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Tincture

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Messe

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Rote

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Carolingian Empire

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The term '''Carolingian Empire''' is sometimes used to refer to the realm of the [[Franks]] under the dynasty of the Carolingians.

When used, the term emphasizes the coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor in 800, although this did not actually constitute a new empire because both Charles as well as his ancestors had been rulers of the Frankish realm earlier. Because of this, most historians prefer to use the term "Frankish kingdoms" or "Frankish realm" to refer to the area covering parts of today's [[Germany]] and [[France]] from the [[5th century|5th]] to the [[9th century]].

Carolingian

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#REDIRECT [[Carolingian Empire]]

Coriander

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'''Coriander''' is a [[herb]] that can be found in many [[recipes]].

Main Page

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Welcome to [[Cunnan]], a [[Wiki]] collecting information for re-enactors of the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]] with a heavy slant towards members of the [[SCA]].

[[Cunnan]] is the largest [[SCA]] wiki in the world and anyone can edit our articles. You should '''be bold in updating pages!''' Articles can only be improved if people are contributing new information and improving old information. So add research information, how-to pages, event information and anything else you can think of.



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'''July 11''': </td>
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Most of Cunnan's regular users will be away for the next few days at [[Inter-College War]] so there may not be many updates.</td>
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'''[[Groups]]''': [[College|Colleges]] - [[Kingdoms]] - [[Guilds]] - [[Households]]<br><br>
'''[[People]]''': [[Knight|Knights]] - [[King]]s - [[Queen]]s - [[Officer]]s - [[Autocrat]]s - [[Feastocrat]]s - [[Peer]]s ([[Laurel]]s, [[Pelican]]s)<br><br>
'''[[Arts]] and [[Sciences]]''': [[Cooking]] ([[recipes]]) - [[Weaving]] - [[Brewing]] - [[Embroidery]] - [[Singing]] - [[Illumination]] - [[Construction]] - [[Chainmaille]] - [[Astronomy]] - [[Alchemy]] - [[Horticulture]]<br><br>
'''[[Combat]] and [[Chivalry]]''': [[Rules of the list]] - [[Archery]] - [[Sword]]s - [[Tournament]]s - [[Weapons]] - [[Armour]]<br><br>
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Forme of Cury

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Coffyn

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Cunnan:RDF feeds

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Cunnan has one RDF feed for [[Special:Recentchanges]]. The RDF file can be found at http://sca.org.au/cunnan/recent.phtml

feel free to use this RSS feed on any sites.

Cunnan:Help

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=== About Cunnan ===
*[[Cunnan:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers!]]
*[[Cunnan:FAQ|Frequently asked questions]]

=== How do I do that? ===
* [[Cunnan:How to explore Cunnan|How to explore Cunnan]].
* [[Cunnan:Searching|How to search for an article]].
* [[Cunnan:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]].
* Experiment with editing articles in the [[cunnan:Sandbox|Cunnan sandbox]].
* [[Cunnan:How to start a page|How to start a new page]].
* [[Cunnan:Talk page|How to use talk pages]], which are used to discuss how to improve articles.
* [[Cunnan:Recent Changes|How to use the ''Recent Changes'' page]]
* [[Cunnan:How to rename (move) a page|How to rename (move) a page]].
* [[Cunnan:How to use redirect pages|How to use redirect pages]].


=== Information and resources for contributors ===
* [[Cunnan:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines for contributors]].
* [[Cunnan:Manual of Style|Manual of style]]


=== Getting in touch ===
* [[Cunnan:Village pump|Village pump]]. A forum to ask questions not answered in the [[Cunnan:FAQ|FAQs]] or [[Cunnan:Help|help pages]].


=== Cunnan software and database ===
* [[Cunnan:Software|About the software]].
* [[Cunnan:RDF feeds|RDF feeds]]

Pouch

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A small bag used to store items such as your [[authorisation card]], [[gold]], [[keys]] or [[food]] (for when you get bored during [[court]]). Pouches come in many different designs and can be made from a diverse range of materials: [[leather]], [[fabric]]s (such as [[brocade]], [[wool]], [[grass]]es (woven). You can carry them or hang them from your [[belt]].

[[Concealed pouch]]es may also be hidden in a woman's skirts.

Fabric [[sunglasses]] cases or any other drawstring bag, often work as a pouch untill you make/obtain a more period pouch.

Cunnan:FAQ

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If you need help take a look at the [[Cunnan:Help]] page.

'''Who owns this site?'''<br>
Depending on your point of view the site is owned either by ''everyone'' or by ''no-one''. Technically, the site is maintained by the [[College of St Monica]] and is served from the http://www.sca.org.au server but its content has been editied by many people from many groups. No one person or organisation can claim ownership of an given article on Cunnan.

'''I found errors in an article, who do I contact?'''<br>
Nobody! You can try to correct the article yourself by going back to it and clicking on the "edit this page" link. You might want to read about [[Cunnan:How does one edit a page|editing]] before you do so. If you think someone else should do the fixing then you should leave a note on the [[Cunnan:Village pump|Village pump]].

'''Whats to stop vandals from destroying the site?'''<br>
Several things. The comunity can watch for vandals and revert any changes they make, admins can block vandals from making edits and any changes a vandal made can be quickly removed with a single mouse click (by an Admin).

Officer

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Officers are the people that keep groups going (from a administration point of view anyway). Officers are the primary link between groups in the SCA and [[mundane]] authorities.

Groups may have some or all of the following officers:
*[[Seneschal]]
*[[Reeve]]
*[[Chronicler]]
*[[Arts and Sciences Officer]]
*[[Marshal]]
*[[Chirugeon]]
*[[List Keeper]]
*[[Constable]]
*[[Hospitaller]]
*[[Herald]]

Cunnan:Software

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Cunnan is running wiki software known as PediaWiki. The software was originally designed for use by the [[Wikipedia]].

For more info on PediaWiki you should take a look at http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net

The code is available free of charge under the General Public License.

Main Page

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Welcome to [[Cunnan]], a [[Wiki]] collecting information for re-enactors of the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]].

Anyone can edit our articles, even this one, and [[Cunnan]] wants you to '''be bold in updating pages!''' Articles can only be improved if people are contributing new information or improving old information. So get started now and add research information, how-to pages, event information and anything else you can think of. [[Cunnan]] is geared towards the [[Society for Creative Anachronism]] but you're welcome to add information from/for other [[medieval]] [[re-enactment]] groups.

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'''[[Events]]''': [[War]]s - [[Feasting]] - [[Dancing]]<br><br>
'''[[Groups]]''': [[College|Colleges]] - [[Kingdoms]] - [[Guilds]]<br><br>
'''[[People]]''': [[Knight|Knights]] - [[King]]s - [[Queen]]s - [[Officer]]s<br><br>
'''[[Arts]] and [[Sciences]]''': [[Cooking]] - [[Weaving]] - [[Brewing]]<br><br>
'''[[Combat]] and [[Chivalry]]''': [[Rules of the list]] - [[Archery]] - [[Sword]]s<br><br>
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[[cunnan:Policies and guidelines|Policy]] - [[Cunnan:Copyrights|Copyrights]] - [[Cunnan:How does one edit a page|How to edit]] - [[Cunnan:public domain resources|Public domain]] - [[Cunnan:Requested articles|Requested articles]] and [[Cunnan:Requested pictures|images]]
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[[Cunnan:Help|Help page]] -
[[Cunnan:Announcements|Announcements]] -
[[Cunnan:FAQ|FAQ]] -
[[Cunnan:Village pump|Village pump]] -
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Recipes

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== Medieval recipes ==

=== Basic stuff ===
*[[cream (recipe)|cream]]
*[[butter (recipe)|butter]]
*[[herb butter (recipe)|herb butter]]
*[[spice butter (recipe)|spice butter]]
*[[almond milk (recipe)|almond milk]]

=== Meats & Mains ===
* [[Coleslaw (recipe)|Coleslaw]]
* [[Lamb fritters (recipe)|Lamb fritters]]
* [[Makerouns (recipe)|Makerouns]] - medieval macaroni cheese!! :D
* [[Mushroom and Cheese pastries (recipe)|Mushroom and Cheese pastries]]
* [[Pies of Parys (recipe)|Pies of Parys]] - Mincemeat Pie
* [[Cornish pasties (recipe)|Cornish pasties]]
* [[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]]

=== Sweets and Desserts ===
* [[Gingerbread (recipe)|Gingerbread]] - medieval gingerbread, using ginger and bread.
* [[Apple and Orange tart (recipe)|Apple and Orange tart]]
* [[Pear tart (recipe)|Pear tart]]
* [[Aebleskiver (recipe)|Aebleskiver]]
* [[Baked Apples (recipe)|Baked Apples]] (with beer)
* [[Raisin and Fig cream (recipe)|Raisin and Fig cream]] - it doesn't get any more SCA than this recipe! ''*cringe*''
* [[Subtelties (recipe)|Subtelties]]

== 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

Cunnan talk:Most common Cunnan faux pas

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How do i add a "book source" to the "book sources" page... i got my lucet book from a Lochac merchant who has a store IRL and she sells tons of great craft books of interest to SCAdians... anyway i thought it might be worth a minor plug on Cunnan... Also I reckon the links should probably say what kind of books the stores sell... places like Amazon may be "everything" but others might be specialist (eg this one).

As another point - you mention we shouldn't put "who wrote this?" questions etc onto an article... i agree, but htinkt here shoudl be place for this stuff - is that place the associated Talk page/ If so we should put that into the "Common Faux Pas" page - [[User:Taryn|Taryn]] 12:20 25 Jun 2003 (EST)

:The book sources page is not changeable from within the wiki. I can add sources but it means editing the wiki software (if you can give me the exact URL style needed to find a book by ISBN number at the site I'll do it).

:The "who wrote this"? type comments belong on the talk pages, anything that isn't part of an article belongs there (I think this is the best way to do it) - [[User:Tobin|Tobin]]

Hmmm... i don't think you can order from the website (they've wisely decided they can't guarantee security) and so you have to email them or whatever with what you want. However you can see their booklist online... is this ok? Have a olok if you like:

http://www.coloniallakebooks.com.au

Also...

a) "special" pages don't seem to have a talk page (which is why my question, below, is going here) - is there a way to add a ilnk to an "about this page" - even if it just links to the approriate help page?

b) on the "recent changes" page, what to the capital N and M stand for?

Just curious :) - [[User:Taryn|Taryn]] 16:32 25 Jun 2003 (EST)

: a) Special pages dont have talk pages becase they are not, really, part of the wiki. They are the frontends to certail database functions. This is another one of those things that might need to be fixed with a bit of source code editing.

: b) The N stands for New and the M for minor edit. - [[User:210.49.191.96|210.49.191.96]]

Cunnan:Village pump

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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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'''Please add your coments under what is here now (unless someone has a better system :)'''
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== Announcements ==
* The new wiki server has now gone live.
* Not all the Village pump articles were moved accross from the old server (as they were no longer relevant)

== Topics ==
* ''No topics yet.''

Cunnan:Village pump

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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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'''Please add your coments under what is here now (unless someone has a better system :)'''
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== Announcements ==
* The new wiki server has now gone live.
* Not all the Village pump articles were moved accross from the old server (as they were no longer relevant)

== Topics ==
* ''No topics yet.''

Western dance

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Mostly only later [[period]] [[dance]]s can by recreated, since we have instructions for them.(although the instructions are abbout as clear as period [[recepie]]s - certain things are assumed to be known by everyone).

There are pictures are talk of dancing in earlier times, but we don't have any more than an vauge idea how these dances went, so we can't recreate them.

Some good links: del's dance book - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/

Heraldry

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<div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:Herald.png]]</div>
== Topics ==
=== Devices ===
*[[Device/What Makes A Good Device]] (according to [[herald]]s)
*[[Regalia]]
*[[Insignia]]
*[[Charges]]
**[[Heraldic beast]]s
*[[Colours]]

=== Names ===
*[[Old English Names]]
*[[Norse Names]]
*[[Old German Names]]

=== Links ===
*"http://www.s-gabriel.org/"

Ptolemy

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'''Ptolemy''' was a [[greek]] [[astronomy|astronomer]]. His view of the solar system remained the popular view for more than a thousand years.

'''See also:'''
* [[Astronomy]]

Hydra

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A '''hydra''' is a [[dragon]] with seven heads. This is one of the creatures in [[Greek]] mythology that [[Hercules]] defeated. Many people have a hydra as part of their [[device]] and it is seen often in [[medieval]] [[heraldry]].

Hydra is also the largest of the modern [[constellation]]s and was among the 48 listed by [[Ptolemy]]

Poison

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There are a huge number of things which can be considerred '''poisons'''.

Many poisons are non-fatal in small doses, and it is possible to form an imunnity to many through prolonged exposure. Poisons are one of the many tools used by [[assasin]]s.

Poisons are also often used in [[medieval]] [[drama]], [[Shakespeare]]'s plays feature many deaths by poison.

Wyvern

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A two-legged [[dragon]] with wings and, if you listen to people who play Dungeons and Dragons, a [[poison]] tail. Another mythical creature that is similar to the wyvern is the [[cockatrice]].

Many people have a wyvern as part of a [[device]] and it was seen fairly often in [[medieval]] [[heraldry]].

West Kingdom

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#REDIRECT [[Kingdom of the West]]

Dying

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The art of '''dying''' is probably almost as old as that of [[weaving]]. Simple dying techniques include washing fabric along with some colouring agent or [[dyestuff]] into the fabric. More advanced dying method often involve colouring [[thread]]s before they are woven.

The materials required for various colours were, in some cases, very expensive or complicated. This lead to a vast difference between the colours that peasantry could afford compared to nobility. This of course led to people trying to obtain certain colours as a way of demonstrating their wealth.

See: period [[dye colours]]

Talk:Kingdom of the West

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Hmmm, I think this should be [[Kingdom of the West]] (seems simpler) and that the other Kingdoms page titles should match this format. If there are no objectiobs I'll change these tomorrow and make the current shorter names into redirects. - [[User:210.49.191.96|210.49.191.96]]

Astronomy

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Stars (and planets) make consistent patterns. Their positions can be used to determine [[time]], date, etc. They were more signifcant during [[period]] as no one had yet come up with an explanation that explained all of the heavenly bodies motions (although several theories such as [[Ptomley's theory of the movement of the spheres]] and the Copernican explanation were suggested). Also the absence of strong artificial light after dark meant that the display of stars was much more interesting than we currently see (from within a [[city]] at any rate)

If you prefer the later Copernican explanation, then it's worth looking at the appendix in [[Leonard Digges]]' called "General Prognostication".

It should also be noted that [[astrology]] is at the heart of [[medicine]] in period, and was quite influential for a lot of important, well educated people (e.g [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] - see [[Summa Contra Gentiles]]. There are rumours that [[Erasmus]] also occasionally consulted an astrologer).

Ask [[Rudolf von Der Drau]] about his [[astrolabe]]!

''See also:''
* [[Science]]
* [[astrology]]