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[[Image:Astrolabe.png|150px|right|A period drawing of an astrolabe]]
[[Image:ostgardrsm.jpg|150px|right|A period drawing of an astrolabe]]


'''Astrolabe''': The [[astrolabe]] is an ancient [[astronomy|astronomical]] calculator for determining time and the positions of the [[Sun]] and stars. There are several types of astrolabe including the planispheric astrolabe, on which the celestial sphere is projected onto the plane of the equator. Astrolabes were typicaly made from [[brass]] with a diameter of around 15cm. <small> ... [[astrolabe|[more]]]</small>
'''Crown Province of &Oslash;stgar&eth;r''' : The Crown Province of [[&Oslash;stgar&eth;r]] encompasses the 5 boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island) as well as Nassau County and Westchester and Putnam counties. It is the original core of the [[East Kingdom]], forming when a number of [[SCA]] people moved east around 1968 and settled in New York. <small> ... [[Ostgardr|[more]]]</small>
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'''Heraldic jargon: ''': [[Image:Per Pale.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Heraldic jargon: ''': [[Image:chief.JPG|right|150px]]
In [[heraldry]], '''[[per pale]]''' means divided into two equal parts by a vertical line.
In [[heraldry]], '''chief''' refers both to the topmost position of the shield and the [[ordinary]] that takes that position.


'''Dance:''' [[Petit vriens]]
'''Dance:''' [[Horses Branle]]


'''Fibre arts:''' [[lucet]]
'''Fibre arts:''' [[Braiding technique]]


'''Recipe:''' [[bursews (recipe)|Bursews]]
'''Recipe:''' [[Drawen benes (recipe)|Drawen benes]]


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A period drawing of an astrolabe

Crown Province of Østgarðr : The Crown Province of Østgarðr encompasses the 5 boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island) as well as Nassau County and Westchester and Putnam counties. It is the original core of the East Kingdom, forming when a number of SCA people moved east around 1968 and settled in New York. ... [more]

Heraldic jargon: :
Chief.JPG

In heraldry, chief refers both to the topmost position of the shield and the ordinary that takes that position.

Dance: Horses Branle

Fibre arts: Braiding technique

Recipe: Drawen benes

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