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We’ve talked about doing this Faire for years, but there were always problems. For one thing no branch has wanted to sponsor it, when we’ve asked, so finally this year, House Capuchin decided to go out on a limb and sponsor a demo ourselves. We didn’t say we were SCA members unless we were asked, just talked about the research and the House. So, this weekend was this year’s Faire.
More below….
In other House news
The garden is growing well. Some pictures have been added to the “garlic” report, and more will get added as the season goes on.
A few updates have happened with the Long-Term Projects pages and the Stories, including a few new ones….
The foods that were prepped for the feast-that-didn’t-happen ended up going to the food bank in Waldport.
Kaylee/Gudrun has moved to OK to stay with her brother.
Castle Pundergasp is gradually getting re-organized and getting House property sorted out from the pandemic chaos. We should have a box of largess going out at some point in the fall, but there are bunch of projects that need hands to get them finished. Let me know if you have ideas on how/what to do with those.
The House feast gear is also getting gradually organized. At some point over the next few years Anja and Loren aren’t going to be able to store it all anymore and it’s going to have to go. Things that they spent money on will probably get garage-saled, but offered to House members, and then other SCAdians first. Things that were donated will be gifted on. If there are things you would like to have, let Anja know, or if you know other households or small branches that could use some of the equipment….
We had a great weekend at the Glastonbury/Greenwood Faire. Got to talk to lots of people about blackwork and sundials and toys and games and such! We didn’t make it official with any branch, so we didn’t talk SCA much, but had a number of people who recognized us, a couple from the blog, even! You know me and demos… I enjoyed it. 🙂 pix from the Faire!
Friday night we were loading at the shop until nearly 7pm and then 4 cars headed for the site. We ended up not stopping for supper, which was a bad idea for me. First, we set up the pavilions, then tables, then offloaded to the tables and then moved the cars. Next was walls, and while that was going. I found myself some food and ate. At that point most everyone headed home, and Stella and Isabeau headed for the participant camping area and set up their stuff, while Loren got my bed set up and he headed home. I got things to their right places as long as the light lasted, but we never did find a working battery light, so I sat with my tablet and wrote, before lying down. Isabeau came back once her camp was ready and stayed awhile to do some planning for Saturday and then headed out and I went to sleep. I did the usual up and down overnight, but I got enough sleep that I woke fully around 7:30am.
Games and some of the toys
It was a little chilly overnight, but not so bad that I got cold, and the trains that came through at midnight (heading for the plant, farther into town) were *really* loud and a lot of them. One of them started his whistle going about 6 blocks to the west of the park and kept it blowing until he hit the outskirts of the plant. Urf! I spent a little time up reading after that, but I wanted to conserve the tablet battery charge, so it wasn’t as much as usual. Security kept coming by and several times that’s what woke me. I lifted the sidewall and said hi. 🙂 They were non-plussed. 🙂
Isabeau showed up not long after I woke and took my mug to find me some coffee. There wasn’t any creamer or sugar, but I was awake. 🙂 We moved the tables to where they needed to be and added the tableclothes, then started setting up displays. We were ready well before 10 which meant we had a chance to sit and adjust things before we got going and the Travellers showed up. No breakfast, though. We didn’t find the participants inn until we were shutting done on Sunday! So, I nibbled on my dried kiwi (delicious! I had grabbed one of the bags from stock….) then on some of the other snacks in my bag, since I couldn’t get at my stuff in the ice chest, since someone was sitting on it! Isabeau found a nice food vendor that delivered, so she had a pulled pork sandwich and I had a grilled cheese. What a lovely sandwich! It was the two slices from the middle of a large round loaf of sourdough bread and 3 kinds of cheese and it really hit the spot.
We had lot to people to talk to about the displays, some of whom were fascinated by the history and some were just blown away by the amount of work that it all represented. 🙂 Stella wandered in and out, but the rest of us were mostly there all day! She got to see the Seattle Knights and several of the music acts. The Faire was supposed to shut down at 6, but there were few enough left by a little after 5, that they closed early. Not a bad thing at all!
I sabeau “borrowed” a fellow from a nearby booth to set up my bed. I got the blankets and and crawled in and that was all I knew until well past dark. Isabeau kept checking on me in her rounds of socializing, so she stopped by after I woke and we chatted until nearly 10pm. Venus was very bright, startlingly so! Later the not-quite-quarter Moon was even brighter in the same opening in the pavilion walls. Again I was up and down overnight, and read or wrote in the intervals, plus caught up on food, since I could finally access my ice chest. Only problem was that I took a tumble on the way back from the porta-johns and ended up crawling (literally!) back to camp and into bed. It’s only 20 feet, but I was too shaken to try to walk. Not really hurt… bruised a bit, but I’ll be fine. Lifting boxes actually did more damage. 🙂
Sciences display (and headgear along the wall…)
I woke at 6:30 and told Isabeau I was going back to sleep for awhile and woke again just before 8. She found me coffee again. 🙂 … and then she brought the loveliest breakfast sandwiches from the grilled cheese folks. Fantasic breakfast! I described them to Loren so he can learn how to recreate them. I made sure my ice chest and water were going to be in reach for the day and waited for the Travellers to arrive. The day went well. Again there was lots of interest in the displays and some people even brough chairs to sit and chat, including a young lady who is also from an immigrant family (Swedish, in her case), a history professor, plus several folks who teach history and/or crafts in various schools. There were also a number of embroiderers who wanted to learn about how to do blackwork.
We had grilled cheese for lunch again, and teardown began at 5. By 6 the boxes of the displays were all packed. Coleman (Isabeau’s other half) got there just as we all sat down. Stella’s stuff came down and into her car at that point, and then the displays boxes and she headed on home. We sat for a bit waiting for Loren and then folded walls and tableclothes, gradually clearing the tables and folding them down and loading them as quickly as they were emptied, leaving piles on the remaining flat surfaces. Alexander (Alida’s other half) was helping with that bunch of loads.
Blackwork and other embroidery display
The last pavilion came down and the final loads went into our car when Loren got there. Isabeau (since she lives in the valley) went home with only her stuff so she didn’t have to offload at the shop today or drive the extra hour. The sandwich people gave me batch of leftover pulled pork for Loren. We said our goodbyes, drove to the shop and offloaded, then home. I puttered in the garden for awhile, although my in my Renn gown I must have looked interesting. It was spitting a little.
Offloading of the heavy stuff just finished (It’s 3pm pm Monday). The last load (with Stella) ought to get here around 5:30. Stuff is partly put away, but just like I packed all week, I’m going to be unpacking all week!
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Offloading of the rest was done by 6pm and by today (late Tuesday) it’s mostly been put away. There are a few stashes of personal stuff yet, but it’ll happen during the tail end of the week.
Notes for things to fix/change (or not)
The pop-ups that we used worked perfectly well. Ditto the tables.
The walls need to get shower curtain clip hooks added back in with grommets, or we need to find the walls where that’s already been done.
It would be nice to add the Aquitaine Dial and the Star Globe, and maybe an armillary sphere and the Da Vinci Trebuchet to the Sciences display.
Anja needs to dress a Bartholomew Baby, add one grass-stuffed ball to that display, mend the whistling top and get a bit more signage for the toys.
The games need to be sorted back out. When they were packed at the end of Shrewsbury, the folks didn’t bother putting the pieces in bags. Also, the backgammon board and the big Byzantine chessboard got forgotten.
Funnies
Bessie’s Viking River Cruise was more immersive than expected.
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin (retired) Page Created 6/26/23 & published 6/28/23 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 6/28/23
House Capuchin is no longer going to be an active thing. There’s a note below. Don’t worry, the blog-site will stay up, and the Facebook group, but reports probably won’t be appearing as regularly and the Winter Feast is cancelled. Most of the meetings are also going away. If we get people who want them back they’ll start happening again.
Potluck 12/11, cancelled, no more scheduled Winter Feast LVI, Norse Theme. Cancelled
Misc – Well, friends, House Capuchin has had a good long run. It’s just about 10 years since we started this whole thing. It grew to be quite a big thing for awhile, but things change, and membership and participation has been dropping steadily. I’ve finally hit a point where what I can do isn’t enough and I don’t have enough oomph or help to keep going.
My health hasn’t gotten better since I got COVID for the 2nd time and it turned into long-covid. I’m spending energy that I don’t have to spare to keep this up.
Part of the problem is that I don’t drive, any longer, which means that a lot lands on Loren. He ends up doubling the time out and back and with the driving that he does for his job, I can’t do that to him any longer. He’s also lost interest in House activities and has stopped participating.
Part is financial, as well. Things are tight enough that I probably can’t afford to get to the events, in any case. Also, I went through the figures for the feast and there’s just not enough in our budget to put it on. Business was bad for the shop this year and there’s no extra.
I’m going to leave the website and the Facebook group up. I’ll probably be online on Sundays, but I’m not going make the event pages anymore and I’ll stop doing the reports as regularly, since most of that has been my efforts for quite awhile.
I’ve enjoyed a lot of the things that the House has done over the years, and the friendship of all of you, but it’s time for my major participation to come to an end.
In ministerio autem Somnium, Anna Javornica (aka Anja Snihova’)
Events
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
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JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
MAR 17, 2023 AT 5 PM – MAR 19, 2023 AT 12 PM – Summits Spring Coronet – Jackson County Expo & Fairgrounds Event by Barony of Glyn Dwfn – Summits Spring Coronet will be home to the Principality Coronet tournament where Their Highnesses will determine their heirs. The event will feature a Friday night social/ball, Saturday meetings, coronet tournament, C&T championship tournament, provost tournament, A&S displays and bardic circle. We will also offer a simple $5 bagged lunch for Saturday (pre-reg only). Sunday we will have Principality Moot and tear down. Site is a dry site with designated smoking areas elsewhere. No pets are allowed. Site does not have on-site camping/bunking so guests will need to find lodging nearby.
Early Week – Your scribe is having to withdraw from participation in a lot of things and a letter went out to that effect on Tuesday. That’s in the “miscellaneous” section above.
Cookery – A version of the Hungarian Chicken got made on Tuesday. The spicing was wrong and the parsley in the sauce got forgotten, so we’re going to try again. Recipe below…
Sewing – All mundane, getting ready for the holiday.
My quite favorite recipe because I can make it for my family on Sunday lunch and nobody notices that it is 500 years old. The original transcript from the book by Bavor Rodovský from Hustiřany – Cooking, that is a book about different foods
Young chickens again different according to Hungarian customs:
Boil the chickens clean instead. And he takes 20 or thirty onions peel them and stop the whole thing. And when they boil, put them in a clean pan and sprinkle with parsley spice. And when it spreads like porridge, stir with the wine in which the onion is boiled, and add pure wine vinegar to it and put boiled chicken in it. Spice with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg flower and saffron well. And if you want to do it freely, give almonds, Greek wine, as it is common in the large courts.
Our transcript:
Cook the chicken in salt and spicy water. To simplify the process (just when I do it like Sunday lunch) I cook chicken in one water straight with onions (I add it about halfway through cooking) and white wine. When the chicken is cooked, we can mix onions with a little broth – as needed, adding spoons of broth and one to two spoons of wine vinegar at the end. Season the mixture with nutmeg flower, ginger, cinnamon and saffron. Then rub the chicken with the created mixture – the rest can be diluted with the broth for “sauce”. If we want to achieve absolutely great taste and don’t mind deviating a little from the recipe, we can let the chicken under the grill bake a little.
And the almond or grape seasoning is really selective – it will delight your taste buds perfectly!
Anja’s version
Two servings of the Hungarian Chicken.
1 bag of boiling onions
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup white wine
2 pounds chicken thighs (boneless/skinless)
salt
mushroom spice (you can see that I misremembered the spicing!)
caraway
¼ cup prepared horseradish mustard (or ¼ cup regular mustard and 1 TBSP horseradish powder)
almond meal
opt. grapes for garnish
Method
Peel onions and cut off roots, then cut in 1/2.
Put butter in the bottom of crockpot and turn on.
When the butter is melted add the onions and wine and cook for about an hour on high.
Drop the chicken on top and salt, then add spices (cover the meat) and cook until chicken is up to 165 in the center. For me that was about 3 hours. If you check and the chicken is not up to temp, flip the outside pieces to the inside and vice versa.
Turn off pot, set chicken aside, then put the rest into a food processor or blender.
Process for about 1 minute, and then add parsley and mustard.
Process for another minute and store separately from the meat.
To serve: put each serving in a bowl, and pour some of the sauce over the top. Zap for about 2 minutes, sprinkle with almond flour and serve. Garnish with grapes if desired.
Note – The 2nd time I made this I used powder douce. We liked it both ways, although I think I might add a sliced apple to the onions. That would be tasty. Using almond meal for garnish works quite well, and adds a bit to the mix. We had both grapes and satsuma slices the 2nd time, and in one of the incarnations as leftovers, we also had some cranberry sauce. This is a good dish to dress up!
Miscellaneous pix
Exeter Cathedral has a 14th century door that is mentioned as an entrance for cats. From 1305 cathedral accounts show an allowance for quarterly payments of 13 pence “to the custors and the cats” (custoribus et cato, if you’re doing it in Latin). They kept the rats and mice down following a recorded incidence of mice eating a robe believed to have belonged to Joseph of Aramathea
Cooking brazier
Music
𝔗𝔥𝔶𝔰 𝔜𝔬𝔬𝔩 – A medieval Christmas Ensemble: Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble Album: Thys Yool – A Medieval Christmas Video: Horae ad usum romanun (XV secolo) http://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale December has started, as I said before for this month I will only release music about the Christmas festivities, obviously very popular in the Middle Ages. This is the first video: “Thys Yool – A Medieval Christmas by Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble”. Martin Best, born in 1942, has been dealing with early music since the 1970s. I refer to his Wikipedia page for those wishing to learn more: https://cutt.ly/Y1ZHKR9. In his productions he always maintains a very folk approach, in this album music and lyrics about Christmas from various European territories are interpreted. I wish you a good listening!
Mirko Virginio Volpe – MUSICA MEDIEVALE 1 Personent Hodie 2 Judas And Wenceslas 3 Hyer Matin 4 Miri It Is 5 Man Mei Longe 6 Thys Yool 7 Tapster, Drynker 8 Ja Pour Hyver 9 Gabriel From Heven-King 10 Chester Nun’s Song 11 Hail Mary Full Of Grace 12 As I Lay On Yoolis Night 13 Edi Be Thu 14 Perperit Virgo 15 O Virgo Splendens 16 Loor De Santa Maria 17 Polorum Regina 18 Mariam Matrem 19 I Pray You All 20 Ther Is No Rose 21 Caligo Terrae Scinditur 22 Princeps Pacis 23 Mors Vitae • Martin Best: voice, lute, psaltery Lucie Skeaping: voice, rebecs, fiddle David Corkhill: dulcimer, drums, bells Jeremy Barlow: pipes, recorders, flute Donna Dean: soprano Kristine Szulik: alto Angus Smith: tenor
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 12/05/22 & published 12/16/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 12/16/22
We’re having fewer and fewer participants in the Project Day stuff…. starting to wonder….. There are a bunch of meetings that have suddenly gone to Sunday and it seems to be cutting into the numbers of folks who attend Project Day. We had a fairly quiet week, a lot of mundane things going on, coming up on the holidays. There are some interesting history links, a good blackwork tutorial, a really easy chicken dish and another that sounds equally tasty, plus lots of pictures and more!
This week Sewing and Project Day, plus the potluck are the open meetings.
Sewing and Project Day are ongoing. Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Cardoons
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – Next Potluck – 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
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JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/12/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
MAR 17, 2023 AT 5 PM – MAR 19, 2023 AT 12 PM – Summits Spring Coronet – Jackson County Expo & Fairgrounds Event by Barony of Glyn Dwfn – Summits Spring Coronet will be home to the Principality Coronet tournament where Their Highnesses will determine their heirs. The event will feature a Friday night social/ball, Saturday meetings, coronet tournament, C&T championship tournament, provost tournament, A&S displays and bardic circle. We will also offer a simple $5 bagged lunch for Saturday (pre-reg only). Sunday we will have Principality Moot and tear down. Site is a dry site with designated smoking areas elsewhere. No pets are allowed. Site does not have on-site camping/bunking so guests will need to find lodging nearby.
Dance Vids – You Can Dance! // Basic Medieval Dance Footwork Tutorial – The Creative Contessa – This video provides basic instruction for the foundational footwork of medieval and early Renaissance dance (15th century), broken down by rhythm and count. Singles, Doubles, Continenza, Ripresa, Piva, Saltarello, and Mezavolta (half turn) are covered.
1st Dance Taught at Christmas Tourney 2022 | SCA Medieval Event – Lynne Fairchild – This was the first of many dances taught at Christmas Tourney 50. This particular dance is for 1 couple to dance, but many couples can dance on the floor at one time.
Hole in the Wall | SCA English Country Dance at Christmas Tourney 50 – Lynne Fairchild – This was one of many dances taught at Christmas Tourney 50. This particular dance calls for many couples. It is a progression dance divided between Couples A and B, also Lords 1 and 2 with Ladies 1 and 2 (the word use of Lords and Ladies is fluid – it’s mainly to tell a dancer which spot in the dance they are in, regardless of gender).
Instructions: Couples A bow/curtsy to each other and then peel off, go around Couple B from the outside, and then back to place in between Couple B. Couple B then repeats what Couple A did, except that they go up the hall rather than down the hall. Lord 1 and Lady 2 bow/curtsy and then trade places. Lord 2 and Lady 1 bow/curtsy and then trade places. Hold hands and turn in a circle, with Couple B progressing up the hall and Couple A progressing down the hall.
Classes –
1381: When Medieval Peasants Led A Bloody Revolt Against The King | Peasants’ Revolt | Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Tony Robinson explores the major uprising across large parts of England in 1381; it’s origins, motives, and aftermath.
Early Week – Garden work and research
Cookery –
Easy Medieval Food: Douce Jame – Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine – In the second video of my new series, Easy Medieval Food, I’m cooking Douce Jame, a fabulous chicken dish (capons in the original medieval recipe), beautifully flavoured with a creamy and herby sauce. So good. So easy.
Making a Medieval Rose Pudding! (Becoming Artsy 206) – The Getty – In this episode of Becoming Artsy, Jessie attempts to make a medieval Rose Pudding dessert from The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black and published by Getty. Will she succeed? Watch to find out!
Sewing – Isabeau is busy and says, “One done. 5 more to go.”
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16th Century Blackwork Embroidery for Beginners | CosTutorial | Step by Step Instructions – Lynne Fairchild – Learn about the history, materials needed, and step by step process of blackwork embroidery, also known as double-running stitch or Holbein stitch, from the 16th century (Tudor and Elizabethan times).
Sundials, etc – How did Vikings make sails? – Jonathan Williamson – We all know that Vikings sailed the world, from Newfoundland in modern-day Canada to what was then Constantinople, from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and almost everywhere in between. – https://thevikingherald.com/article/how-did-vikings-make-sails/343
My quite favorite recipe because I can make it for my family on Sunday lunch and nobody notices that it is 500 years old.
The original transcript from the book by Bavor Rodovský from Hustiřany – Cooking, that is a book about different foods
Young chickens again different according to Hungarian customs:
Boil the chickens clean instead. And he takes 20 or thirty onions peel them and stop the whole thing. And when they boil, put them in a clean pan and sprinkle with parsley spice. And when it spreads like porridge, stir with the wine in which the onion is boiled, and add pure wine vinegar to it and put boiled chicken in it. Spice with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg flower and saffron well. And if you want to do it freely, give almonds, Greek wine, as it is common in the large courts.
Our transcript:
Cook the chicken in salt and spicy water. To simplify the process (just when I do it like Sunday lunch) I cook chicken in one water straight with onions (I add it about halfway through cooking) and white wine. When the chicken is cooked, we can mix onions with a little broth – as needed, adding spoons of broth and one to two spoons of wine vinegar at the end. Season the mixture with nutmeg flower, ginger, cinnamon and saffron. Then rub the chicken with the created mixture – the rest can be diluted with the broth for “sauce”. If we want to achieve absolutely great taste and don’t mind deviating a little from the recipe, we can let the chicken under the grill bake a little.
And the almond or grape seasoning is really selective – it will delight your taste buds perfectly!
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Chicken hungarian way (EN bellow)
One of my fabourite recipies, because you can cook this for your family for the Sunday lunch and nobody will notice it´s 500 years old.
Original recipe is written by Bavor Rodovský z Hustiřan:
Young chicken again in different hungarian style:
Cook clean chickens. Take 20 or 30 onions, peel them and cook them whole. And when they boil, put them in clean pan and beat them well with green parsley. And when you beat it to mash, take some wine and put chickens in and add white vinegar. Season with ginger, cinnamon, mace and safron. And if you what to make it goof, add almonds or greak grapes as is common in big houses.
Our version:
Cook the whole chickej in salted water – to make it easier (especially if it´s the Sunday lunch) I cook the chicken with little bit of white wine and with onion straight (add onions in the middle of cooking process). When the chicken is tender, take onions out, add a little bit of stock and blend it – add a little bit of stock one spoon at the time, At the end, add one spoon of wine vinager and season it with safron, cinnamon, ginger and mace. Cover the chicken in the mixture – you can dilute the rest of the mixture with more broth and use it as a sauce later. If you´re craving amazing taste and you don´t bother diverting from the original recipe, grill the chicken for a little bit. And those almonds and grapes? That´s what´s gonna make a difference!
Miscellaneous pix
Lars Aggeboe – The world’s oldest sweater , found on a Norweigan glacier in 2013 was made of lamb and sheep wool woven into a diamond twill fabric. (1,700 years)
Notes left by scribes (translated) in the margins of Illuminated Manuscripts. 😉
Jan Gossaert (1478–1532)The Adoration of the Kings Adoration of the Magi
Marzipan & sandalwood “bacon” “
“The boar’s head in hand bear I, bedecked with bays and rosemarie.” Pastry and meatloaf
Sewing, Italy, 1460
Hedgehog cookies! – They’re a standard sugar cookie recipe, dipped in chocolate and rolled in crushed filberts.
Beutel (Damen). Darstellung von Liebespaaren und Wappen u.a. des Grafen von Hohenberg und des Freiherren von Sträflingen. 1320.
Miniatures
Charles Bridge and other Czech places
Fog – Fotograf Milan Bachan
Sunrise – Fotograf Milan Bachan
Fotograf Milan Bachan
Our Beautiful Prague
Snow – Irena Doležalová Photography
Snow – Prague Today
hrad Křivoklát – Kamil Procházka foto
A smoking snowman? 🙂 – OM Design and Photography
…and the millwheel on Certova Stream.
Music – A Christmas Carol – Remember O Thou Man – Passamezzo – from Thomas Ravenscroft’s Melismata, 1611 – Earlier versions of this song can be found in a number of Scottish sources, including John Wedderburn’s Compendious book of godlie psalmes and spirituall sangis, 1578.
Eleanor Cramer: soprano Christopher Goodwin: lute Alison Kinder: recorder Tamsin Lewis: alto Jack Merivale: bass
Remember O thou man thy time is spent Remember O thou man how thou art dead and gone And I did what I can, therefore repent. Remember God’s goodness, his promise made Remember God’s goodness, he sent his son doubtless Our sins for to redress, be not afraid. The angels all did sing on shepherds’ hill, The angels all did sing, praise to our heavenly King, And peace to man living with a good will. To Bethlem did they go, the shepherds three To Bethlem did they go, to see where ’twere so or no Whether Christ were born or no to set man free As the Angels so did say, it came to pass As Angels so did say, they found a babe whereas he lay In manger wrapt in hay, so poore he was. Give thanks to God alway most joyfully Give thanks to God alway for this our happy day Let all men sing and say, holy, holy.
Renaissance Christmas – Mike Field – For more info go to the youtube link
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 11/29/22 & published 12/522 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 12/5/22
Not a lot happened this week. The holiday ate things. No one for Sewing Workshop this week. Sewing and Project Day are ongoing. Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – Next Potluck – 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
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JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/19/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
MAR 17, 2023 AT 5 PM – MAR 19, 2023 AT 12 PM – Summits Spring Coronet – Jackson County Expo & Fairgrounds Event by Barony of Glyn Dwfn – Summits Spring Coronet will be home to the Principality Coronet tournament where Their Highnesses will determine their heirs. The event will feature a Friday night social/ball, Saturday meetings, coronet tournament, C&T championship tournament, provost tournament, A&S displays and bardic circle. We will also offer a simple $5 bagged lunch for Saturday (pre-reg only). Sunday we will have Principality Moot and tear down. Site is a dry site with designated smoking areas elsewhere. No pets are allowed. Site does not have on-site camping/bunking so guests will need to find lodging nearby.
Easy Medieval Food: Cryspels – Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine – In this new series I’m showing you how to make easy medieval food that tastes delicious. The first video is Cryspels, crunchy fried pastries, brushed with sesame, and drizzled with honey. Heavenly!
Another hedgehog, this one of pate in a modern (Czech) party platter! I asked and the spines are spring onions, turnip, and basil stems.
Getting Dressed in a Houppelande, circa 1430s – priorattire – Welcome to another instalment of the getting dressed series! hope you enjoy the 1430 style – and don’t laugh too much at my riding pillion! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PlKpRk5K_k
Weave Along with Elewys: Roger II of Sicily 12th century – Elewys of Finchingefeld – Re-creating a 12th century design using a threaded in pattern and a bit of history about Roger II, King of Sicily and Africa.
Warm Dress for a Cold Tornado: Clothing a Medieval Kid – Opus Elenae – IN WHICH our intrepid recreatrix scrambles to make some cold-weather gear for her kiddo, because apparently Texas is cold sometimes (who knew?). Come along with me as I make a flannel medieval tunic suitable for a chilly SCA war.
“Hennin” Discoveries, Part Deux // Construction, Materials, and Originals – The Creative Contessa – Here is part two of a possibly ongoing series on the “hennin”, the most iconic headdress of the Middle Ages. Materials, construction, extant medieval pieces, and plans for future creations are discussed.
Patterns from a 17th Century English Embroidery Sampler – Lynne Fairchild – Double-running stitch embroidery patterns based on a 17th Century sampler at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Project Day – Anja was pretty much by herself this week, embroidering at the computer and working on pictures and the marzipan page. The stuff that got posted is AWOL, as is the whole event page and I have no clue why?
Arlys posted a set of scissor keepers that’s she’s putting into a Dirty Dozen.
Isabeau posted that they had a day off
Feast Planning -Discussion about the subtlety
Anja – Thinking about the longship…. does it make sense to y’all to make a cardboard form to bake it on? I haven’t been able to find any kind of dish that’s shaped right. What I’m thinking at the moment is a bread/pizza dough boat baked upside down over the form, then flipped upright, filled with the meat-loaf-ish mixture and re-baked. At that point it would be set on a “sea” of curly kale and given the hard gingerbread tail and head. We’re still going to have to experiment on the sail, but I’m thinking a pretzel rod mast…. and then we need shields for the outside…. Vanilla wafers? Or would it be better to find something savory? Sail…. the lemondae flavor that was nearly white isn’t around any more, I’m only finding red and blue…. Or would it make more sense to fill the “ship” with a cooked filling and just squash it into place? Hmm… yeah, probably, then re-heat before assembly. It’ll come to the tables luke-warm at the most, but should be tasty. It was good, cold. Rosamonde Sherwood – How about a Smorgastorta? Video on YouTube. It’s a layered huge sandwich carved to look like a Viking ship Anja – 🙂 Sounds awesome! Rosamonde Sherwood – If you want it sweet try gingerbread clay …. Very user friendly. Anja – I had thought about that, but the consensus when we were talking about it was savory. THis goes in as one of the main dishes, iow…. We used hamburger, onion, wild rice (subbing for barley) and carrot with cheese salt for seasoning. Planning to add mushrooms and scallions or leek. Loren suggested pinwheel of puff pastry for the shields. Since he really liked those the other day…. puff pastry, spinach, ham, cheese… and they bake hard enough to add, and can be done ahead. We’ll be using squeeze cheese and toothpicks to put things together.
Recipes – Carrot pudding is something you see in late period recipe collections. Works really well for Thanksgiving! Something different!
Carrot Pudding, 17th Century, England (adapted from queensmeal.blogspot.com) Divided by 4
Ingredients
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup frozen carrots.
2 eggs
¼ stick butter
1 TBSP white wine
1/4 cup? 1/2 cup? milk
1 TBSP sugar
Grated nutmeg
Method
Thaw carrots.
Put breadcrumbs in food processor. Add carrots (drained, if necessary).
Process until both are “crumbs”.
Add eggs and process.
Melt butter, add and process.
Add milk and sugar and process.
Put into a casserole dish that can be covered and bake at 350 until it reads over 165 in the center and is no longer liquid. (1 hour for the 4x.)
Miscellaneous pix
‘Coz I’m on a ship kick….
All Things Tall Ships – Chamalka Dilshan Perera – Facebook 112622 – Tall ships… Tower Bridge… What a wonderful combination. Replica of the East India Trading Company’s Gothenburg III sails through Tower Bridge all guns blazing. Dated back to 2007. Not my photo.credit goes to Phil Adams for this wonderful shot.
‘La Grace’, Czech republic
‘The Swedish Ship Göteborg’
Music
Peggy found this – This Song From the 1500’s Blows Me Away – Rick Beato – In this episode I discuss the Music of Renaissance Songwriter and Lute virtuoso John Dowland (1563-1624).
Psalm 107 – They that in ships – Passamezzo – An anonymous 16th Century setting of Psalm 107, “the sailors’ psalm”. From Henry Ainsworth’s Book of Psalmes Englished both in Prose and Metre, 1612. This psalter was one of the music books carried on board the Mayflower in 1620 by Elder William Brewster. Eleanor Cramer: soprano Alison Kinder: bass viol
They that in ships unto the sea down go, That in the many waters labour doe, They see Jehovah’s operations, And in the deep his wondrous actions. For he saith, and doth raise the wind stormy, And it doth lift the waves thereof on high. They mount to heav’ns, down to the deeps they go; Their soul it melts away in evil woe: They reel and stagger like a drunken wight, And all their wisdom is upswallowed quite: And to the Lord they cry in their distress, And he outbrings them from their anguishes. The storm he to a silent calm doth set, And then their waves allayed are quiet; And they rejoice because they are made still, And he them leads to haven of their will. Confess they to Jehovah his mercy, His marvels eke to sons of man earthly.
A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times.. – https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 11/21/22 & published ?/?/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 11/28/22
It sounds like the Service Collegium went very well. Lots of awards were given. We had a quiet week and a good, if very late, potluck.
This week all meetings are on time. Sewing and Project Day are ongoing. Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – Next Potluck – 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
Misc – Summits Service Collegium Principality Court – Principality of the Summits, Kingdom of An Tir SCA – This stream will include Summits Court at the Summits Service Collegium in Stayton, Oregon.
Events
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
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JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/19/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
MAR 17, 2023 AT 5 PM – MAR 19, 2023 AT 12 PM – Summits Spring Coronet – Jackson County Expo & Fairgrounds Event by Barony of Glyn Dwfn – Summits Spring Coronet will be home to the Principality Coronet tournament where Their Highnesses will determine their heirs. The event will feature a Friday night social/ball, Saturday meetings, coronet tournament, C&T championship tournament, provost tournament, A&S displays and bardic circle. We will also offer a simple $5 bagged lunch for Saturday (pre-reg only). Sunday we will have Principality Moot and tear down. Site is a dry site with designated smoking areas elsewhere. No pets are allowed. Site does not have on-site camping/bunking so guests will need to find lodging nearby.
Dance Vids – Maltský branle – Branle de Malte – Arbeau – Adéla Jelínková – Our version of this mimic branle.
What Was It Like To Be Raided By The Vikings? | Wings Of A Dragon | Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – For nearly 500 years the Norse people dominated the oceans, known by their remarkable ships and known for their death, destruction and burning down of anything in their way. They used sophisticated navigation methods and navigated safely over remarkably long distances.
Early Week – Not much…
Cookery – Planning was going on early in the week for both potluck and Thanksgiving. Cooking got going later. Butters Thursday evening. Shopping Wed & Sat. Lentils Friday evening
Garlic, peeled
It was cold enough that the usual melt-one-and-just-add-the-rest didn’t work. I have to scoop some out and re-melt!
Drafting a 16th Century Tudor French Hood Pattern | Part 3 – Lynne Fairchild – 16th century French hoods from the Tudor era, as they are modernly referred to as, appear to have had multiple layers to them! In Part 1, I shared my research. In Part 2, I made a coif prototype for the first layer of the French hood. Now in Part 3, I draft the pattern for the outer layer hood.
Why Was Indigenous American Medicine More Advanced Than Medieval Europe’s? | 1491 | Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Early indigenous people in North America were using the number 0 before any other people, had mapped the planets and stars, and had their own calendars and writing methods. We also see how the herbs and plants that they used often are utilized in our modern drugs, as in the Yew tree bears components in Tamoxifen for cancer treatment today and the Willow tree has acetylsalicylic acid for aspirin.
Herb Bunch – The garden is definitely wilting down. Nights in the 30’s will do that and we’ve had frost several times, already.
strawberry
Still fruiting
lovage
horseradish
Fig
Fig
Carrot
Starts are still ok
That poor squash…. it gave us 20 blossoms to batter and fry!
Project Day – Anja started the day chatting with Helen Louise. She’s sewing. Later harvested parsleys, oregano and fennel.
Ailantha posted – Yogurt making day. Whey to become gjetost. Going to use instapot thus time. Last times sauce pan effort was an epic fail lol.
Helen Louise posted – Another busy week… Yule stockings, tunics, coats and hats… Still have a bunch more stockings to make… Looking forward to Adiantum Yule event.
Feast Planning – Did another trial run on the Birka chicken. Except that it got started *very* late, it turned out pretty well. Even with commercially available greens it tasted pretty good. The liquid that was left will land in soup. There was a lot because Anja and Loren got their wires crossed and both added water. (No whey available….) The roaster that was heaped full to mounded in the center of the “green stuffing” while it was raw, cooked down to about 2 inches worth.
Potluck – The nibble tray went out at 4pm, but the chicken meat didn’t go into the roaster until 7pm! This is why I start cooking a couple of days ahead…. We ate nibbles and lentils and left the rest for Monday.
Potluck Menu
Nibbles
Roasted garlic butter
garlic butter
basil butter
blue cheese butter
cucumber pickle
bread
olives
cheese
Main
Lentil stew
Birka chicken
My nibbles
My lentils
We keep getting snails on the greens! This one was less than 1/8 inch across.
The Chicken
Parsleys
Onion
Oregano
Green stuffing – leek, spinach, assorted greens, mustard, onion and hard-boiled egg
In the roaster
Added bacon, then chicken
Done
Afters
Cake for afters
Cake
Marzipan
Comfits
Recipes
Mustard sauce – a splash of white wine, 1 TBSP of mustard powder, 1/2 TBSP of cheese salt, about 2 TBSP of bread crumbs. Mix and let stand. Use a touch more wine if it sets up too hard. …and it’s very, very loud….
Miscellaneous pix
A farmer feeds a hen with chicks Luttrell Psalter England 1330-1340 London British Library Add M. 42130 fol 166v
A goose herder fends off a bird of prey attacking his small flock of geese Luttrell Psalter England 1330-1340 London British Library Add Ms 42130 fol 166v
Book of Hours MS M754 fo. 104v Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Tacuinum sanitatis Vienna Austrian National Library Cod Vindob S n 2644 northern Italy around 1390 folio 71r
Tacuinum sanitatis Vienna Austrian National Library Cod Vindob S n 2644 northern Italy around 1390 folio 71r2
Wild geese Luttrell Psalter England 1330-1340 London British Library Add Ms 42130 fol 19
𝔍𝔬𝔥𝔫 𝔇𝔲𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢, ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔰 – Sacred music of the late English Gothic, 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 – Ensemble: Clemencic Consort – Album: John Dunstable, Cathedral Sounds – Sacred music of the late English Gothic – Video: A selection of images of English Cathedrals – http://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale
John Dunstable, “an astrologian, a mathematician, a musician and what not”, was born around 1390 in England and died on 24th December 1453 in London. “On the eve of Christ’s birth this star rose up into Heaven”. This is about all that is know of Dunstable, one of the very great, one of the most important western composers. The religious polyphony if the late Gothic period must number among the most significant demostrations of the human mind. Its resounding “cathedrals” of sound bear very comparison with architectural achievements, with the Egiptyan pyramids and the Greek temples. Maybe this will again generally acknowledged some day. It is the music of the stars proportionated by cosmic laws. Many musicians and musicologists of that era were also mathematicians and astronomers just as Dunstable. Without Dunstable, and the contemporary English school of “contenange angloise” wich he wholly embodies, one cannot imagine the later existence of so-called Dutch of Franco-Flemish polyphony, the basis of our classical polyphony. The significance of this English musical style was recognised on the continent as early as the 1440’s. Its most important characteristics are full, harmonic richness of sound and cantabile melody. These are phenomena which point to a new era, away from the more horizontal lines of the Middle Ages. Vertical sound blocks were considered the necessary product of polyphonic strands rather than autonomous sound phenomena in their own right. The English style, as also found in selected folk-music traditions, seems to have traditionally diverged somewhat. Dunstable’s extraordinary skill was so convincing that the continental polyphonist merged the peculiarities of the “contenance angloise” with their own style. The music strives towards panconsonant polyphony, dissonance (other than simple melodic ornament) is generally introduced with care. […] René Clemencic. Here is an excerpt from the libretto of this wonderful work by Clemencic dedicated to Dunstable. Regarding the video, I have selected some images of beautiful cathedrals in Great Britain. Have a good listening!
Mirko Virginio Volpe Musica Medievale • 1 Kyrie 2 Gloria 3 Salve Regina 4 Sub Tuam Protectionem I 5 Ave Regina Celorum 6 Sanctus 7 Sub Tuam Protectionem II 8 Magnificat 9 Beata Dei Genitrix 10 Et Propter Hoc 11 Regina Celi Letare
Celtic chieftain’s 2,000-year-old ring that was in a cupboard for decades goes on sale – Hidden History
Surviving the Mongol storm, with Nicholas Morton – Medievalists – A conversation with Nicholas Morton about the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century, the terror that they inspired, and the strategies by which its targets tried to survive them. What did the Mongols think they were doing and how did the Byzantines use diplomacy to deflect the danger and even use it to their advantage?
The Queen and the Mistress with Gemma Hollman – Medievalists – It’s not that easy being queen, especially when one of your ladies-in-waiting catches the eye of your husband. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Gemma Hollman about Philippa of Hainault and Alice Perrers, the wife and the mistress of Edward III.
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 11/14/22 & published 11/21/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 11/22/22
We had a quiet week, although some sad news at the end of it. (Gudrun, below) The garden is mostly done for the season, and cooking is ramping up for feast things. We have a solid date, now. 2/12/23. Sewing and Project Day are ongoing. Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
One serving with pickled beets and black-eyed peas
Next Potluck – 11/20, 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
Misc – Collegium 2022 – Saturday Evening Court – Kingdom of AnTir, SCA – This stream will include evening court. Collegium 2022 is hosted by the Barony of Aquaterra in Evertt, Washington.
Collegium 2022 – Bardic Finals and Closing Court – Kingdom of AnTir, SCA – This stream will include bardic championship finals and closing court. Collegium 2022 is hosted by the Barony of Aquaterra in Evertt, Washington.
St. Martin brings the snow! “On November 11th many European nations celebrate Saint Martin’s Day. Here is a little history who he was. There are many stories related to Martin from Tours. One of the most famous is the one about his mantle. Martin was a righteous and honest soldier who honored his faith even in the army. According to the legend, he lived in modesty and respect for all people. He treated his slave like a brother. He differed significantly from the other soldiers and his good heart is also mentioned in this (probably best known) legend about Martin. In 335, on a freezing winter night, Martin met a beggar at the gates of Amiens in the north of France. He was only modestly dressed, obviously hungry and freezing. The old man asked Martin for help. However, Martin didn’t have anything with him so he shared his warm cloak with the beggar. He cut the cloak with his sword into two halves and gave one half to the poor man so that he could at least warm up. The legend also says that Jesus appeared to Martin the night afterwards, wrapped in the gifted half of his cloak. The scene of the cloak was afterwards one of the most famous and popular motifs of church artists for centuries. To St. Martin’s Day belongs inherently goose roast. But why goose? Legend has it that St. Martin, in his modesty, did not want to accept the rank of bishop in Tours and hid himself among a flock of geese from the ambassadors who carried his report of election. However these geese betrayed him with their loud noises. Another version says that the geese disturbed Martin during his sermons, so he condemned them for their wrongdoing so on the day of his remembrance to be roasted. The goose was always enjoyed by the whole household and the distribution of its meat had precise rules. The lowest servant was given a wing so he could fly at work, the higher servant had a thigh, the farmer himself kept the rest. St. Martin’s pastries were called differently in different regions: St. Martin’s horns, rolls or horseshoes of St. Martin. At that time, so-called St. Martin’s wines were opened, which are the first wines of the new year.
On this day if you got the first snow we would say that Martin visited on his white horse.” (Bohemians in America post)
Events
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
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JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/19/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
Dance Vids – “Leggiarda Marina” by Cesare Negri – Utopia Early Music – Dance Balletti
Classes –
The spookiest music – Why this creepy melody is in so many movies – Vox
What Was The Biggest Killer In The Middle Ages? | Medieval Dead | Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries
This series reveals true stories of medieval life by examining the skeletal remains that lie buried below the earth’s surface. Combining atmospheric, dramatic reconstructions of gripping stories with archaeological science, Medieval Dead takes viewers deeper into the Dark Ages than ever before. The series traces and sifts through the remains of the Medieval Dead. 00:00 War: Defenders of Masterby 46:05 Poverty: The Woman of Tadcaster 01:32:02 Pestilence & Disease
Early Week – Not a lot happening but a little mundane sewing. Loren was working on sundials again.
Cookery – A pork roast with apples and shallots was one dish this week, and garlic butter, starting with roasted garlic, was another. Recipes below. Arthur is curing bacon.
Arthur Bartlett (11/7/22) – Ok, I guess I’ll try curing my own bacon… It was hard to diagnose, though, and I’m not really a doctor… No patients (patience) for research… Anyway: 1 pork belly 7-10lbs 3 overflowing-but-not-heaping tbsp sea salt 1 tsp cayenne .5 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp baker’s (unsweetened) chocolate powder 2tbsp whole clove or 1tbsp ground 2 tbsp brown or cane sugar I decided to use rock salt and whole cloves, because I have a mortar, but you can use fine ground just as well. One might also find that a coffee grinder works really well on while cloves. Mix the ingredients well, adjusting for taste. This pork belly came from Costco, and had a bit of the salt juice in the cryo bag, so I rinsed it quickly and let it air dry for about 15 minutes before starting. After grinding and mixing the rub, place the pork on a sheet of foil and sprinkle half of the seasoning in one side. Really get that good stuff massaged into the surface for a couple minutes, but try not to tear or split the meat. Repeat on other side. For an extra bonus flavor, sprinkle some coffee grounds on each side I’m using a vacuum seal bag, but I left just a little space in so the juices have somewhere to go. Put it in the fridge where it won’t be disturbed, and flip and massage every day for 7-10 days. Take it out of the bag and lay it out on another sheet of foil and return it unwrapped to the fridge for 24 hours. Smoke over apple or cherry wood chunks or pellet. I like the extra spicy flavor of hickory, so I’ll be using a 50/50 blend over coals, and I’ll be trying to maintain a 200F heat until the bacon reaches about 150F.
(a friend) – Good luck I have done it three times and every time comes out super salty. Arthur Bartlett – from what I gather, the sugar is to counteract that problem. The salt is necessary for curing, though. If I had a cooling room, I’d be hanging meat to dry cure and packing it with salt.
Nick Saint-Erne – This 15th Century Medieval recipe is for an Herb and Pork pie. The original recipe is in the Harley Manuscript in the British Library. The pie is in a wheat flour hot water crust and consists of chopped herbs (Herbe Blade) mixed with boiled pork. The bottom crust (coffin) is prebaked and then filled with the “stuff” (boiled herbs and pork) and then baked again. This recipe is one of the more complex ones I have made as it requires boiling the pork, boiling the herbs in the pork broth, baking the pie crust, and then mixing them all together and baking it again. But it is worth the effort (if you like Medieval Pork Pies!).
Sewing – Anja started another set of flowerpot pincushions.
How to Warp an Inkle Loom – Elewys of Finchingefeld – A quick 5 minute video on warping an inkle loom. I have three different looms and I show how each one can be threaded to maximize the yardage on each loom.
Herb Bunch – Most of this week was moving plants to winter locations. The lemon grass went indoors at the shop, dahlias under the porch. Garlics and re-grown veg are mostly still in place, along with the herbs, although Anja is planning to move the chives and parsleys onto the porch, still bringing a couple from the shop. Cardoons are tucked under the outdoor table.
Squash – still gamely producing blossoms.
Some garlics that are up. Planted last summer.
The blueberry is losing leaves for the season.
Project Day –
Anja spent the day embroidering at her desk and watching the last of Tales from the Green Valley. (links below)
Gudrun posted to Anja in the evening – “The shop is closed on Tue/Wed. “There wasn’t any projects from me. Got some very, very bad news about my father this morning. He’s in the hospital and not projected to make it through the night. Cancer metastasized into the brain.” Good wishes and hugs to both….
Arlys – PROJECT DAY: Inspired by your class last week and that Three Mountains is having a Largesse Dirty Dozen at Yule, I decided to make some blackwork-inspired scissors keepers. All the patterns will be different.
Feast Planning – Roasted garlic butter is made, tested and put by. 10 molds.
Recipes
Roasted Garlic Butter – This recipe makes a butter with a light, non-“chompy” garlic flavor
Molded – These went into the freezer, except one for use.
About a cup of peeled garlic cloves
2 TBSP butter
1 pound butter at room temperature
1tsp salt
(optional)
Method
Put the garlics in the smallest oven-safe dish that they’ll fit into.
Put 2 TBSP butter on top.
Bake at 350F. for about 15-20. They’re done when soft enough to easily stick a fork into.
(optional) If using saffron, add to the hot butter in the garlics and let stand for 30 minutes.
Add 1/2 the remaining butter to the food processor.
Add the roasted garlic & salt and process until distributed.
Add the rest of the butter and process until smooth.
Mold and fridge/freeze.
Garlic cloves, peeled – a mix of regular and elephant garlic
Add butter
Roasted
butter in the processor
Added hot butter and garlics
Processed
Pork Roast with Apples and Shallots – Recipe by Anja from a description of one in late period.
One serving with pickled beets and black-eyed peas
Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
2-2.5 pound pork loin roast
Salt
About 1 cup of peeled, slice shallots (2 large ones, or with ours about 20 garden-grown)
1 medium apple (granny smith), cored and sliced 1/4 inch thick.
1 cup wine (we had a mix of leftover red and white)
Method
Prepare shallots and apple.
Put roast into crockpot.
Add apple/shallot mix on top.
Sprinkle with salt.
Cook 3.5-4 hours on high.
Check center for temperature. (145-165F, don’t let it go farther than that…)
Pull roast, wrap and fridge.
Separate solids from liquid and fridge.
Pull grease from top of liquids. (Leftover broth can be used for other sauces.)
Slice roast when cold.
Make sauce: mush the apple/shallot mix, add about ¼ cup broth (cold) and enough breadcrumbs to thicken. If it gets too dry/lumpy add a little broth.
To serve, put several slices in a dish and spoon sauce on top. Zap in the microwave for 1 minute on high.
Note – The sauce is not necessary, although was included in the original dish. If you wish, do as we did in the pictures and simply spoon some of the solids onto the slices before zapping. Yes, the sauce did get made, later.
Topped and tailed
Mostly done with peel/slice. Keep these covered when they’re sliced!)
A lovely granny smith apple
Slicing apples
The roast
In the crockpot
Miscellaneous pix
Interior of Tithe Barn, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England.
The Tithe Barn was built in the early 14th century as part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey. Its function was to store the produce of the farm, and of the farms of the manor. Tenant farms contributed a tithe, meaning a tenth of their produce.
Photo by Richard Majlinder, Flickr:
http://bit.ly/2AYBuq2
Here’s a good article about The History Of Bradford-On-Avon Tithe Barn:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/…/bradford…/history/
This is yet another astonishing find from our favourite Snow Field archaeologists “Secrets of the Ice” Lillehammer, Norway. arrow is dated to the 1200-1300s AD and clearly shows a hunter’s repaired arrow shaft. The knock was broken and repaired using lashings of animal sinew which the men would have carried with them. Feathers are gone due to the belief that it was shot, missed and was lost in snow.
Over the next 800 years it moved with the ice downslope through ice-thawing and gravity. Luckily for us in September 2022 it revealed itself wedged under the corner of a rock and was removed in the same fashion as the last post.
Once again this amazing location and expert archaeologists have shown us how arrows were repaired while on a long hunting trip and reused. In the same area many broken arrow and spear shafts, repair kits and animal remains (bones and pelts etc) have been found, verifying the importance of this heavily used hunting route through the mountain pass, over many thousands of years. Also, the shape, size and carving pattern of the knock are virtually identical to the arrow that was 700 years older. This is verifiable evidence that the technology of hunting arrow’s remained unchanged because it had been perfected by some expert craftsmanship and hunter’s skill.
IMAGE: secretsoftheice.com
Leatherworker’s shops
From the Oseburg ship burial
November 9th was once Pomegranate Day in France. In a model book, made in the East of England around 1520, the grenadier, loaded with huge grenades (garnades), has a wood plant (box). At the lower register, a man in a field cuts a board with an axe. This manuscript, which is also a bestiar, is inspired by German models, including drawings by Dürer.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, ms Ashmole 1504, The Tudor Pattern Book, f° 21v, 41 × 28 cm
Music
We be three poor mariners – Passamezzo – We be three poor mariners – an anonymous 16th Century sailors’ song printed in Thomas Ravenscroft’s Deuteromelia, 1609. The melody also occurs as a dance tune (variously titled Bransle de Poictou or Gavotte) in a number of French sources, including Arbeau’s Orchesography (1589).
Richard de Winter: tenor Robin Jeffrey: tenor Peter Willcock: tenor Alison Kinder: recorder Lynda Sayce: recorder Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
We be three poor mariners newly come from the seas; We spend our lives in jeopardy while others live at ease. Shall we go dance the round, the round, the round And he that is a bully boy come pledge me on the ground, the ground, the ground. We care not for these martial men that do our states disdain; But we care for those merchant men which do our states maintain. To them we dance this round, a round, a round And he that is a bully boy etc.
𝔗𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔟𝔞𝔡𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔖𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩 𝔏𝔶𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔰 – Paul Hillier, Stephen Stubbs, Lena-Liis Kiesel – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 Ensemble: Paul Hillier, Stephen Stubbs, Lena-Liis Kiesel Album: Troubadour Songs And Medieval Lyrics Video: Chansonnier K, XIII secolo – Roman de la Rose XIII secolo http://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale
This album is a real jewel of medieval music, a real milestone for musical research in this regard. Paul Hillier is synonymous with high quality and in this old album, recorded in 1982, he once again demonstrated his mastery. As in the wonderful albums “Proensa” (which I will soon try to share with you) and “Chansons De Trouvères” (listenable here: https://youtu.be/j2b_igm_7k0) Hillier proves once again that the musical traces that survived the time can come back to life with greater power and vitality thanks to the perfect vocal and instrumental interpretation of a few elements and not with the use of an impressive number of musicians. Concerning the video, I associated each song with the respective image of the troubadour who composed it. In the compositions by anonymous (6 and 8) I have inserted images about love from the famous Roman de la Rose (read it, it’s wonderful). Have a good listening!
Mirko Virginio Volpe, Musica Medievale Troubadour Songs From Provence 1 Reis Glorios, Verais Lums E Clartatz – Guiraut de Borneil 2 Can L’erba Fresch’e.lh Folha Par – Bernart de Ventadorn 3 Be M’an Perdut Lai Enves Ventadorn – Bernart de Ventadorn 4 Can L’erba Fresch’e.lh Folha Par (Instrumental Version) – Bernart de Ventadorn 5 Can Vei La Lauzeta Mover – Bernart de Ventadorn Medieval Lyrics From England, France And Norway 6 Worldës Blis – Anonymous 7 Planctus David – Peter Abelard 8 Ex Te Lux Oritur O Dulcis Scocia (‘Wedding Song’) – Anonymous Baritone Vocals, Medieval Harp – Paul Hillier Medieval Lute – Stephen Stubbs Portative Organ – Lena-Liis Kiesel Buy: https://cutt.ly/kMoFsAA or https://cutt.ly/nMoF1Pf
A picture taken at the conservation laboratory of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on November 8, 2022, shows an ivory comb with a rare inscription that sheds new light on the use of Canaanite language some 3,700 years ago which has been discovered in southern Israel. – The comb was found in 2017 at the Tel Lachish site, a key Canaanite city about 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Jerusalem, but the letters were not noticed until earlier this year following further examination, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a statement. The 17 letters inscribed on the comb, which was used to remove lice, form seven words that translate to “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard,” the statement added. It noted the comb itself was likely an imported luxury object, as there were no elephants in Canaan, and therefore no ivory. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Medieval Knight Armor Wash – funny! – Robert Chaen
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 11/10/22 & published 11/14/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 11/14/22
Garlic/shallot stuff is down in the Herbs section with a new page about our crop this year and there’s a stack of related recipes. Anja taught a class on Sunday (online) and the recording will be posted as soon as it’s up on Ailantha’s Channel. Not a lot of links this week, but some. We were busy!
This week’s Sewing and Project Day will be as usual. Butters and Sauces on Sunday! Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Sets behind and bulbil heads in front
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – Next Potluck – 11/20, 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
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JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/12/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
Dance Vids – Simple Medieval English Dance Tutorial // Lybens Dysonis – The Creative Contessa – Here is a turbo tutorial on a simple dance that dates to 15th century England, Lybens Dysonis. This fun little frolic makes an excellent choice for picnic entertainment or for post-prandial enjoyment (perhaps after several cups of wine…). Enjoy!
Classes
Norsemen: The Complete History Of The Viking Age | Last Journey Of The Vikings | Chronicle – Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe – spreading fear and horror in their wake. They gave their name to Normandy along the way – before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But what do we really know about them?
The story of the Gunpowder Plot (1604) and Guy Fawkes… and echoes of paganism – Hidden History – What is the story of the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes – and how does it’s commemoration echo pagan rituals?
Early Week – After last week’s report got posted on Tuesday, it was all back to garlic harvest, and garlic butter/shallot butter, and prepping shallots for potted cheese. (pix in Herbs and in Cookery) Not all got usable pictures, so we’re going to do another batch this week. We’re starting the “pre-cooking” for the feast!
Cookery –
Cook’n with Clovis: Raffaella Di Contino – Barony of Terra Pomaria – Thegn Clovis hosts the amazing Raffaella Di Contino (OL). Raffaella is well known for her study and exploration of Venetian cooking in period (13th and 14th centuries). Join our conversation about food and history! For a copy of the presentation (and the recipes!): – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2GRMABXzOflsGoPIPdqdJDzUTUm3Aif/view
Sewing –
Drafting a 16th Century Tudor French Hood Pattern | Part 1 – Lynne Fairchild – 16th century French hoods, as they are modernly known as, appear to have had multiple layers to them! So, before starting this sewing project, I first wanted to do research and measurements for my patterns. Follow along as I explain the different layers that make a “French” hood. I have included the patterns and measurements that I will be using to start my prototypes for this combination hood. Hair tapeing tutorial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjIiUMcMyBs Did you know that the “French” hood was simply referred to as a hood and was worn by English, Scottish, Flemish, Spanish, and French alike?
Making a Coif | Drafting a 16th Century Tudor French Hood Pattern Part 2 – Lynne Fairchild – 16th century French hoods from the Tudor era, as they are modernly referred to as, appear to have had multiple layers to them! In Part 1, I shared my research. Now in Part 2, follow along as I make a coif prototype for the first layer of the French hood. Did you know that the “French” hood was simply referred to as a hood and was worn by English, Scottish, Flemish, Spanish, and French alike? If your coif is not stiff enough to your liking, try using an oorijzer (ear iron): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhrJ7P0VDOg
Sundials, etc. –
Diagrams: from sundials to the schematics of the Trinity, with Linda Safran – Medievalists – A conversation with Linda Safran on the hitherto-unexplored world of Byzantine diagrams. We talk about maps, sundials, and more abstract representations of the world and even God. Linda Safran is an Associate Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, which is part of the University of Toronto. The conversation is based on Linda’s papers in a volume she co-edited, The Diagram as Paradigm: Cross-Cultural Approaches (Dumbarton Oaks, 2022), as well as “A Prolegomenon to Byzantine Diagrams,” in the edited volume The Visualization of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Brepols 2020).
Making a Blacksmith’s Stand for a Swage Block | Welding – Lynne Fairchild – A Swage Block is a heavy blacksmith’s tool that makes several difficult forming operations much easier, like upsetting and forging to precise dimensions. In order to use a swage block effectively, it needs to be dressed to remove sharp edges, and also needs to be mounted on a heavy stand. That’s what we’ll be doing today in the shop.
Herb Bunch –
Bulbishness….
All the shallots (most purchased)
Regular garlic, starting to sort
Elephant garlics – All going for cooking
Plantable left, cookable right
Divided into plantable and cookable
The damaged and sprouting shallots
KODAK Digital Still Camera
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Elephant garlic cloves, plus a “set” bulb that snuck in there somehow….
KODAK Digital Still Camera
The big bulb, divided up, this is the the bigger cloves and the stem.
Cookables – Some of these have brown spots to cut out.
Broken up
Sets behind and bulbil heads in front
Bulbils being separated
The bulbils
See how tiny?
A “cookable” clove compared to the sets
Some of the bulbs are still tiny enough to plant whole! They’ll likely be lifted and divided in the early spring.
Planting – Once the separating was done, planting happened for most of these. We still have about 3 buckets worth to plant! …and dirt went on top of these very soon after these pix.
A re-grown onion with lots of garlic planted around it.
Leeks, tomatoes (yeah, they’re sprouting) and shallots, planted.
Some larger single shallots and “seed” bulbs
More garlics
Bulbils planted at the base of a nasturtium
Veryf uzzy (sorry!) photo of a seed garlic in a tiny pot
more garlics
…and lots of garlic sets planted around the sweet potatoes
Sets planted in the same bucket as one of the seed pops that don’t seem to have taken.
More garlics
THe one we missed….
Casserole
Shallots
Finished – two dinners on the right
Added chicken, peas, macaroni, and a couple of old-tough radishes.
Sliced and in the sauce
Skinned
Other garden stuff
Another blossom to deep fry
Letucces
Beans or peas (not sure which)
Project Day –
Helen Louise posted, “Just finished Roman era wool tunic. On to next one and looking at Roman era Berber garments. My family brooches arrived and I ordered some handmade fabric.”
Isabeau posted that she’s back in Oregon from her trip.
Arlys – Hadda thought: For those interested in making their own fabric gameboards, try using painter’s canvas/cloth. It’s cheap, tough, and takes paint and ink well (huge fan of Sharpies) without smudging or bleeding. If you haven’t used painter’s cloth before, one side is coated so nothing soaks through; the other side is the “working” side. It can fray like crazy on the edges, so painting the edges with glue is strongly recommended. It is relatively easy to sew (if you’re handsewing), and is a nice way to carry around a pile of games without carrying around a lot of weight. And you can write the rules on it. Very fun to make for those who like to color. You should be able to find it in most hardware stores.
Feast Planning – We have our date back. 2/12, now. We just have to get it paid for.
Recipes – These butters keep best in the freezer. Once the container is at room temp they last about a week. I freeze in 2 oz containers, so they can just be unmolded and let stand to thaw.
Directions for all but the roasted garlic
Get the butter to room temp or put 1/2 of it in the nuker for 1 minute.
Put the other 1/2 into the food processor, then pour the melted/partly melted butter on top of it and let stand for 10 minutes.
Add other ingredients and process until smooth.
Mold and fridge/freeze.
Add salt if desired.
Basil/garlic butter
4 cloves garlic
15 leaves from basil plant
1/4 tsp horseradish powder
1 cup butter (1/2 pound)
Garlic butter
2 bulbs of garlic, peeled and chopped (you can use ¼ cup of pre-minced stuff from the produce department of the grocery store, instead)
1 pound butter
Garlic Dill Butter
2 bulbs of garlic, peeled and chopped (you can use ¼ cup of pre-minced stuff from the produce department of the grocery store, instead)
1 pound butter
2 stems fresh dill from the produce section (take out the stems!) or 1 TBSP dried. OR 1/2 TBSP ground caraway seed, or 1/2 TBSP Italian Seasoning Mix.
Parmesan Garlic Butter
1/4 cup minced garlic
1 pound butter
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, flaked (don’t use the fake stuff!)
Roasted Garlic Butter
2 Garlic Heads
2 teaspoons Olive Oil
pinch saffron
pinch horseradish
1 stick Unsalted Butter (1/4 pound), at room temperature
Method
Cut top 1/3 off the bulb/head of garlics. You’re trying to open all of the cloves. Alternatively separate and peel the cloves.
Put the garlics in the smallest oven-safe dish that they’ll fit into.
Pour the olive oil over them.
Bake at 350F. Garlic bulbs usually take 30 minutes. The cloves are usually 15-20. They’re done when soft.
Take out and cool.
Drain off any oil (use for frying potatoes! Yum!)
Put butter and spices into a food processor. Put the garlic (minus the peel/paper) in on top and process until smooth.
Viking Ice Skates (10th Century CE); made of leather and horse bone.
Swedish History Museum, Stockholm
Credit: @archeohistories
Music – 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢 – Duo Trobairitz, Faye Newton & Hazel Brooks – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢 – Ensemble: Duo Trobairitz, Album: The Language of Love, Video: Le Roman de Fauvel, (details of the charivari) 1300 circa, http://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale
I have many and many hours of medieval music listening in my ears, and I can assure you that Faye Newton and Hazel Brooks with this record have created one of the best collections of early music ever made. As they saying goes: “less is more” and here everything is perfect in its simplicity. The musical atmospheres and the images of the poems come back to life in front of us, exaltated in every part with the wonderful voice of Newton and the fascinating viella of Brooks; nothing more, nothing else is needed. Faye Newton and Hazel Brooks are, in all respects, a true “Duo Trobairitz”! Have a good listening. Mirko Virginio Volpe – MUSICA MEDIEVALE 1 Por Coi Me Bait Mes Maris, Monophonic Malmariée, Rayn.1564 – Anonymous 2 Dansse Real I – Anonymous 3 Lo Rossinholet Salvatge, Monophonic Canso – Gaucelm Faidit 4 La Tierche Estampie Real, For Consort – Anonymous 5 En Un Vergier Lez Une Fontenele, Chanson de Toile, Rayn.594 – Anonymous 6 La Quarte Estampie Royal – Anonymous 7 En Ma Forest, Pastourelle – Anonymous 8 Can L’erba Fresch’, Monophonic Canso – Bernart de Ventadorn 9 Volés Oïr Muse Muset, Trouvère Song – Colin Muset 10 Bele Doette As Fenestres Se Siet, Chanson de Toile – Anonymous 11 La Prime Estampie Royal, Medieval Dance – Anonymous 12 Reis Glorios, Monphonic Alba – Guiraut de Bornelh • Faye Newton – Chant Hazel Brooks – Viella
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 11/1/22 & published 11/7/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 11/7/22
Summer has finally left us and we’re mostly doing things indoors. We’re working on setting up for 12th Night and for Adiantum Yule. Herbs in the Garden is done for the season, as far as scheduled times. Lots of links to various articles, podcasts and videos.
Sewing and Project Day are ongoing. Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter as weather permits.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Plantable left, cookable right
Next Potluck – Next Potluck – 11/20, 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
November 5 , 2022, 9am – MARTINMAS / GUNPOWDER PLOT DAY FEAST – The Barony of Terra Pomaria (Marion, Polk & Lincoln Counties, OR ), Turner Christian Convention Center, 5605 Jubilee Dr SE Turner, OR 97392 This is a Level 1: Other (Branch primary events of regional or Kingdom interest) event. Hello noble traveler, are you in need of a rest after a summer of activities? Do you hunger for some soup, snacks, and camaraderie? What about a rousing battle of wits, or to peruse the science and artistic arts your fellow Barony(and beyond) mates have been working on? Do you bake bread? Come with a homemade loaf to accompany the evening’s fare and be judged the most a-peel-ing to win a prize. Their Excellencies Terra Pomaria, Thegn Clovis de Walton and Baronesa Ximena, have seen fit to offer reprieve to our long running Arts and Sciences champion HL Nemo Magnus, those who would succeed him to the title may register within. A Rapier prize tournament will be held to test the populace and prepare them for the coming Future Championship(TBD). Their Alpine Highnesses, Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern will hold court. Fees: Adults (Ages 18 and up) $20 for the day, $5 discount with proof of current membership to the Society for Creative Anachronism. Youth (Ages 17 and under) are free of charge with accompanying adult. Site fee includes potluck luncheon dayboard (with a roast beast provided by the Barony) and an evening feast of soups to warm the body, heart, and soul accompanied by a bread baking competition in search of the Barony’s most a-peel-ing baker. Event Steward: Stefan De Kilpatrik (Stefan the fat) moc.liamg@lekcirT.nehpetS Branch Seneschal: HL Gwyneth Blackthorne gro.ritna@lahcseneSairamoParreT “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot I know of no reason why gunpowder season should e’er be forgot.” Prereg is open: https://forms.gle/QWtjHuWXXiFXJHip7
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship. *
JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/19/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Introducing: The Alpine Festival of the Arts! The event formerly known as A&S&B Championships is now Alpine Festival of the Arts. So why the name change? The event has been expanded to a full two days (Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2023) We will still have the A&S and Bardic Championships, organized by the current Alpine Scholar and Summits Bard according to tradition. Plus, we will have one day devoted to the Alpine Artisan Showcase. This is a non-competitive opportunity to display your art, schedule one-on-one discussions with Laurels and other interested artisans, and generally geek out and celebrate the varied and fabulous arts of the Principality of the Summits. Our fantastic Event Stewards have secured a venue that will enable the competitions and non-competitive Artisan Showcase to be set up in separate spaces, so no interference between the two, yet everyone has access to both. This is advanced notice to start planning your Artisan Showcase display now. Further details will be posted as plans develop.
Dance Vids – Branle des lavandières – Les Baladins de Céret
Classes – The (NOT a) Hennin – An Absolutely NOT comprehensive introdution! – The Creative Contessa
Early Week – Anja attended a Meet ‘n Greet for Baronial candidates in Adiantum. We talked a little about having some events on the Coast. She’s also been researching Medieval Jobs, planning to put up a website page.
Cookery – Made a pease pottage from field peas and ate on that all week. We saved out enough to do another try on the Birka Bread.
Dinner in the Byzantine Empire – Medievalists – This episode of the Medieval Grad Podcast is tasty! Adam Morin, a PhD candidate in history at Queen’s University, discusses with Lucie Laumonier the ins and out of Byzantine cuisine. What did a Byzantine grocery list look like? And what did people eat? That very much depended on the social status of individuals as well as on where they lived. In Constantinople, food choices were greater than in a small countryside village. Bon appétit!
Scotch Pies (the king of pies) – John Kirkwood – How to make delicious Scotch pies, using hot water crust pastry, easy step by step instructions from start to finish. (not a period recipe, but passes…)
I found this tile and went, “Whee!” So did others.
I took one look at this and jumped. I’m familiar with this guy, same expression, from Scholehouse for the Needle – From the new acquisitions at the Cluny Museum
Stag from Scholehouse for the Needle.
Fragment of a textile furnishing – European17th–19th century
MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE – Linen, plain weave embroidered with linen thread with overcast and weaving stitches (withdrawn element work)
DIMENSIONS – 48.5 x 61 cm (19 1/8 x 24 in.)
CREDIT LINE – Denman Waldo Ross Collection
ACCESSION NUMBER – 99.183 – NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS – Europe, Textiles and Fashion Arts
CLASSIFICATIONS – Textiles
DESCRIPTION – Fragment of a furnishing fabric with a white linen plain weave ground embroidered with tan colored thread, design of stags darned with white.
PROVENANCE – Denman Waldo Ross collection; gift to the MFA October 30,1899
Fragment of a textile furnishing – European17th–19th century
MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE – Linen, plain weave embroidered with linen thread with overcast and weaving stitches (withdrawn element work)
DIMENSIONS – 48.5 x 61 cm (19 1/8 x 24 in.)
CREDIT LINE – Denman Waldo Ross Collection
ACCESSION NUMBER – 99.183 – NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS – Europe, Textiles and Fashion Arts
CLASSIFICATIONS – Textiles
DESCRIPTION – Fragment of a furnishing fabric with a white linen plain weave ground embroidered with tan colored thread, design of stags darned with white.
PROVENANCE – Denman Waldo Ross collection; gift to the MFA October 30,1899
17th Century Inspired Embroidery Patterns | 4 Historic Samplers – Lynne Fairchild – Some double-running stitch embroidery patterns based on various 17th Century samplers. – Long samplers from England in the 1600s often reproduced or adapted designs from earlier pattern books for needlework. Samplers were created as a mark of achievement in needlework by young ladies as they progressed in their education. Because they display levels of skill and technique, samplers often include figurative or scenic decoration along with the alphabet and various horizontal and vertical patterns that could serve as guides for future stitching. Most samplers reveal the pride of a young lady as she showed off her considerable accomplishment in sewing and were treasured from generation to generation.” (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Modern Sewing Tools and Techniques for Busy Re-enactors – Barony of Terra Pomaria – =The Baronesa Ximena explores the fiber arts in the SCA! October 23rd, 10am she hosts, Her Excellency Spike Zoetart (OL) in The Baronesa Ximena explores the fiber arts in the SCA!
Nuernberger Hausbuecher – A book of many differing crafts, just in the first few pages there’s a teamster, a guy working on a compass, various toolmakers, a blacksmith and a guy netting a package for transport. – https://www.nuernberger-hausbuecher.de/75-Amb-2-317b-1-v
Herb Bunch – Since the rain has started it’s harder to work outside. Anja still had to clean and sort the garlic/shallot harvest, preparing to plant for the winter. We have about 6 pints both from our harvest and from the farmer’s market. About 1/2 are for cooking, although some are already sprouting and those are going to get planted. We also have “seed” garlics, from some that were planted late enough that they won’t hit full size, so are getting split up to replant for full size next year. The garlics/shallots that we have have been curing for at least 3 weeks.
Garlic Harvest (more next week, and I’m doing a page for this!)
All the shallots (most purchased)
The damaged and sprouting shallots
Divided into plantable and cookable
Plantable left, cookable right
Elephant garlics – All going for cooking
Regular garlic, starting to sort
Dry Fig Merchant.
October 28th is the 301st day of the Gregorian calendar year.
It was usually the 7th day of the month of fog in the French Republican/Revolutionary Calendar, officially referred to as FIG Day
Albucasis. Observations on nature and properties of various food and hygiene products, meteorological phenomena, various acts of human life, etc. Place of production: Pavia or Milan. Date of publication: circa 1390-1400. Manuscript in latin and Italian writing illuminated on parchment. Dimensions 325 × 250 mm. National Library of France. Department of Manuscripts. NAL 1673 vol 2V
Pear harvest Pira October 24th, 3rd day of brewery month officially pear dayIbn Butlan, sanitary tacuum. (written in the 11th century, copy of the Vienna manuscript). Illuminated manuscript on parchment with German translation of the Latin text at the bottom of each leaf. The German translation was added there in the 15th century. Place and date of publication: Rhine origin, 1445-1451. , National Library of France. Department of Manuscripts. Latin 9333
Project Day – I don’t know if it put anyone off, but the event page for the day got re-set somewhere between about 3pm on Saturday and 2pm on Sunday, so no one could post. I fixed it, but that’s getting *really* aggravating. I worked on photos and grabbing links. Loren was sanding another wooden goblet/plate/bowl set.
Arlys – Not sure. May have company.
Peggy – Finished another scroll this morning. Yesterday helped man my Barony’s booth at a trunk or treat type event in one of the local parks. Watch out for little girls who have been given a sword, they will take you out at the knees. Also today, discussed an idea for next years trunk or treat with the person who organizes our booth.
Helen Louise – Had a busy week. No images of new garb made yet. I’m working on winter wool Roman garb for Hobbit John. Had a few new people in the studio this week to learn how to make basic tunics. Also starting making yule stockings. I make loads of them every holiday to give filled to kids and people.
Feast Planning – The rest of the Birka Bread dough went into the freezer. The newer pease pottage, made with field peas, needs a little more cooking.
Miscellaneous pix
Hip-joint armchair (Dantesca type) | Italian | The Metropolitan Museum of Art – The curved arm and leg supports have a disk intersection with geometric intarsia. Small inlaid geometric designs decorate the front and the top of the curved arms. The rounded base rails have accolade-shaped undersides. metmuseum.org
Women washing the clothes, 1270-1400 (5 depictions) – The clothes were soaked in water and beaten with a wooden bat on a bench or simply on the ground. Washer-women, lotrices, appear often in the medieval accounts, testifying to their importance.
1270 ger Landesbibliothek Gotha Ms. Memb. I 90 – Sächsische Weltchronik
1290-1300 flem Ms. 251 Brugge (3)
1327-1335 eng Add MS 47682 Holkham Bible
1389-1400 ger ÖNB Cod. 2759 Wenzelsbibel
1389-1400 ger ÖNB Cod. 2760 – Wenzelsbibel
Feast Tables
Feasting Illumination attributed to Robinet Testard from a late 15th century French copy of the book Romance of the Rose
olika-modeller
Boccaccio The Decameron Flanders 1432 Paris BnF Arsenal manuscript 5070 fol 387
valeriestauner Marco d’Oggiono, Ultima cena, 1506-1509 circa, particolare. Écouen, Musée national de la Renaissance
Today would have been the birthday of Anne-Marie Deschamps (23-10-1933 / 15-09-2022) unfortunately recently passed away. She was interpreter of medieval music, singer, musicologist, pedagogue and French composer. In 1974 she founded the Venance Fortunat ensemble, the first French a cappella vocal group specializing in medieval music. The sung repertoire of the ensemble is mainly that of sacred music, with a particular focus on a few manuscripts that are little or not studied: the Codex Calixtinus, the Codex Ivrea, the Codex of Apt, the Graduel de Bellelay.The Codex Calixtinus, Liber Sancti Jacobi or the Book of Saint James, is an important manuscript from the 12th-century. It was intended to be an in-depth anthology with advice for pilgrims following the Camino de Santiago to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great, located in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia (Spain). The collection includes sermons, reports of miracles and liturgical texts associated with Saint James, and a set of polyphonic musical pieces. In it are also found descriptions of the route, works of art to be seen along the way, and the customs of the local people. Have a good listening, Mirko Virginio Volpe Musica Medievale More info about the Codex Calixtinus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_C… 1 Ultreia2 Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor – 1st Trope: Brother Tuotilo of St Gall – 3rd Trope: Gauthier of Château-Renault3 Regi Perennis Glorie – Gauthier of Château-Renault – Anonymous Doctor From Galicia4 Ad Honorem Regi Summi – Aimery Picaud5 Misit Herodes – Aton of Troyes6 Kyrie Rex Immense – Fulbert of Chartres7 Alleluia Vocavit Jesu – Gosselin of Soissons8 Portum In Ultimo – Aton of Troyes9 O Adjutor – Organum Melismata Attributed To Aton of Troyes10 Ad Superni – Master Albert, Archbishop of Bourges11 Nostra Phalanx Aton of Troyes12 Vox Nostra Resonet – Juan Legalis13 Benedicamus Domino I – Droard of Troyes14 Benedicamus Domino II – Droard of Troyes15 Benedicamus Domino III – Gauthier of Château-Renault16 Congaudeant – Master Albert of Paris • Baritone Vocals – Gabriel Lacascade Bass Vocals – Antoine Sicot, Philippe KahnMezzo-soprano Vocals – Françoise LevySoprano Vocals – Catherine Petit-Heugel, Dominique Thibaudat Tenor Vocals – Bruno Boterf Directed By, Soprano Vocals – Anne-Marie Deschamps
Seasonal – Sting-Soul Cake – paris33101 – Sting-If On A Winter’s Night… modern arrangement.
𝔄𝔟𝔟𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔞 𝔡𝔦 𝔐𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔬 – Ensemble Murmur Mori (Medieval Music, Musica Medievale) – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢
Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music – Jim Spalink – Music printed on the butt of one of the tortured souls in the 15th Century Hieronymus Bosch painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” , Played on (What else?) Lute, Harp, and Hurdy-Gurdy by James Spalink. The melody is based on the transcription by Amelia Hamrick. The intro and outro employ the “Devil’s Interval”, and the last couple of measures are conjecture on my part. You could say that I just “pulled them out of my”-well, you know…..
The Mongol Storm with Nicholas Morton – Medievalists – This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Nicholas Morton about the one hundred year rise of the Mongol Empire in the Near East, why they were so effective, and why they pursued global domination. Nicholas’ book, The Mongol Storm. Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East, is published by Basic Books.
Medieval miracle cults exposed by publication of 500-year-old manuscript – Hidden History – The study of a rare English illuminated medieval prayer roll has exposed details of medieval miracle cults.
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Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created10/24/22 & published 11/1/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 11/1/22
Adiantum has changed their A&S day to Sunday, directly conflicting with our Project Day. We’re going to keep right on, but every other week, Anja will be attending the other, virtually, while keeping track of what we have going. Could get complicated, especially since she’s teaching on 11/6…. Otherwise things were pretty much standard this week, but it was the last regularly scheduled Herbs in the Garden since the rain has started. We’re going to try to re-start the regular evening Herbs Workshop, but not yet.
Sewing and Project Day are ongoing. Masks required. We’re keeping right on with the virtual meetings side-by-side with the actual.
Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Thursdays, 7am-9pm, on hold
Herb Workshop, In the Garden – Done for the season. There will be occasional workshops through the winter.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, 1 to 4pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – Next Potluck – 11/20, 12/11 (note changed date!!!), 1/15/22
November 5 , 2022, 9am – MARTINMAS / GUNPOWDER PLOT DAY FEAST – The Barony of Terra Pomaria (Marion, Polk & Lincoln Counties, OR ), Turner Christian Convention Center, 5605 Jubilee Dr SE Turner, OR 97392 This is a Level 1: Other (Branch primary events of regional or Kingdom interest) event. Hello noble traveler, are you in need of a rest after a summer of activities? Do you hunger for some soup, snacks, and camaraderie? What about a rousing battle of wits, or to peruse the science and artistic arts your fellow Barony(and beyond) mates have been working on? Do you bake bread? Come with a homemade loaf to accompany the evening’s fare and be judged the most a-peel-ing to win a prize. Their Excellencies Terra Pomaria, Thegn Clovis de Walton and Baronesa Ximena, have seen fit to offer reprieve to our long running Arts and Sciences champion HL Nemo Magnus, those who would succeed him to the title may register within. A Rapier prize tournament will be held to test the populace and prepare them for the coming Future Championship(TBD). Their Alpine Highnesses, Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern will hold court. Fees: Adults (Ages 18 and up) $20 for the day, $5 discount with proof of current membership to the Society for Creative Anachronism. Youth (Ages 17 and under) are free of charge with accompanying adult. Site fee includes potluck luncheon dayboard (with a roast beast provided by the Barony) and an evening feast of soups to warm the body, heart, and soul accompanied by a bread baking competition in search of the Barony’s most a-peel-ing baker. Event Steward: Stefan De Kilpatrik (Stefan the fat) moc.liamg@lekcirT.nehpetS Branch Seneschal: HL Gwyneth Blackthorne gro.ritna@lahcseneSairamoParreT “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot I know of no reason why gunpowder season should e’er be forgot.” Prereg is open: https://forms.gle/QWtjHuWXXiFXJHip7
December 9 , 2022 until December, 11 2022 – SUMMITS INVESTITURE – The Principality of the Summits The Shire of Coeur du Val (Corvallis, Benton County, OR ) Event site: Philomath Scout Lodge, 660 Clemens Mill Rd Philomath, OR 97370 Good people of An Tir, join our Alpine Highnesses Datu Bato and Dayang Emma von Bern as they bestow the Summit Coronets unto their heirs. More information to come soon!
December 17 , 2022, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – ADIANTUM YULE – The Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Lane County, OR ) This is a Level 2: Branch Event where no Kingdom or Principality business is expected to be conducted event. Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Murchadh Monaidh Chraoibhe The Barony of Adiantum celebrates the coming of winter with Baronial Court, a potluck dinner, and a day of friendship.
JAN 13, 2023 AT 12 PM – JAN 15, 2023 AT 5 PM – An Tir 12th Night 2023 – Valley River Inn Event by Barony of Adiantum, Pam Perryman and Esther Reese Hello From An Tir 12th Night 2023! 12th Night 2023 will be held in the Barony of Adiantum (Eugene, Oregon). Our event site is the lovely Valley River Inn, which is happy to host the SCA again. For those new to the site, the “SCA block” is the entire hotel! The staff is friendly, with many having been our hosts at past events in their hotel. They know us, and they love our events. At 12th Night 2020, fifty-three+ hotel staff worked with Gold Key to wear garb during the work shift. It’s a welcoming space that’s all ours for the weekend! Your event Stewards are Dame Yseult of Broceliande Ol, OP (Pam Perryman) and Honorable Emma Haldane (Esther Reese).The best way to reach them is to send an email to 12thnight2023@antir.org. The event email will be checked at least once a day, and usually several times a day. Site Fee is $30.00, with a $5.00 discount for SCA members. There is no pre-registration or payment; pay and sign in at the gate. The event page is hosted on the An Tir server, on the calendar page. That will always be the most up-to-date place for information: https://antir.org/events/twelfth-night-2023
February 19 , 2023 – SUMMITS A&S & BARDIC CHAMPIONSHIP
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House Capuchin Winter Feast – 2/12/23 – Come join us for a Norse Feast (Viking era)! We’ve been researching for two years, now, because of the virus, so you can expect some good food and fun! The site is open from noon to 8pm, although we’ll be there from 8am to midnight or so. If you’re there outside of the event times, you’ll likely be put to work. 🙂 We’re planning a couple of classes, music, stories and possibly some dance as well as food all day and the feast proper starts at 5pm. Bring your feast gear and some containers to take leftovers home with you, along with the “travel food” that we usually plan as the last course of the feast. This is a free event, although there’s a donation can by the front door to help defray the costs.
Les Bouffons (Renaissance Dance) – LuteandTheorbo – Les Bouffons – Recorded in Huysburg (2011) – Contact: http://www.resoldo-milare.de
Fabritio Caroso’s “Chiara Stella” by Renaissance dance ensemble “Vento del Tempo” – esmolnyakova
Classes –
A series of short talks on the Black Death
How Devastating was the Black Death?- Medievalists – Hendrik Poinar, an evolutionary geneticist at McMaster University, talks about how devastating this pandemic was, which struck the medieval world in the mid-14th century. Learn more about the new research he was involved in – Black Death shaped evolution of immunity genes, setting course for how we respond today (more info on youtube page)
Research findings about the Black Death and present-day people’s immune systems – Medievalists
Doing Genetic Research on the Black Death – Medievalists
The Gruelling 3,400 Mile Journey Of The Medieval Pilgrims | Pilgrimage | Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – Simon Reeve began his journey in Canterbury and has finally reached Istanbul. Here was once a busy medieval staging post for pilgrims to the Holy Land. Before falling to the Ottoman Empire, it was the centre of Roman Christianity under Emperor Constantine. His mother Helena, arguably the first pilgrim to the Holy Land, brought back relics from Jerusalem to fill the city’s churches, which made it a major destination for pilgrimage in its own right for centuries to come. Simon visits the magnificent Hagia Sophia and a traditional Turkish bath, discovering that pilgrims brought public bathing back with them to Europe, showing how pilgrimage spread practical ideas as well as religious ones.
Early Week – …was all cleanup from the potluck until Herbs on Wednesday.
Cookery – On Monday we did up another of the Birka Breads, but in the oven. 40 minutes of baking. Not any real difference to the “fried” ones. Loren still doesn’t like them. The rest of the dough went into the freezer. A pease pottage got started Saturday morning.
Weatherproofing your log cabin – chinking and daubing
A Reproduction Medieval Collar – Maria Portinari’s Necklace Upclose – The Creative Contessa – This collar was created by Armour and Castings.
Herb Bunch – Monday evening Anja harvested the last crop of sweetgrass for braiding. On Tuesday she spent some time, picking up garden tools and pots and such and putting them away. Wednesday’s Herbs in the Garden was Anja, one of the potato boys and a next-door neighbor who mostly weeded, but got the bean & lettuce seeds in. The potato boy ran home and got a bucket with dirt for some snow peas that he took home and set in front of their door where it will get full sunshine. Also harvested lemon grass that was then cut and frozen. Later in the week, the new pot of dahlias got moved around to the front where it will get more sunshine.
Garden pix for the week
10/18 – Seeds in
10/22 – after the rain
10/18 – Giant nasturtium
10/18 – What’s growing in here?
10/18 – Peony is doing great
10/18 – Sunlight through the cedars/spruces
10/18 – A tree that’s turning.
10/22 – This is going gang-busters!
10/22 – …and has blossoms!
10/22 – Oregano had 1/2 a dozen blossoms on Wednesday, but today….
10/22 – Cardoons
10/23 – Shop – The Good King Henry rose
10/23 – Shop – Calendula (and white sage)
10/23 – Shop – The last hurrah of the crocosmia
Eleanor de Bolton – Quinces
Project Day – Anja and Loren started the day consulting over the last of the boiled bread. It had been sliced in the crock and buttered, but sat in the fridge where the butter ran off and hardened. We put it on foil, broke up and added the butter and then a little cheese. It was tasty!
Adiantum’s A&S has changed to Sunday, so Anja sat in on a talk about curing olives. Did you know that the cheap black olives that are cold as “california black ripe olives” are actually unripe olives that are treated with lye and iron phosphate?
Isabeau posted from her trip, “Yikes!!! I didn’t bring any of my projects with me to AZ. Just came in from the pool. Did my shoulder-sizers…. lol”
…and Helen posted about a tunic and matching hat and I can’t find the post!
Feast Planning – Still negotiating on the hall…..
Recipes – Pease pottage
2 cups dried peas (pigeon peas, field peas)
6 cups water
a “palmful” of salt
1/4 cup dried onion
1 TBSP garlic powder
caraway to taste
1 pound bacon
12 oz frozen carrots
Method
Dump everything into a crockpot.
Turn it on low and let cook 12 hours.
Test a pea for doneness. They should have a little body, but not crunch. You can cook for 2 hours more, if necessary.
Serve hot, or drain and use broth for dumplings and body of the soup for the base for Birka bread.
Miscellaneous pix
Roman mosaic of a labyrinth rendered with a remarkable three-dimensional effect, in the peristyle courtyard of the Domus Romana, Malta.
The Fuller Brooch – This morning’s treasure is the Fuller Brooch, thought to date from the time of King Alfred the Great (871-899) and to have once belonged to either a high-ranking churchman or a nobleman. Made of silver, its centre is adorned with five figures representing the human senses, with sight being accorded the central position. Whereas sight is readily identifiable from the figure’s large eyes, the other senses are shown through the actions of the individual figures.
Quite how the brooch managed to survive for such a long period without, apparently, having been either buried or melted down and its metal reused, is something of a mystery. It is, of course, a highly attractive piece, although no written testimony relating to its existence can be traced to any earlier than the late nineteenth century, a fact which has in the past caused some to question whether it might not be a fake. However, at the time that it was first described it was housed in a bespoke case fashioned from sharkskin, with this object being dated to the seventeenth century. The consensus is now that it is a genuine rare surviving piece of Anglo-Saxon secular art. It is presently housed in the British Museum.
Ancient Greek crowns
Credit: @ArysPan
#Ancient_Archaeology_Art
Scythian Gold Plaque in the Form of a Panther Curved Round. Date: 7-6th BC. Place of origin: South-Western Siberia, area between the Rivers Irtysh and Ob Russia. Collection: Hermitage Museum.
Credit: @archaeologyart
#Archaeology_and_Ancient_Civilizations
A Roman Calendar ca. 1st Century AD which shows: months, holidays, festivals etc and perhaps most importantly, the guide for agricultural seasonal activities which gives them the vernacular “Farmers’ Calendar” Along the top of each column we see the familiar Zodiac symbols with coinciding months. It is on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
IMAGE SOURCE: Guido Petruccioli
In a French town Vaison-la-Romaine, a piece of Roman clay tile was found with a toddler’s footprint on it. Footprint was obviously made while clay tile was drying, this shows that children 2000 years ago weren’t that different: they are always curious to experience new things …
Credit: @archeohistories
#ancient_urban_archaeology
The Tudor Travel Guide – The Tudor History & Travel Show: Hitting the Road – Hello! I just thought I’d post some of my most recent photos from Berkeley Castle in South Gloucestershire. It was a stop on the 1535 progress and more famously the place in which King Edward II was murdered in the 14th century. Photos show the castle and some of the adjacent church, which has some glorious wall paintings, tombs and architectural features. I hope you enjoy them!
Music – 𝔄𝔩𝔦𝔢́𝔫𝔬𝔯 𝔡’𝔄𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢, musique à la cour – Ensemble Tre Fontane – 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔢
Ensemble: Tre Fontane Album: Musique à la cour d’Aliénor d’Aquitaine Video: court of Poitiers and Abbey of Fontevraud – Ms: Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (XII cent.) http://www.facebook.com/musicamedievale Eleanor of Aquitaine, was one of the most famous, intelligent and desired women of the twelfth century. It is May 18, 1152, between expanses of uncontaminated woods and meadows, difficult for us to imagine, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Plantagenet get married, giving life to a kingdom of enormous proportions and indisputable power. Eleanor of Aquitaine had witnessed the war by participating in the second crusade with her first husband, King Louis VII of France. She was the granddaughter of William IX of Aquitaine, considered the first of the troubadours, and was herself a scholar and patron. Jaufré Rudel was one of the many troubadours in her entourage during the overseas crusade and many of the greatest poets and musicians of her time, whose fame has come down to the present day, frequented her court. Eleanor received French, German and Italian singers every spring in her fiefdom in Poitiers, as well as her numerous sons and daughters, including Richard the Lionheart, John Lackland and Marie of France who had founded a literary circle with the mother of she. Maria was also the protector of Chrétien de Troyes who dedicated her “Lancelot, the knight of the cart” to her. In one of these spring meetings, the troubadour Bertrand de Born dedicated a song to Eleanor in which he swore to her that Tristan himself had suffered not so much for the love of Isolde as for her, her beautiful Queen Eleanor. Eleanor of Aquitaine tried to bring the music and culture of courtly love, which now flourished in southern Europe, in the distant English lands of her husband with whom she did not have a good relationship, since she supported the rebellion of their children towards her father, the latter who imprisoned her in a tower fearing her danger and her influence in the European courts. In this video I used some photos of the Palace of Poitiers, now empty and cold but full of music and people when the Queen had her court of love. Those walls heard the voices of artists such as Marcabru, Jaufré Rudel, Bertrand de Born … I also used some photos of Alienor’s tomb in Frontevraud abbey. The manuscript used is a psalter that belonged to the queen herself and in which she is depicted, elderly at that time, but always beautiful. • 1 Ab la dolcor – Guillaume de Poitiers 2 Ja nuls – Richard Cœur de Lion 3 Fort chausa – Gaucelm Faidit 4 Estampie anglaise – Anon. 5 Aussi comme l’unicorn sui – Thibaut de Champagne 6 Amour, tenson et bataille – Chretien de Troyes 7 Quand noif – Gace Brulé 8 De monte lapis – Anon. Ms. St. Martial de Limoges 9 Casta catholica – Codex Las Huelgas (XII sec.) 10 Atressi comme Percevaus – Rigaut De Berbezilh 11 Quand l’herba fresca – Bernart De Ventadorn 12 Ab lo cor triste – Trobairitz Anon.
Medieval Storytime, Knightly Edition – Medievalists – This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle reads stories from the biographies of two of the Middle Ages’ greatest knights, William Marshal and Boucicaut, as well as revisiting the famous Combat of the Thirty. (more info on youtube page)
How A Huge Stolen Medieval Treasure Trove Was Finally Found | Liberators | Chronicle – Medieval History Documentaries – A hoard of Medieval art seized by the Nazis goes missing at the end of the war. A dogged German art detective tracks the missing treasure from the New York art world to the unlikeliest of destinations: a small town on the Texas prairie.
Tales From The Green Valley – September (part 1 of 12) – permahome – In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620’s for one year. The first episode starts in September and it’s time for ploughing the fields with oxen, baking bread in a hearth and harvest apples for winter storage.
Tales From The Green Valley – October (part 2 of 12)
Tales From The Green Valley – November (part 3 of 12)
Tales From The Green Valley – December (part 4 of 12)
Largesse, Gifts and Auction items · ASXLVIII = 88 · ASXLIX = 794 · ASL = 2138 · ASLI = 731 · ASLII = 304 · ASLIII = 146 · ASLIV & ASLV = 230 · ASLVI & ASLVII = 187 plus bookmarks, 4 puppets, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 1 kiss-lock pouch, 10 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 3 snip case w/snips, 23lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 2 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries, 1 woolen spool-knit cord, 46 key bottle openers, 4 dishcloths, box of thread waxers. Total as a Household = 4240 handed off
In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin Page Created 10/17/22 & published ?/?/22 (C)M. Bartlett Last updated 10/23/2
This morning, at 11 o’clock and 11 minutes, St. Martin’s procession took place on Charles Bridge. – 
St. Martin rode across the bridge on a white horse pulling a wagon of snow. – 
House Capuchin 3 