It was "invented" as a Far Isles plot device. I offered to flesh it out, did so, and found that the people who'd started it had forgotten saying I could, and thought someone had run with the idea and founded it. However, the FI have stuck with it and (for those who don't know the *truth*) I don't want to spoil the illusion that it might be Out There Somewhere. It's here short-term simply for that reason (and because I built the p*gg*ng web-site and I'm proud(-ish) of it. Thank you for bothering to look at it. It will also die eventually, but I have three more heraldic devices to put on, and several Guilds yet to do. Not to mention possibly the Return of Wicked!Alix and her Dupe-Princess!Ysabeau.
:--[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 18:42, 4 Nov 2004 (EST)
<hr>
Some really beautiful writing about english monachs. thankyou[[User:Tiff|Tiff]] 08:22, 5 Jan 2005 (CST)

"post-racialist Uk PoV"? Your additions are good and in-depth, so what is a "post-racialist"? Are you meaning a modern Brit having a Roman PoV in the timeline of the "post-Roman Empire"? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]
No, merely writing as someone whose ancestors were probably at least indirectly responsible for the annihilation of African civilization. We will certainly have benefited from it, given that without it there would be no British Empire, just a muddy island occasionally conquered by the [[France|French]].

==User Status==

You have just been upgraded to sysop level. As you did not ask for this you will be relieved to know that this status comes with no obligations. It does however allow you to do a number of things such as edit the Main Page, and block spammers. To block spammers go to the Recent Changes page, where the block option will come up for any user that has not logged in (ie, they are an IP address). If they have logged in, you can block them by going to Special pages, scrolling to the bottom, clicking on Block User and typing in their name.

There are a couple of other minor things you can do, including protecting pages, but there is only one page where it was felt that was necessary, so it's not a commonly used power.

If you have any further questions, just put them up here. In part this is our way of saying both that we trust you, and we appreciate your efforts on the wiki. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 08:54, 27 May 2005 (CDT)

*Thank you -- I will endeavour to live up to the high standards you have set. I hope you don't mind if I exercise this, later this week, by just slotting in the Scottish kings onto the Main Page, so that I can get to them quicker, for edits. May I say that Cunnan has fast become one of my favourite sites to visit and to contribute to, because of the peaceful and scholarly atmosphere -- something which I sometimes miss in Real Life, let alone on the World Wide Weirdness.
--[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 04:40, 30 May 2005 (CDT)

==the mango issue==
In solidarity with your decision to delete the spurious mango page, I have researched and written a little blurb about the period relevance of [[mango]]s. --[[User:Elyas|Elyas]] 17:05, 14 Jun 2005 (CDT)

Thank you. I'm pleased everything has "worked out". --[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 02:06, 15 Jun 2005 (CDT)

==England==

I have edited the [[England]] page with a view to creating links useful to those with English personae. With this in mind I have attempted to create pages for distinct eras, e.g. [[Anglo-Saxon England]]. I am not totally happy with the way that I have grouped the eras (I think an ''Angevin England'' page might be a good idea), but my English history is not good enough for me to do this with any confidence. Could you take a look at it for me and group the eras into what you think is useful from a cultural point of view?

not my question, but I'm not convinced by your middle eras. I guess i think more in terms of archeology than history. 1066 is a clear change, but changes such as gaining anjevin kings didn't really change the overall society.
*perhaps: Roman England/brittain, Anglo saxon england, anglo-norman england, medieval england
Weather medeival england starts in 1155 or sometime later, is a bit to argue.
[[User:202.173.158.162|202.173.158.162]]

User talk:Simoncursitor

2005-06-23T07:43:11Z

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Hello and welcome to Cunnan,

Good work on what you've been working on so far, we normally start by encouraging new users to make edits but you've beaten us to it. Feel free to edit [[User:Simoncursitor|your user page]] to tell us about yourself and link to any other websites you're involved in.

One small tip: you can sign your user-name on talk pages by typing <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> for something like "[[User:Tobin|Tobin]]" or by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> for "[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 09:04, 7 Oct 2004 (EST)".

[[User:Tobin|Tobin]]
===Kingdom of Alvia===
Since you added it to [[Other re-enactment sites]], could you explain what exactly Alvia is coz the homepage confuses me. Is it a fictional kingdom played within [[Far Isles]] or is it a breakaway group from Far Isles? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]

:Alvia as such never existed, and, in due course, will come off here. It was "invented" as a Far Isles plot device. I offered to flesh it out, did so, and found that the people who'd started it had forgotten saying I could, and thought someone had run with the idea and founded it. However, the FI have stuck with it and (for those who don't know the *truth*) I don't want to spoil the illusion that it might be Out There Somewhere. It's here short-term simply for that reason (and because I built the p*gg*ng web-site and I'm proud(-ish) of it. Thank you for bothering to look at it. It will also die eventually, but I have three more heraldic devices to put on, and several Guilds yet to do. Not to mention possibly the Return of Wicked!Alix and her Dupe-Princess!Ysabeau.
:--[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 18:42, 4 Nov 2004 (EST)
<hr>
Some really beautiful writing about english monachs. thankyou[[User:Tiff|Tiff]] 08:22, 5 Jan 2005 (CST)

"post-racialist Uk PoV"? Your additions are good and in-depth, so what is a "post-racialist"? Are you meaning a modern Brit having a Roman PoV in the timeline of the "post-Roman Empire"? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]
No, merely writing as someone whose ancestors were probably at least indirectly responsible for the annihilation of African civilization. We will certainly have benefited from it, given that without it there would be no British Empire, just a muddy island occasionally conquered by the [[France|French]].

==User Status==

You have just been upgraded to sysop level. As you did not ask for this you will be relieved to know that this status comes with no obligations. It does however allow you to do a number of things such as edit the Main Page, and block spammers. To block spammers go to the Recent Changes page, where the block option will come up for any user that has not logged in (ie, they are an IP address). If they have logged in, you can block them by going to Special pages, scrolling to the bottom, clicking on Block User and typing in their name.

There are a couple of other minor things you can do, including protecting pages, but there is only one page where it was felt that was necessary, so it's not a commonly used power.

If you have any further questions, just put them up here. In part this is our way of saying both that we trust you, and we appreciate your efforts on the wiki. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 08:54, 27 May 2005 (CDT)

*Thank you -- I will endeavour to live up to the high standards you have set. I hope you don't mind if I exercise this, later this week, by just slotting in the Scottish kings onto the Main Page, so that I can get to them quicker, for edits. May I say that Cunnan has fast become one of my favourite sites to visit and to contribute to, because of the peaceful and scholarly atmosphere -- something which I sometimes miss in Real Life, let alone on the World Wide Weirdness.
--[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 04:40, 30 May 2005 (CDT)

==the mango issue==
In solidarity with your decision to delete the spurious mango page, I have researched and written a little blurb about the period relevance of [[mango]]s. --[[User:Elyas|Elyas]] 17:05, 14 Jun 2005 (CDT)

Thank you. I'm pleased everything has "worked out". --[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 02:06, 15 Jun 2005 (CDT)

==England==

I have edited the [[England]] page with a view to creating links useful to those with English personae. With this in mind I have attempted to create pages for distinct eras, e.g. [[Anglo-Saxon England]]. I am not totally happy with the way that I have grouped the eras (I think an ''Angevin England'' page might be a good idea), but my English history is not good enough for me to do this with any confidence. Could you take a look at it for me and group the eras into what you think is useful from a cultural point of view?

I'm not convinced by your middle eras. I guess i think more in terms of archeology than history. 1066 is a clear change, but changes such as gaining anjevin kings didn't really change the overall society.
*perhaps: Roman England/brittain, Anglo saxon england, anglo-norman england, medieval england
Weather medeival england starts in 1155 or sometime later, is a bit to argue.

Anglo-Saxon England

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The [[Anglo Saxon]] period of [[England]] lasted roughly from the [[5th century]] until the defeat of [[Harold Godwinson]] in 1066.

==History==

At the beginning of the [[6th century]] England was populated by Brythonic [[Celt]]s and a migrant population of [[Angle]]s, [[Saxon]]s and [[Dane]]s. These groups gradually encroached, supported by further immigration from mainland Europe, displacing the British population. With the remnants of Celtic power pushed to the west in [[Wales]], [[Cumbria]] and [[Cornwall]], numerous [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms began to emerge. The seven most powerful, known as the [[Heptarchy]], were successively united by war, until in 829 [[Egbert]] was named King of all England.

==Language==

''Main article: [[Old English]]''

The Old-English language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons was a West Germanic language, related to Old Frisian and Old-Saxon.

==Names==

''Main article: [[Old English Names]]''

* [[Old English alternate titles]]

==Arts and Sciences==

===Music and poetry===

''Main article: [[Anglo-Saxon Poetry]]''

Very little is known about Anglo Saxon music, as only a small amount was ever written down. Several instruments are known about, some through archaeological digs.

Anglo-Saxon poetry was alliterative.

===Fibre arts===

* [[Anglo-Saxon embroidery]]

===Clothing===

''Main article: [[Anglo-Saxon clothing]]''

Lochac colleges

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===Active Colleges===
*[[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 Augustine]] - University of New South Wales "http://www.sca.org.au/st_augustine/"
*[[College of St Basil the Great]] - University of Western Australia
*[[College of Blessed Herman the Cripple]] - Adelaide University "http://www.sca.org.au/blessed_herman/"
*[[College of St Crispin]] - University of Newcastle "http://www.sca.org.au/st_crispin/"
*[[College of St Gildas the Wise]] - University of Tasmania "http://www.sca.org.au/st_gildas/"
*[[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 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 & Jude]] - Started at the University of Canberra (ACT), but didn't really get going.

===Colleges betwen statuses===
Colleges with less than 5 members, but who are actively trying to recruit more members seldom recieve official status (in some cases they may be called incipient), but may be found in a low key way on campus. Such colleges currently include:

*[[College of St Bartholomew]] - University of Melbourne (proposed) and actively running events under the supervison of [[stormhold]] until it can recruit one more sca member.

===Historical Colleges===
Historical colleges include those who have been replaced by another active college, or have been closed for another reason.

*[[College of All Saints]] was closed.
*Amesbury changed its name to [[College of St Augustine]].
*[[College of St Julian the Hospitaller]] - active at University of Newcastle, replaced by [[College of St Crispin]].

====see also====
*[[Inter-College_War]]

[[category:colleges (SCA)]]

Turkey

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Large gamebird, of two species, both native to America . A cousin to the grouse, partridge and pheasant and the quail.

Good to eat, especially roasted, with stuffing. As are the grouse, partridge and pheasant and the quail.

The turkey was brought to europe in the early to mid [[16th Century]], and spread rapidly (possibly as a novelty) amoungst the nobility under names such as 'indian chicken'. Prior to the 16th Century, turkey was definately not available in Europe, and should be considered a [[non-period food]] for any feasts themed earlier than the [[16th Century]]. Serving [[gamebird]] that are seldom served today, but well known to medeival palletes (eg grouse, peacock) at feasts, may better replicate the atmosphere of a [[16th Century]] nobleman being served turkey at a feast. There is little evidence of turkey spreading to the lower classes during the [[16th Century]].

External sources:
*http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/turkeys-msg.html