https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Freydis 2026-06-16T02:35:22Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Cryptography&diff=8581 2005-02-05T11:20:12Z

<p>Freydis: Added</p> <hr /> <div></div>

Freydis https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=File:Nomen_sm.jpg&diff=24784 2005-02-05T11:17:48Z

<p>Freydis: Nomenclature of Mary, Queen of Scots</p> <hr /> <div>Nomenclature of Mary, Queen of Scots</div>

Freydis https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=File:Mary_code.jpg&diff=24783 2005-02-05T11:13:57Z

<p>Freydis: Coded message by Mary, Queen of Scots</p> <hr /> <div>Coded message by Mary, Queen of Scots</div>

Freydis https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Sciences&diff=11489 2005-02-05T11:08:36Z

<p>Freydis: /* Some period Sciences */</p> <hr /> <div>== Some period Sciences ==<br /> * [[Astronomy]]<br /> * [[Horticulture]]<br /> * [[Medicine]]s<br /> * [[Alchemy]]<br /> * [[Cryptography]]</div>

Freydis https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Alchemy&diff=11726 2005-02-05T11:06:10Z

<p>Freydis: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Alchemy''' was a pseudoscience of [[medieval]] times, probably influenced by the [[Egypt]]ians and the [[Greek Philosophy]] of [[Democritus]].<br /> <br /> It is based on the idea that the world is composed of the four elements [[fire]], air, water and earth. These elements are considered to be contained in all things, the most common example being wood which &quot;obviously&quot; contained earth (which was why it was hard) and water (sap when squeezed out) and air (smoke when lit) and fire (you could light it). It was a nice little theory...<br /> <br /> The basic idea of the atom as the &quot;smallest unit of divisibility&quot; was also formed during this time - though this truly bears little relation to the present-day concept of the atom (which is merely named after the Democritian concept). Atoms were considered to be tiny, perfect spheres and made up of one of the four above-mentioned elements... like I said, a nice little theory and a lot more advanced than the infinite-turtles style of science that was around previously.<br /> <br /> One of the concepts was that, because [[lead]] and [[gold]] (the perfect metal) were from the earth element, earth could therefore be turned into lead and gold using an &quot;appropriate catalyst&quot; known as the [[Philosophers stone|Philosopher's Stone]]. This was a magical substance which could turn water into [[wine]], heal the sick, and as mentioned, turn really boring lumps of metal into gold and [[silver]]. Most of it though was just processes like mixing [[copper]] with [[arsenic]] to give it a silver finish, or a philosophical trick by which the alchemist's [[apprentice]], through years of hard work and training, was turned from lead (i.e. an ignorant klutz) into gold (i.e. an alchemically educated klutz). :)<br /> <br /> The quest to turn lead into gold was also a spiritual one, as it represented the change of an impure substance into a pure substance - the equivalent of returning Man from his current state of sin to a state of Grace last known before the Fall.<br /> <br /> Despite never discovering the Philosopher's Stone, alchemists did come up with a number of interesting reactions and the knowledge gathered eventually led to the foundations of modern [[chemistry]].<br /> <br /> Alchemy also gave rise to concept of the [[panacea]], the &quot;[[medicine]]&quot; to cure all illnesses - also never found, but a search for it led to an interesting number of ways to [[poison]] oneself (mercury, silver and lead poisoning being numbered under the chief ways that alchemists died).</div>

Freydis https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Ptolemy&diff=8583 2005-02-05T11:00:35Z

<p>Freydis: Major extension explaining Ptolemy&#039;s cosmological model</p> <hr /> <div></div>

Freydis https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=The_Three_Musketeers&diff=8579 2005-02-05T10:56:09Z

<p>Freydis: </p> <hr /> <div>A book by Alexandre Dumas, but more importantly the first of trilogy of films starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay and Charlton Heston. These films are amongst the favourites of many SCA fencers. <br /> <br /> Other popular films include ''The Princess Bride'' and ''The Prisoner of Zenda''</div>

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