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Bay tree

2007-01-30T07:37:58Z

203.214.15.120: botanical nomenclature -- first 'name' capitalised.

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

The '''Bay tree''' which provides the culinary leaf is ''Laurus nobilis''. Also known as the laurel, the leaves have traditionally been used in a [[laurel wreath|wreath]] to crown those of great achievement. It is from this tradition that the [[SCA]] takes the idea of the [[Order of the Laurel]] from.

Bay leaves nicely flavour [[soup]]s and particularly [[stew]]s. Their nice glossy green colour when fresh makes them a nice garnish. They work well dried, and even better when fresh. Bay leaves are easily dried - just tie a twig of leaves to a hook in your [[kitchen]] roof- and last a long time dried.

'''Did you know:'''
* Bay trees can be easily shaped as young plants into [[topiary|topiaries]], and can be happily kept in pots for many years as such.
* Bay leaves consumed in sufficient (i.e. LARGE) quantities can have psychoactive effects. Do some reading into Greek prophetesses living in houses thatched with bay leaves and chewing bay leaves all day - they had visions.

The oil obtained from the berries of the bay tree was also used for a variety of uses, including perfume.

''see also'':
* other [[herbs]]
*[[Laurel (Askham)|Laurel according to ''Askham's Herbal'']]

[[Category:Herbs]]

Talk:SCAism

2007-01-28T01:03:14Z

203.214.15.120: About the use of the word 'garb'

Cunnan:Village pump

2007-01-27T11:08:48Z

203.214.15.120: /* Spam flood */ bad link on Captcha

In [[Medieval]] [[village]]s people would gather at the '''Village Pump''' to discuss those items that were important to their lives. On [[Cunnan]] the Village Pump serves a similar purpose: Giving users a place to meet and discuss current events, policy and content.
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== Announcements ==
* Some of the old Village pump articles have been moved to save space:
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2003)|Moved during 2003]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2004)|Moved during 2004]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2005)|Moved during 2005]]
** [[Cunnan:Old Village pump discussions (moved 2006)|Moved during 2006]]

== Topics ==

=== Spam flood ===
As anyone who looked at [[Special:Recentchanges]] today probably noticed Cunnan was the target of a group of spam bots who touched a large number of pages. The domain the bots were spamming has now been added to the antispam filter.

I've been through all the touched pages and have edited and saved the most recent useable version of each. Unfortunately, the spam bots unwittingly hit a bug in the software which means that the the page revisions before each of their edits have most probably been corrupted. If anyone feels like spending an hour helping to cleanup then they should go through my edits for the day and check that the page revision I restored each article to was optimal (i.e. the second most recent revision in most cases).

Cunnan's software has been upgraded so that the database corruption wont occur again even if the spam bots return.
[[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 23:35, 8 Oct 2005 (CDT)

* Hmm, it just happened again. I believe I have got rid of the spam, but it was done using multiple "machines" so it wasn't worth my time blocking everyone. Also some pages were hit multiple times. Rollback only works for the last action on the page, including rollbacks, so some of the fixes had to be edits. Nasty! I understand Tobin's problems the first time. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:53, 22 Oct 2005 (CDT)
** Three cheers for Cian! Thanks for doing the dirty work Cian, the fact that you and Tobin have done this is much appreciated. Given that this is the second time this has happened maybe it's time that we adopted a policy of only allowing editing for people who have logged in. It's not a foolproof defence I know, and it makes us feel less welcoming, but it would save a lot of aggravation. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 20:55, 22 Oct 2005 (CDT)
*** The most nasty wiki spam bots use a mixture of accounts and anonymous edits (the attack today and the first major attack are both examples of this). Forcing people to register only inconveniences humans. I've updated the anti spam filter to include the <nowiki><div></nowiki> id that the recent spam attacks have all included. Hopefully this will catch future attacks from this bot. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 04:57, 5 Nov 2005 (CST)
*** The two attacks I have "cleaned up" today all targetted the same files but the second one created blank pages. I wonder if they were doing so for a purpose? I blocked the repeating URLs which sometimes actually used a username. [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 19:40, 11 Dec 2005 (CST)
**** I've added some things from today's spam flood to the anti spam filter. If things stop working someone should tell me. -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 05:51, 12 Dec 2005 (CST)

*FYI the [[France]] page is currently showing up as uneditable due to the spam filter --[[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 02:41, 8 Dec 2005 (CST)
** I know, I'll remove ''that site'' from the anti spam filter when I've got time to do a general cleanup -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 05:51, 12 Dec 2005 (CST)

*I'm getting sick of not being able to properly use the word special-ist (without the hyphen) because it includes cial-is (without the hyphen). I seem to use the word (and it's relatives) quite a bit. Is there any way we can still exclude the pharaceutical (because that trick is working nicely thankyou), but allow certain words that contain it? special-ist special-ism, special-ists, special-istic etc. [[User:Tiff|Tiff]]
** Oops, my bad. I'll change the anti spam filter to require a non-letter character on either side for a match. Should happen after I'm back from work today. Have people noticed any other false positives? -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:15, 12 Jan 2006 (CST)
*** Should be fixed now. The new rule for c*alis is '''<nowiki>[^A-Za-z]c*alis[^A-Za-z]</nowiki>''' (with the * replaced by the appropriate letter of course). -- [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 01:43, 13 Jan 2006 (CST)

* I was unable to add a link to the Bordescros website hosted by www . freewebs . com / bordescros because of the spam filter. Can this be made an exception please.--[[User:MasterWill|MasterWill]] 06:49, 16 Mar 2006 (CST)
** I've removed freewebs from the spam filter. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 00:15, 24 Mar 2006 (CST)

* Not quite a flood this time, but the same pages have been attacked by the same sort of spam from various different "users". Is there anyway we can combat that sort of spam (other than the manual power of moderator's fingers) ? I have been banning the users for 2 weeks, but it really is pointless if they just come back with a new "name" the next day. Is it possible to prevent people/bots using usernames that are in the format of URLs (eg. 218.53.104.2)? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 08:49, 23 Jun 2006 (EST)

* I've just enabled two things that should help reduce the amount of spam we're getting. The first is proxy blocking using [http://www.au.sorbs.net/ SORBS]. This may catch a few legitimate users but that's unlikely (and if it does, well, they shouldn't be accessing the internet via an open proxy anyway). The second is [[wikipedia:Captcha|Captcha]]s for any edit which adds a URL to a page or changes an existing URL. For the time being the captchas are simple maths problems, e.g. "38 - 6 =" or "12 + 0 =". I'm going to e-mail [[User:Del|Del]] about the possibility of having the software required for image captchas installed on chiara (Cunnan's server). There may still be a few spammers which get through but this will stop the stupider bots and most non-humans. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 19:39, 22 July 2006 (EST)
** Just a minor thing about Captcha; when you come to the maths problem, and there's a link that should point to some information about why it's there/what it is, the link is broken. I think this is because it's supposed to be linking to the wikipedia article, but instead it's linking to cunnan?
- [[User:Asfridhr|Asfridhr, who has been too lazy to log in.]]

===Protected Pages===

*I have just protected a couple of pages that have been repeatedly hiit by a spambot. These pages are [[woman]] and [[convent]]. I will try to remember to remove the protection once that particular spambot has given up. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:22, 25 Jun 2006 (EST)

===Branle Dance Broken===

I've found that the page for the Branle dance is broken, both from searching for it and from the link for the dance page.

:[[branle]] looks fine to me. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:17, 25 Jun 2006 (EST)

I have tried it again and it's still not working. Specifically, I'm getting this error:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last
attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff:_doquery". MySQL returned error "1062: Duplicate entry
'cunnan:messages:Currentevents' for key 1 (localhost)".

I am using Mozilla Firefox, the latest version (if that might make a difference).

*I can't interpret the technical stuff (I'll leave that to others, who i hope will log in soon), but it's working fine for me too, on a recent version of firefox. Maybe this is a timing issue - [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] and I are in the same timezone, and may be logging in a quieter time of day than you useage-wise. Have you checked 10 minutes, or even an hour later? We've had occasional errors related to server overuse.[[User:Tiff|Tiff]] 19:15, 27 Jun 2006 (EST)

=== Software Upgrade ===
Cunnan has been upgrade to version 1.6.8 of the Mediawiki software. If anything appears broken or acts weirdly mention it here so that someone can look at it. It's worth noting that there have been major changes to the database including conversion to UTF-8 encoding. This should have worked but some special characters may be messed up. You can help Cunnan by fixing them as you find them. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 19:12, 12 July 2006 (EST)

:All the unusual characters are out. I know that you've changed a couple of the AE ligatures on AEthelmearc, but there are lots of other characters such as the Forme of Cury recipes, and the Exeter Book riddles. I seem to recall last time this happened you were able to do a fix without editing every single item. Any chance of doing that again? [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:46, 12 July 2006 (EST)
::No, sadly, the newer version of the software requires the database to be in UTF-8. I'm at a loss as to why the conversion didn't work. I'm going to have another look at it in the morning but I'm not sure if it can be easily fixed. If it can't be then will just have to bite the bullet and fix problem pages manually. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 23:21, 12 July 2006 (EST)
:::Congrats on the upgrade! I hope you'll now be able to implement some of the extensions that help to address the wikispam issues. At mine, we ended up simply having to force a confirmed email address before editing, which unfortunately meant no anon edit at all, but since they only account for 1% of our contributions (besides spam) we went ahead with the plan. As far as you UTF-8 issue, I think it either has to do with PHP or with going from an early 1.4 version all the way to 1.6 in a single jump. I'm also working on the rest of the kingdom devices and their populace badges where I can. --[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 11:11, 13 July 2006 (EST)
: Why don't we just change them all to the accented letters etc to the &; forms, e.g. Æ and è They are charset independent. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 16:34, 13 July 2006 (EST)

=== Navigation links ===
The links in the sidebar to [[Current events]] and [[Cunnan:Site support]] aren't used for much at present. Does anyone have a suggestion for something they might be replaced with? I might send Del an e-mail asking if collecting donations to go towards the cost of hosting is possible. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:49, 13 July 2006 (EST)

=== weird characters ===
Hiya after a long time. I noticed on two pages, I was getting something weird - black diamonds with question marks in them. I believe in both cases they took the place of special charchters, like an e with an accent mark on top of it. I am using Firefox. [[User:Sabine|Sabine]] 06:19, 28 July 2006 (EST)
:Known problem. The database should have been converted to UTF-8 during the most recent upgrade but something went wrong. I haven't had time to try and fix it yet. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 11:41, 28 July 2006 (EST)

=== Content police :^) ===
I believe that one of the [[Cunnan:What isn't Cunnan|policies]] for [[Cunnan]] is that it is not to be used by groups as an archive that their own webpages/newsgroups can't manage. Therefore I am watching the pages for [[Bloodstone Keep Origins Ch 1]] and [[Bloodstone Keep Origins Ch 2]]. If too many of these sort of pages occur, we might have to make a policy edict about them. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:46, 10 August 2006 (EST)
:As they currently read the Bloodstone pages are OK, in my opinion. As long as they are only documenting events that have happened I don't think it's an issue. Planning events or using Cunnan as a genreal archive would be out though. The articles should probably be merged under a better title though. - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]] 13:48, 14 August 2006 (EST)
:I'm not sure about these articles. They don't strike me as conforming to either the style or the content standards we should have in place here. I respectfully suggest that "Bloodstone Keep Origins" should more appropriately be an off-site webpage with links from the [[Bloodstone Keep]] article. [[User:Paul Matisz|Paul Matisz]] 09:57. 21 August 2006 (EST).
::As far as style goes, I agree with you. It is my own personal bias, but I think that Cunnan should aim for neutral point of view, non-personal accounts. I personally think that this level of content is great. I would love to see this much detail on every SCA group. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 23:29, 19 October 2006 (EST)

===Page of the Month===
You know, I think we could do with a new pages of the month.--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 14:30, 7 October 2006 (EST)
:I agree, but what one?--[[User:ThorgrimrGunnarrsson|Thorgrimr of Dragonsspine]] 23:41, 7 October 2006 (EST)

:You can always add new proposed pages to [[Cunnan:Page of the Month]] (see bottom section). As to editting the actual [[Main Page]], it just needs us mods to get to action since we are the only ones who can change it. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]]

Sorry I haven't been updating it. I promise that if nobody else does anything I'll get to it for November. In the meantime, like Cian says, please put any good pages you see (or write) on the [[Cunnan:Page of the Month]] page. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 23:23, 19 October 2006 (EST)

===How Do I ... ?===
"create" a Category ?
We have a number of "wanted" ones, which could probably do with some attention, especially as the "wanted" ones show up on the list of "categories" without a hint that they are, in fact, inchoate ?? -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 19:10, 16 October 2006 (EST)
: I don't quite follow you, but I'll try and answer your query. If you edit the category to give it a possible description, then it will be able to show you what articles have been placed in that category. If that description is no longer accurate once you see the category's members, then either change the description or change what is in the category.
:If you want to start a brand new category, just put [[[[:category:NEWCATEGORYNAME]]]] somewhere on a page that is a suitable member for the new category. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 11:35, 17 October 2006 (EST)
:: Fine, so it's just a matter of ''describing'' the category. Good, can do that. Thanks, Cian. -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]]

===Proposed genocide===
Arising out of the above (and an attempt to do some categorising of my own work (thanks, [[User: Cian]] and others for your help in times past -- as you know them better than I, please continue) I have noticed that we have a goodly number of categories with only 1 article in them, and I was proposing to carry out a cull, especially targeting those where the category and the article are, effectivly, the same thing. Given that what I do, a more experienced admin can reverse, does anyone want to stop me before I start, or shall I hack away (discreetly) and allow restoration as wiser heads see fit ? -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 22:05, 20 October 2006 (EST)
: Not everything needs to be in a category. Personally, I think that there are too many, and some pages should not be in a super- and a sub-category , e.g. [[:category:people (medieval)]] and [[:category:monarchs (medieval)]]. So you have my secular blessing if it makes you comfortable. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 17:10, 23 October 2006 (EST)
::I disagree on the category/sub-category thing. If I am looking for weapons for example, I would like to have the opportunity to narrow it to pole weapons, or archery for example, should I wish. Sub-categories provide opportunities for finding articles more readily and also to include more inclusive article groupings.--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 09:47, 27 October 2006 (EST)
:::I meant that [[William the Conqueror]] should be in [[:category:monarchs (medieval)]] but not also in [[:category:people (medieval)]], which the monarchs category is also a sub-category of. - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 09:55, 27 October 2006 (EST)
::::If someone is browsing for people in the 11th century, but fails to find the monarchs category they will miss an important part of the people of the medieval era if they are grouped separately. Classification begins a the top and branches down in an inclusive, nor exclusive manner.eg genus/species, IMHO.--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 09:59, 27 October 2006 (EST)
:::::Well, I've started the process anyway, and will csrry it through as best I can. -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]]
::New one... [[:category:cooking|category:cooking]] and [[:category:food|category:food]], which one should be a subcategory of the other? Does it matter? Should they both be each other's subcategory? What about [[:category:recipes|category:recipes]]? - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 11:35, 22 November 2006 (EST)
:::I believe that cooking should be a subcategory of food (as not all food needs to be cooked but cooking always involves food), and recipes should be a subcategory of cooking.--[[User:User 144|User 144]] 16:44, 22 November 2006 (EST)
ON an allied topic, I note that the category "people - modern" includes both mudane and SCA identities. Is it worth opening a category: "people -- personae" to distinguish ? Or is that too much faff ? -- [[User:Simoncursitor|Simoncursitor]] 00:49, 30 November 2006 (EST)

== Query ==
Excuse me, I think I'm in someone else's discussion, but don't know how to do ANYTHING. I want to know how to ASK A QUESTION. I got to "Cunnan" [I want to know what it means, too.] because I wanted to find out why the names of SCA people are often preceded by "THL" but I can't find an explanation for what it stands for. I also wanted to find out about "the Enchanted Ground". And actually, I want to know if there is a correct procedure for posing a question when the search button brings no results. I'm sure interrupting somebody's discussion is not the way. If anyone reads this, I'd be very grateful to find an answer here next time I look. Thank you all. (I'm hunting for an SCA contact near me, but haven't found one yet [Barcelona]. Thank you again.
: This is as good a place to ask queries like that as any other place. I will try to direct you to the appropriate pages:
* [[THL]] is an abbreviation for "The Honourable [[Lord]]" or "The Honourable [[Lady]]". It means that the individual has received a [[grant of arms]] from the [[King]] and [[Queen]]. Other abbreviations are also used for other [[award]]s, and some describe it as [[alphabet soup]].
* [[Enchanted Ground]] is an area at an [[SCA]] [[event]], (normally a [[camping event]]) that is formally or informally reserved for [[period]] encampments. This means that the [[tent]]s, [[cooking]] facilities and general appearance of the [[Enchanted Ground]] is more [[medieval]] than a standard campsite. This term may be rather specific to the SCA in [[Australia]] and it actually started as the name of the campsite of a certain [[household]] ([[House Unnamed]]) at the [[Rowany Festival]].
**I don't believe that is correct. Rather, [[Enchanted Ground]] was the brainchild of [[Duke]] [[Cariadoc of the Bow]] and first appeared, I think, at the [[Twentieth Year Celebration]]. He had proposed the idea, if the reference I found is correct, in TI #63, Summer of 1982. [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 02:24, 14 November 2006 (EST)
* Spain is part of the [[SCA]] [[Kingdom of Drachenwald]]. I don't know if we have an existing [[branch]] in [[Barcelona]].
**Check the Drachenvald website - http://www.drachenwald.sca.org/Regnum/ - it appears that all of Spain is a single Shire, Alcazar de Brioga [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 02:45, 14 November 2006 (EST)
* For the meaning, click on [[Cunnan]].
: Hope that all helps - [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 11:54, 13 November 2006 (EST)
Thank you all - I'm the original uneducated enquirer. I think you have all answered everything. Except I haven't found anybody in Barcelona, yet. (I speak Catalan, but not Castilian, and I'm not very interested in the Spanish-speaking middle ages... I'd rather use my French or even struggle with Latin. So I'm hunting for some Catalan anachronists.) Thanks. Sorry to be anonymous, but I'm not anybody, yet.

== Proper adjectives and proper nouns==
Okay, this is a linguist talking. The word "[[French]]" has a multitude of meanings and ways in which it is in the [[English]] [[language]]. As a noun it refers to a [[language]] and a group of people (a nationality). As an adjective, it refers to things associated with the group of people or the country [[France]] or the language, e.g. a French castle, the French language, his French wife, a French verb. That is how things work in the English language for the word "French".

Up til now, [[Cunnan]] has restricted the page [[French]] to only be for the [[language]]. I have made sure that any links for the people etc have always been [France|French]. Likewise was done for [England|English], [Germany|German] etc. The article with the proper adjective is only for the language.

[[User:AlexandreDavigne| AlexandreDavigne]] has started adding a disambiguation section to [[English]] and [[French]]. This does not sit well with me. I feel that it doesn't need a disambiguation section. It doesn't need a disambiguation anything. If you want to know about the Germans, you go to [[Germany]]. If you want to know about the French, you got to [[France]]. If you want to know about specific French, you go to [[Frank]] or [[Gaul]] etc.

I thought it would be best to ask the rest of you before I undid Alexandre's otherwise fine work. If you have disambiguations for one proper noun/adjective, we will (for consistancies sake) have to add them to all. Do we really need such disambiguations?
- [[User:Cian|Cian Gillebhrath]] 11:12, 8 November 2006 (EST)

Given the way that English works in common usage, I'd suggest that if disambiguation is deemed unneccessary (or simply redundant), then at the very least a link to the appropriate section be included with an appropriate explanation. I can see a case to be made for either approach, but I think just leaving it unaddressed is begging for folks like me to step in and cause this kind of conversation to happen:-) [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 12:00, 8 November 2006 (EST)

:I personally dislike pages with multiple definitions. I would prefer to see an italicised headnote along the lines of ''This article refers to the French language. For other uses of the word ''French'' see [[France]] and [[kiss]]ing.'' This of course is a matter of personal preference and I am happy to go for what most people feel is better. [[User:Conrad Leviston|Conrad Leviston]] 22:55, 13 November 2006 (EST)

::That would work for me - -I just think that leaving it unaddressed is not a particularly good idea; if I (or many folk, I suspect) enter "the French" in the search box, I would expect to find an article about the French people. As I say, your solution works for me (although I don't particularly dislike mutliple definition pages. I don't really care one way or the other). [[User:AlexandreDavigne|AlexandreDavigne]] 00:14, 14 November 2006 (EST)

Laurel

2007-01-27T10:48:59Z

203.214.15.120: Had to add a little bit about the other type of laurel in period.

The symbol of the [[laurel wreath]] was traditionally given to [[scholar]]s, artists, athletes and [[soldier]]s in [[Ancient Greece]] as [[symbol]]s of excellence. This symbolism is still with us today with the word ''Baccalaureate'' or laurel-berry, as a title for people who, for example, have completed a bachelor degree at university.

''Laurus nobilis'', also known as Bay-Leaves was used in the middle ages as [[incense]] and [[cooking]]. (From [http://www.gallowglass.org/jadwiga/herbs/teen.htm Medieval Use of Herbs ]

==Laurels in the SCA==
In the [[SCA]], entry into the [[Order]] of the '''Laurel''' is awarded to those who excel in a particular area of [[Arts and Sciences]], and it's in the job description for them to pass on knowlege to others. These people also judge [[A&S]] competitions, pass on recommendations to the [[Crown]] as to who future laurels should be, and are examples of courtesy and chivalric conduct. A Laurel may take on an [[apprentice]] to train up to 'laurelhood', often in a particular field similar to their own.

Becoming a Laurel (or any type of [[peer]]) takes about 10 years of dedicated work, on average.

A Laurel is addressed with the [[title]] of Master or Mistress, and bears a symbol of the laurel wreath. Some may also wear a [[Chain of Fealty]] if they are in [[fealty]] to the [[Crown]].

==Kingdom Specific Information==
The [[Lochac]] Order of the Laurel have a web page: http://www.sca.org.au/laurels

[[Category:People]]

Loom

2007-01-27T10:19:08Z

203.214.15.120: Added some info on warp-weighted loom.

A 'loom' is a device upon which [[weaving]] is performed. This can be a very low technology solution involving only a few sticks, or may involve many dodits and whatsits that make the process of weaving semi-automated or enable greater variation in weaving types produced.

The term loom is used for a variety of forms of weaving and related activities - cloth is woven on looms, but [[narrowwares]] - narrow decorative bands - can be woven on specialist looms, and devices upon which [[sprang]] is created might also be called a loom, although 'frame' is more often used.

==Warp Weighted Loom==
The warp-weighted loom is called so, because the warp threads are attached to the top of the loom, and then weighted in order to provide tension so that the weft threads may pass easily through the warp, thereby creating a woven material. The loom itself is propped upright, against a wall for example, and weaving occurs from the top of the loom frame, to the bottom.

Heddles, which could be as simple as loops of string, were used to raise or lower alternating threads so that the weft thread could pass through the space, or 'shed' instead of labouriously threading the weft in and out of every individual warp thread. It is believed that the warp-weighted loom is depicted on Greek vases, and survived up until the 20th century in some areas in Scandinavia.

Warp Weighted Loom Sources:
[http://web.archive.org/web/20000303023523/http://home.dmv.com/~eheite/iceland/vefstadur/vefstadur.html The Warp Weighted Loom]
[http://web.archive.org/web/20050225023351/mlab.uiah.fi/Mulli/html/media/e_rekonst_video.html Demonstrations of the vertical loom] video files of how the loom is set up, and weaving occurs.

==Three Shaft Loom==

==Narrowwares Looms==
This includes techniques such as [[tabletweaving]], small scale [[rigid heddle weaving]], and inkle loom weaving (soft/string heddle).

Tabletweaving can be performed strung between any two immobile objects, leading to one very simple method of attachment called the "backstrap loom" where one end of the weaving is tied to a immobile object (eg doorknob) and the other to a belt around the weaver's waist. This method was used traditionally in Scandanavia (ie in the 19th Century, but evidence of it's use in period is scarce. One illustration from the [[Manesse Codex]] shows a woman weaving, the far end attached to a rod on the wall, and the near end is being woven from her lover's hair. The warp both passes through a freestanding rigid heddle device and has cards strung on it, which seems superfluous as either device would be suficient for weaving narrowwares. The artistic symbolic nature of weaving her lover's hair probably outweighs accuracy in this instance.

The minimum requirements for a permanent loom (one that allows the weaver to leave the weaving without arduous setting up upon return) is two posts driven into the ground. There has been some speculation about this occuring in anglo-saxon contexts.

A standard tabletweaving loom for the medieval period was a 'band loom', a freestanding frame, which supplies the two posts but with a framework enabling them to stand on a stone floor, rather than have to be driven into the ground. The only extant band loom we have fom the medieval period is the 'Oseberg loom', found in a Xth Century Scandanavian ship burial, along with a set of strung tabletweaving cards. Such looms are generally 3m long and 1 to 1.5 m tall, and several dozen manuscript depictions of such looms are known, some clearly showing tabletweaving cards, and others showing no cards, nor heddles, may have been used for other narrowwares techniques, or may simply represent lack of artist knowledge. Weaving is one of the standard poses of the virgin mary in medieval psalters.

Rarer in manuscipt depictions are unusual looms - one which might be warping boards, or might be a period inkle loom. Or a shorter (1m long) band loom with ratchets to enable moving the warp along with more ease.
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Eura Garb

2007-01-27T10:18:26Z

203.214.15.120: Updated link to photo of reconstructed dress.

The '''Eura Garb''' style came about in the 'new' [[Finland|Finnish]] [[clothing]] [[reconstruction]]s in the mid 1980's.

It became extremely popular with the publication in [[English]] of ''Ancient Finnish Costumes'' by Pirkko-Liisa Lehtosalo-Hilander in 1984, as well as archaeological reports by the same [[scholar]].

==Early Eura Reconstructions ==
Prior to the research of Lehtosalo-Hilander, there was a reconstruction from archaeological finds in the Eura parish, Osmanmaeki [[cemetery]]. This cemetery dates from the [[viking|viking age]], in the early [[11th century]] and was excavated in the late [[19th century|19th]]/ early [[20th century|20th centuries]].

The 19th century interpretations of the Eura finds were based on ethnology, and the contemporary folk costumes of [[Karelia]] at the time. In 1907, Appelgren-Kivalo published ''Finnische Trachten und der juengeren Eisenzeit'' and in turn the Osmanmaeki reconstruction became the standard for what late Iron-age Finnish women wore.

== Modern Reconstruction ==
It was not until the excavation of Luistari cemetery, that the reconstructions were questioned, when the textiles from grave 56 were analysed. Grave 56 was discovered in 1969, and contained a rather tall women who had died in the early 1000's at about 45 years of age.

Analysis of the [[textile]]s showed that they were [[wool]]len [[fabric]]s, woven in tabby or twill and [[dyeing|dyed]] different shades of [[green]] and [[blue]], all by using Indigo (''Isatis tinctoria''). [[tablet weaving|Tablet-woven]] bands were also found, dyed [[red]] which may have been achieved with [[lichen]] or [[madder]]. (Lehtosalo-Hilander, 1984: 48-9)

It was supposed that the entire outfit consisted of many parts, including:
* [[Headwear]]
* [[Jewellery]], including [[Necklace]], [[Brooch]]es, [[Bracelet]]s, [[Ring]]s etc.
* [[Knife]]
* [[Shoe]]s
* [[Mitten]]s
* [[Belt]]
* [[Apron]]
* [[Underdress]]
* [[Overdress]] which was an open-sided [[Peplos]]

For a photograph of the reconstructed gown, see [http://www.kaspaikka.fi/savonlinna/muinaispuku/sivut/eura.htm Euran Puku].

== Other Finnish Reconstructions ==
Not counting the superceeded reconstructions prior to the 1980's, the other reconstructions of [[female]] [[garb]] all share the similar style of an [[underdress]] and [[peplos]] [[overdress]]. The differences lie in the style of jewellery worn, and the use of [[bronze]] spiral [[decoration]] on the clothes (especially the [[apron]]).

== Sources ==
* Er�-Esko, Liisa et al [http://www.nba.fi/NATMUS/MUSEUM/Opetus/esiohje.htm Suomen Esihistoria] (Helsinki: Museovirasto, 1998) ISBN 951-616-034-4 (Online Edition)
* Kangasvuo, Jenny [http://cc.oulu.fi/~jek/muinaispuku.html Suomalainen muinaispuku - my�h�israutakautinen vai nykyaikainen juhlapuku?]
* Pirkko-Liisa Lehtosalo-Hilander "Ancient Finnish Costumes" (Helsinki: Finnish Archaeological Society, 1984)
* Pirkko-Liisa Lehtosalo-Hilander "Euran Puku: Ja muut muinaisvaattet" (Vammala: Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy, 2001)
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Loom

2007-01-25T23:39:11Z

203.214.15.120: sorry, just noticed more (minor) typos.

A 'loom' is a device upon which [[weaving]] is performed. This can be a very low technology solution involving only a few sticks, or may involve many dodits and whatsits that make the process of weaving semi-automated or enable greater variation in weaving types produced.

The term loom is used for a variety of forms of weaving and related activities - cloth is woven on looms, but [[narrowwares]] - narrow decorative bands - can be woven on specialist looms, and devices upon which [[sprang]] is created might also be called a loom, although 'frame' is more often used.

==Warp Weighted Loom==

==Three Shaft Loom==

==Narrowwares Looms==
This includes techniques such as [[tabletweaving]], small scale [[rigid heddle weaving]], and inkle loom weaving (soft/string heddle).

Tabletweaving can be performed strung between any two immobile objects, leading to one very simple method of attachment called the "backstrap loom" where one end of the weaving is tied to a immobile object (eg doorknob) and the other to a belt around the weaver's waist. This method was used traditionally in Scandanavia (ie in the 19th Century, but evidence of it's use in period is scarce. One illustration from the [[Manesse Codex]] shows a woman weaving, the far end attached to a rod on the wall, and the near end is being woven from her lover's hair. The warp both passes through a freestanding rigid heddle device and has cards strung on it, which seems superfluous as either device would be suficient for weaving narrowwares. The artistic symbolic nature of weaving her lover's hair probably outweighs accuracy in this instance.

The minimum requirements for a permanent loom (one that allows the weaver to leave the weaving without arduous setting up upon return) is two posts driven into the ground. There has been some speculation about this occuring in anglo-saxon contexts.

A standard tabletweaving loom for the medieval period was a 'band loom', a freestanding frame, which supplies the two posts but with a framework enabling them to stand on a stone floor, rather than have to be driven into the ground. The only extant band loom we have fom the medieval period is the 'osenberg loom', found in a XXth Century Scandanavian ship burial, along with a set of strung tabletweaving cards. Such looms are generally 3m long and 1 to 1.5 m tall, and several dozen manuscript depictions of such looms are known, some clearly showing tabletweaving cards, and others showing no cards, nor heddles, may have been used for other narrowwares techniques, or may simply represent lack of artist knowledge. Weaving is one of the standard poses of the virgin mary in medieval psalters.

Rarer in manuscipt depictions are unusual looms - one which might be warping boards, or might be a period inkle loom. Or a shorter (1m long) band loom with ratchets to enable moving the warp along with more ease.
[[category:weaving]]

Loom

2007-01-25T23:36:58Z

203.214.15.120: fixed typo

A 'loom' is a device upon which [[weaving]] is performed. This can be a very low technology solution involving only a few sticks, or may involve many dodits and whatsits that make the process of weaving semi-automated or enable greater variation in weaving types produced.

The term loom is used for a variety of forms of weaving and related activities - cloth is woven on looms, but [[narrowwares]] - narrow decorative bands - can be woven on specialist looms, and devices upon which [[sprang]] is created might also be called a loom, although 'frame' is more often used.

==Warp Weighted Loom==

==Three Shaft Loom==

==Narrowwares Looms==
This includes techniques such as [[tabletweaving]], small scale[[rigid heddle weaving]], and inkle loom weaving (soft/string heddle).

Tabletweaving can be performed strung between any two immobile objects, leading to one very simple method of attachment called the "backstrap loom" where one end of the weaving is tied to a immobile object (eg doorknob) and the other to a belt around the weaver's waist. This method was used traditionally in Scandanavia (ie in the 19th Century, but evidence of it's use in period is scarce. One illustration from the [[Manesse Codex]] shows a woman weaving, the far end attached to a rod on the wall, and the near end is being woven from her lover's hair. The warp both passes through a freestanding rigid heddle device and has cards strung on it, which seems superfluous as either device would be suficient for weaving narrowwares. The artistic symbolic nature of weaving her lover's hair probably outweighs accuracy in this instance.

The minimum requirements for a permanent loom (one that allows the weaver to leave the weaving without arduous setting up upon return) is two posts driven into the ground. There has been some speculation about this occuring in anglo-saxon contexts.

A standard tabletweaving loom for the medieval period was a 'band loom', a freestanding frame, which supplies the two posts but with a framework enabling them to stand on a stone floor, rather than have to be driven into the ground. The only extant band loom we have fom the medieval period is the 'osenberg loom', found in a XXth Century Scandanavian ship burial, along with a set of strung tabletweaving cards. Such looms are generally 3m long and 1 to 1.5 m tall, and several dozen manuscript depictions of such looms are known, some clearly showing tabletweavign cards, and others showing no cards, nor heddles, may have been used for other narrowwares techniques, or may simply represent lack of artist knowledge. Weaving is one of the standard poses of the virgin mary in medieval psalters.

Rarer in manuscipt depictions are unusual looms - one which might be warping boards, or might be a period inkle loom. Or a shorter (1m long) band loom with ratchets to enable moving the warp along with more ease.
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