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An SCA Nerd

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Stuff about my nerdy adventures in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in the Kingdom of Atlantia, and other medieval and Scadian related things. Atlantian | Man-at-Arms | Combat Archer | Sword & Shield | Goldsmith | Landsknecht Lover | Your SCA Mom | she/her

rating actual medieval names i have found as a medieval studies student but they get progressively more unhinged:

  • William de Appeltrefeld: 8/10 bc appeltrefeld sounds like a nice place to live. who wouldnt want to live in a field full of apple trees? points deducted cause there are like fifty bajillion williams in england
  • Luke de Luka, merchant of Luca: 6/10. ur parents really werent creative huh
  • Hugh de Wlonkeslowe: 7/10. looks like a straight person trying to keyboard smash. *laughs in english place names*
  • Roger Smert: 10/10 absolute banger of a name. does it make any sense? absolutely not! but you guys. i dont think you understand. smert!!
  • John de la Bro: 7/10. when ur such a bro that its literally ur name and 800 years in the future its all people know of u
  • Hugh Sad: 7/10. weve all been there buddy
  • Gaylarde de la Mote: 10/10. slay. i bet this guys mote was the gayest mote youve ever seen
  • Hugh de la Penne: 9/10. we stan a pasta man
  • Bindo Hug: 8/10. who is this man a hobbit???
  • Eudo la Zusche: 6/10. deadass sounds like something youd see in a really bad fantasy novel
  • William crisp: 7/10. w h a t.
  • Asser son of Licoriz: 7/10 there is so much going on here i dont even know what to tell you
  • Baldwin Panik: 10/10 cause this is a heckin mood
  • Richard Cok, aka Dick Cok: 69/10. nice.
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there should be plushies of the strange but endearing creatures that live in medieval texts margins

Genuinely can't believe this don't exist in a world when you can buy a plush staphyloccocus virus.

I want these:

As promised, a post about my new project!

This one is again a kirtle, which I am modelling after the one seen in the picture above. the painting is from the Schottenaltar in Vienna, painted around 1470, which is the exact time and place I am aiming to recreate.

The differences to my other ones can be summed up as:

  • wide, unlined sleeves that can be rolled up
  • higher neckline
  • hooks instead of lacing (which makes it quicker to put on)

I also aim to have this finished before 19/07, it is now the 21/06 (glædelig midsommer!) . so i habe less than a month, wish me luck

As always I started out with the pattern

using my standard kirtle pattern as a guide, i made changes to the armhole and the neckline, and drafted a new, wider sleeve (this will need a lot of fitting when i put it in)

Then I cut out the main fabric

then i basted all the seam lines, and then cut out the lining from an old linne shirt from my dad

i basted the lining to the top fabric and then pinned the pieces together to try it on

it fits! now to the sewing :) this was all done in one evening, so i am quite optimistic to be done in time!

This Day in History: Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United Sates. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

I was away on a mission trip this week and (predictibly) got on the subject of the SCA. This was aided by one of our young adult leaders on our work site who I have brought along to events. Anyway. I now have a small army of himbo high school freshman and sophomores who have their mom's permissions to go with me to an event sometime.

learning to spin on a drop spindle: a beginner’s lengthy yet comprehensive guide

I put this monograph together for a friend, but many other people wanted to read it as well, so here it is !

Fig A: Parts of a Drop Spindle. (image source. notes are mine. Click for higher res !). Apologies in advance for the lack of image descriptions–for the most part I use images because I can’t figure out how to describe the thing in words, so describing the images is kinda the whole issue. If anyone wanted to write them for me I’d add them to the original post in a heartbeat !

How to Get Started Drafting and Spinning

So, you have your fiber and your spindle–now what ?

Yes!

Yes!!

Yes!!!

Thank you!!!!

June 12th 1429 saw an army led by Joan of Arc defeat the English at the Battle of Jargeau.

I've posted about Joan of Arc and indeed the 100 year war before, the Scots were heavily involved with both the Maid of Orléans and the long conflict between France and England.

Joan had helped lift the Siege of Orléans the previous month, where Scots are known to have been present, Jargeau was a small town on the southern bank of the Loire river in central France, about ten miles east of Orléans., this was Joan's first offensive action during her short life.

While I can find no evidence that there were Scots at the battle, I would be surprised that there would have been none, they would however have been ordinary foot soldiers , certainly there were no Knights.

So what's the point of the post? Well just another wee connection with Scotland had with Jeanne d’Arc, as she is known in her native France, the banner she carried into battle was painted by a Scot called Hamish Power or Hauves Poulvoir as the French knew him. Joan asked Hamish to paint her her standard and pennon, to her designs, Power has been described as a displaced Scot, living in Tours.

The standard was 3 feet wide and 12 feet long. The image was a field of golden lilies with an image of "the King of Heaven seated upon a rainbow, and holding in one hand the world in the form of a globe, the other being raised in a gesture of benediction. Before Him, to right and to left, were the kneeling figures of Michael and Gabriel, each presenting to Him a fleur-de-lys. Joan's motto "Jhesus-Maria was written in letters of gold on this rough material. " on the reverse was " an escutcheon: a field of azure charged with a silver dove holding in its beak a streamer with the words "De par le Roy di Ciel." The standard was the "fluttering sign" to which her army could rally when dispersed in confusion of battle.

The Pennon depicted the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary receiving from the Archangel Gabriel a double lily, which was the twofold symbol of France and of chastity. It was carried by one of her squires to mark her position in the field.

Joan spoke about the banners at her trial, testifying that it had been created by the command of God and that she was given instructions about the design by Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret who told her to take it and bear it boldly.

When Joan and the dauphin rode to the Reims Cathedral for the coronation on July 17, 1429, she rode with a Scots Guard of 60 men.

She later stated that she preferred to carry her banner into battle so that she would not have to kill anyone. "I loved my banner forty times better than my sword. And when I went against my enemy, I carried my banner myself, lest I kill any. I have never killed anyone."

Joan carried her banner at the coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral of Reims and was later questioned at her trial about having it there to which she responded: "It had borne the burden; it was quite right that it receive the honour."

You can find more about the remarkable lady that Joan of Arc was at this great site below, the klink takes you to part of her testimony when she was found guilty of witchcraft and heresy by pro-English bishop Pierre Cauchon, who sentenced her to be burnt at the stake. She died on 30th May 1431 aged just 19.

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My bestie and I have decided that, after the antics at Ruby Joust, Daisy and Tipi are now members of House de Rath, and Earl Robert owes them a belt. Have we discussed this with my Knight at all? Of course not. We’ll tell him later. In the mean time, they need belts.

In our Household, we have Earl Rbert’s device painted on the ends of our belts that are given to use when we join. Tipi’s wouldn’t be a problem, but Daisy’s collars are too narrow to support embroidering a device onto it. So my thought is a black collar (like a household belt) with a belt favor (a bandana) of his device.

And then the next event they go to (most likely this fall when it’s not too hot for the little old ladies), we tell him he has two new Household members to welcome. It’ll be great.

No one tell him.

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Updated Idea:

Bandannas that say, "DogHouse De Rath" with the device and put them on black collars.

My bestie and I have decided that, after the antics at Ruby Joust, Daisy and Tipi are now members of House de Rath, and Earl Robert owes them a belt. Have we discussed this with my Knight at all? Of course not. We'll tell him later. In the mean time, they need belts.

In our Household, we have Earl Rbert's device painted on the ends of our belts that are given to use when we join. Tipi's wouldn't be a problem, but Daisy's collars are too narrow to support embroidering a device onto it. So my thought is a black collar (like a household belt) with a belt favor (a bandana) of his device.

And then the next event they go to (most likely this fall when it's not too hot for the little old ladies), we tell him he has two new Household members to welcome. It'll be great.

No one tell him.