East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
On behalf of Mistress Astryda Borowska, GNEW Class Coordinator: Do you have a passion, knowledge you’d love to share, a skill you’d love to see spread far and wide? Come teach at the 30th GNEW — and maybe even win a war point for Malagentia or Tir Mara. Teacher forms are available at the GNEW website. The deadline …
Our ninth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lady Adrienne d’Evreus, of the Province of Malagentia. She turns to the flora of her woodlands to learn ways that medieval painters made green pigments. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) Making green paint medievally with spring irises and fall buckthorn berries Many medieval manuscripts …
Our eighth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Sir Michael of York of the Barony of Carolingia. He examines a catastrophic climatological event with both modern and historical records, and in the telling introduces us to a very interesting chronicler. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) Matthew Paris and the Volcano In the middle of the …
The Barony Beyond the Mountain invites the populace of the East to join us in September 2017 for Artifacts of a Life III — an arts and sciences competition with a focus on persona development. Have you ever looked at your modern family heirlooms and wondered what your SCA persona would leave in your will, …
On February 6th, in the Shire of Barren Sands, an impressive array of artisans and craftspeople convened to compete for the positions of King’s and Queen’s Arts and Sciences Champions. Entries included examples of the vast range of Eastern arts, including pottery, metal-working, period clothing, syrups and sugar work, illumination, research on period hygiene practices, …
The King’s and Queen’s Bardic Champions were announced today at the event held in the Shire of Owlsherst. The finalists were Lady Aethelfeid Flied Brewbane, Mistress Alys Mackyntoich, Lord Drake Oranwood, and Mistress Sol la Cantor. Queen’s Champion is Mistress Alys Mackyntoich. King’s Champion is Lady Aethelfleid Brewbane.
The following detailed information on the Heraldic Display Competition at Mudthaw was provided by Mistress Alys Mackyntoich. This competition is intended to encourage period and period-style heraldic display. “Heraldic display” is not limited to banners. In period, a person’s armory was placed on any number of personal ad useful items, including household objects and clothing. …
The Finalized Class Schedule for Hrim Schola which is taking place on March 19th in the Barony of Dragonship Haven (Meriden, CT) has been posted to the event listing on the East Kingdom website.
Our seventh A&S Research Paper comes to us from Baroness Charitye Dale, of the Barony of Settmour Swamp. She examines a question that would have affected our personas practically every single day – how did people manage before toilet paper? (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) Life Before Toilet Paper There are …
The following article appeared in the The Æthelmearc Gazette yesterday and is reposted with their permission. Our thanks to them for sharing this wonderful article. Greetings, choral singers! Lady Tangwystl verch Gruffydd of the Barony of Northwoods in the Middle Kingdom has graciously volunteered to serve as Director of a Known World Choir at the upcoming …