Awards given
Kagemoto – Order of the Chivalry (Master)
Kyojin – Award of Arms
Daitan – Award of Arms
Other Court Business
Five people for whom this was their first event received mugs
Cut and Thrust tournament winner – Thorbjorn
Archery (Piety or Pride) – Lief of Crescent Moon
Archery (Thrown weapons) – Lief of Crescent Moon
Archery (Royal Round) – Kitsu no Taro
Presentation scene; detail of a miniature from BL Royal MS 15 E vi, f. 2v. 15th C. Public domain in the US
From the SCA Announcements mail list:
In response to requests from our membership, there is a new process for accessing the electronic newsletters!!
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At the top of the screen are the membership options.
Click the button for newsletter access on the far right.
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This is where the older issues of the electronic newsletters are maintained.
These files currently go back to March 2012 when we first introduced electronic newsletters.
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Men harvesting wheat, Queen Mary’s Psalter, circa 1310. Public domain in the US
The new President of the SCA, John Fulton (Duke John the Bearkiller), was named at the recent Board meeting.
In addition, it was announced that the Grand Council is disbanded. The official notice on the SCA.org website reads:
The Grand Council was formed in 1994; a time before email and social media. There was a need then for a committee that made sure that the membership had a way to communicate with the directors on issues of importance to the SCA. Twenty years later, members have access to the Internet and with it direct lines of communication to the directors and Corporate officers. We know we still have problems receiving input from, and transmitting information to, the membership; but we don’t think an intermediary body provides us with the solution to these problems today.
So with thanks for the long and faithful service of the Grand Council, we have decided to disband the committee and work on new methods and approaches for increasing our responsiveness to the members of the SCA.Society President John Fulton, Director Richard Sherman, and Director Andrew Coleman have been directed to investigate the creation of a new vehicle to facilitate communication between the membership and the directors that recognizes and utilizes the changes in technology, demographics and culture that have changed the way the Society conducts business in the 22 years since creation of the Grand Council.
Men harvesting wheat, Queen Mary’s Psalter, circa 1310, public domain in the US
To the fighters of Calontir, come these Greeting from His Highness, Sir Duncan Bruce of Logan regarding the upcoming War College event.
Unfortunately due to modern commitments, We will be unable to attend War College this year. However, We strongly encourage everyone who is able to go. This is one of the few opportunities for the army to practice together as a unit, and it should be taken advantage of. Please attend, and push each other to gain new skills and hone existing ones. You all performed well at Gulf Wars, but We can always get better.
We look forward to seeing all of you at Lilies War, where hopefully more practice at committing acts of violence will be had.
— HRH Logan —
Lady Lora Ann Ros of Dragon Rose passed beyond the veil the evening of April 21st. She is survived by her husband Friedrich von Blumenkamp and son Liam Drake.
The SCA found Lora Ann and Friedrich while they were vending at a Ren Faire. She was an honored member of the Barony of Lonely Tower until the family moved to Barony of Forgotten Sea a few years ago.
She enjoyed archery and bardic immensely, receiving a Golden Calon Swan for bardic and a Boga Fyrd in archery. She also enjoyed cooking and costuming, and was fiercely loyal to those she loved (and vocal!).
What she is probably most widely known for was her work with falcons. She once told the story that Friedrich woke her up one night and asked her if she realized that falconry was legal. She went back to sleep, knowing that there were birds in her future. She also worked with raptor recovery and nursed several birds back to health.
A memorial service is being planned by Lady Glenna Geis Garten, in Council Bluffs, IA, but date and other details are not available at this time. Lora Ann is being cremated in garb since she felt most of her happiest times were in the SCA.
UPDATE: The memorial for Donna Brooks (Lora Ann Ros) will be on May 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Cutler-Oneill Funeral Home located at 545 Willow Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51503. The family has requested in lieu of flowers that you can make a donation to any cancer research fund or to Raptor Recovery Nebraska (http://raptor-dev.umn.edu/about/meet-our-birds/omaha).
Editors note: Thanks to Lady Glenna Geis Garten
Lady Lora Ann Ros of Dragon Rose
April 2, A.S. 50 – Kirksville, MO
The Shire of Bellewood graciously allowed RUSH— the Royal University of Scir Havoc—to officially rebirth RUSH at their event. This turned the Kingdom Scribal and Dance Symposium into a full-blown RUSH event, with classes that included not only scribe and dancing but also a great many heraldry classes and round tables and a full track of cut and thrust classes and activities.
As this reporter was teaching scribal stuff all day, I cannot report first-hand on any of the other classes. However, RUSH Chancellor H.L. Cathus reported to me that the cut and thrust track was full all day long, and the heraldy classes were also well-attended.
On the scribal track, Mistress Jehanne Bening taught a class on how to safely use ground period pigments, which was well-attended and generated a lot of interest. A Scribes Guild meeting was hosted by Falcon Signet Mistress Elynor, as well.
The planned Ball and Grill in the park after classes had to be cancelled, due to unexpectedly cold and very windy conditions. Because We are Calontir, we adapted and overcame by holding the ball on the third floor of the site and ordering mass quantities of pizza. The musicians and dancers had great fun, as did those who chose to merely observe and dine.
Opposite this event was also Spring Spears, attended by Her Majesty, the Fyrd Retreat and Lilies Site Cleanup Day, and His Majesty’s personal birthday held in an undisclosed location. The St. Louis ComicCon also drew people in other directions. In spite of all that, attendance at Bellewood was excellent.
All in all, attendees and instructors seemed to agree the day was a great success. We are looking forward to more RUSH classes at Lilies War, followed by a RUSH event in early November 2016 in the Shire of Carlsby
Mistress Aidan Cocrinn
Greetings to All,
Below are the results of this LOAR.
The Armorial and Saker website will be updated this evening to reflect the items in this letter.
In Service,
Gunnar Thorisson
Vert Hawk Herald
* Kezia von Holzenhaus. Badge. Argent, a billet and a bordure sable.
* Layla bint `Asim. Name and device. Azure, in fess a mullet and a decrescent Or, a bordure wavy argent.
Please advise the submitter to draw deeper waves on the bordure and the primary charges larger so they fill better the available space.
* Mell MacAlpin. Badge. (Fieldless) A snail gules attired and shelled Or.
* Mell MacAlpin. Badge. Per fess embattled azure and Or, in chief three buckets inverted argent.
* Mell MacAlpin. Badge. Per pale Or and gules, two dragon’s heads couped addorsed counterchanged.
This is the submitter’s sixth piece of registered armory.
* Miranda de Logan. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Miranda is the submitter’s legal given name. We note that it is also a grey period English literary name. Recently, we ruled the following:
Miranda is the submitter’s legal given name as well as the name of a gray area literary character from Shakespeare’s Tempest and a late 16th century English byname which can be registered as a given name. Therefore, the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance. [Miranda Mór ingen Fhailtigern, June 2015, A-An Tir]
The instance of Miranda as a late period English byname in that decision inadvertently relied on an I-batch in the FamilySearch Historical Records. I batches continue to be acceptable only on a case-by-case basis, and should not be used as the sole documentation to support a name element.
Therefore, as Miranda does not appear to have been coined until after 1600, the submitter must rely upon the legal name allowance.
* Rianorix of Forgotten Sea. Name.
Forgotten Sea is the registered name of an SCA branch.
* Thaddeus Ellenbach. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Thadeus Ellenbach, the submitter requested the spelling Thaddeus Ellenbach if it could be documented. The preferred spelling is found in Historia und Christliche Legenden, von der heiligen zwölff Apostel unsers Herrn Jesu Christi, Item von S. Pauli, auch beider heiligen Euangelisten S. Luce und S. Marci, beruff, lehre, leben, wunderwercken, letzten marter und todt, ob standhaffter bekandtnuß des Namens Christi, published in 1589 (https://books.google.com/
* Theodoric Rufus the Goth. Reblazon of device. Sable, a sea-lion naiant and in base three pheons two and one argent.
Blazoned when registered in June 1995 as Sable, in pale a sea-lion naiant and three pheons two and one argent, the sea-lion is the sole primary charge.
* Umm Razin Rusa al-Badawiyya. Name and device. Per fess azure and vert, a chevron couched from sinister and in canton a decrescent argent.
* Zachariah MacDonald. Name change from Zachariah Lochrie.
The submitter’s previous name, Zachariah Lochrie, is retained as an alternate name.
While technically this armory has a neutral field, the mostly argent sword lying nearly entirely on argent lozenges of the field has insufficient contrast.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made available over 450 publications on art history, stretching back over 50 years. The publications appear to be available as downloadable PDF files, viewable online (Google Books) or print on demand. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F&rpp=12&pg=1
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F&rpp=12&pg=1
Sir Duncan Bruce of Logan and Mistress Ylva Jonsdottir are the new Prince and Princess of Calontir. Vivat!
Countess Catalina de Arazuri was announced at Chieftains to be elevated to the Order of the Laurel. Vigil and elevation are to be held at the Tournament of Horse and Falcons.
Honorable Lord Hildibrandr Tjúguskegg was announced at Gulf Wars to be elevated to the Order of the Chivalry. Vigil and elevation are to be held at Lilies War.
Honorable Lady Nesscia inghean Chearnaigh was announced at Gulf Wars to be elevated to the Order of the Pelican. Vigil and elevation are to be held at the Tournament of Horse and Falcons.
Presentation scene; detail of a miniature from BL Royal MS 15 E vi, f. 2v. 15th C
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