https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Valera&feedformat=atomCunnan - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:50:05ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.3https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Tapestry&diff=40916Tapestry2010-10-20T14:36:29Z<p>Valera: /* External Links */</p>
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<div>[[image:The Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestry 1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|One of the tapestries in ''The Hunt of the Unicorn'' series , 1495-1505.]]<br />
A '''tapestry''' is a [[woven]] rug-like item used to adorn walls. Tapestries can range greatly in size and complexity. Traveling [[nobility]] often carried tapestries with them from place to place since they were an easily transportable way to quickly and dramatically alter the look and feel of an entire room.<br />
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The tradition of tapestry [[weaving]] is said to have originated from humble and practical beginnings: the need to keep an interior space warm during the winters. Hanging rugs or wall coverings acted as removable insulation to protect inhabitants of a home from the cold [[stone]] or [[brick]] walls. In the warm months, the wall hangings could be removed. A once practical [[art]] evolved into the luxurious art of tapestry weaving.<br />
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In [[period]], many tapestry designs were drawn up by [[artist]]s (mainly [[painter]]s) of the time and then executed by the tapestry weavers.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=635 Atlantian A&S Links: Tapestry]<br />
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<div>'''Wales''' occupies an area bordered by [[England]] to the East and the Irish Sea to the West.<br />
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==History==<br />
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During the so-called [[Dark Ages]] Wales was a collection of feuding [[kingdom]]s or [[principality|principalities]], dominated by [[Gwynedd]] in the North-West, Powys in the East which bordered with [[Mercia]], Dyfed in the South-West and Deheubarth in the South.<br />
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After the [[Norman conquest|Norman invasion]], the [[Norman]] English began to make inroads into Wales, creating [[Welsh Marches|marcher lordship]]s. Eventually a powerful Welsh state developed under the [[prince]]s of Gwynedd, which was ultimately destroyed by [[Edward I]].<br />
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Welsh nationalism was not entirely crushed, and the nationalist figure of<br />
[[Owain Glyn Dwr]] stands large in the [[15th century]]. In spite of a<br />
Welsh family, the [[Tudor]]s, gaining control of the English [[throne]], the<br />
integration of Wales as a principality under England only grew stronger.<br />
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==Literature==<br />
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* [[The Mabinogion]]<br />
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==The SCA in Wales==<br />
The '''Welsh''' [[SCA]] [[groups]] are part of [[Insulae Draconis]] within the [[Kingdom of Drachenwald]].<br />
* [[Shire of Mynydd Gwyn]] - all Wales and a bit of England<br />
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<div>The '''Palatine Barony of the Far West''' is an [[SCA]] [[branch]] in the [[Kingdom of the West]], being part of [[the Marches]]. Its branches are mainly in [[Japan]] and [[Korea]].<br />
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== Groups ==<br />
*[[Stronghold of Battle Rock]] - Okinawa, [[Japan]]<br />
*[[Stonghold of Eternal Winds]] - Misawa, Japan<br />
*[[Fortaleza de Islas de las Velas Latinas]] - Guam, [[Tinnian]]<br />
*[[Stonghold Vale de Draco]] - Tokyo, Atsugi, Zama, & the surrounding area, Japan<br />
*[[Stronghold of Warrior`s Gate]] - [[Korea]]<br />
* proposed [[Canton of the Golden Plains]], Bangkok, [[Thailand]]<br />
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== External sites ==<br />
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http://www.farwestbarony.com - Baronial web page<br />
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Also see [http://www.superiorpapers.com/ research paper]</div>Valera