East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Unto the good people of the East: greetings from your A&S champions! Although many activities within our kingdom remain on hold, the arts continue to thrive within our realm. To that end, I am thrilled to announce that today is the first day of registration for our upcoming Ethereal Crown A&S Champions competition. Registration and other helpful competition …
Our 29th A&S Research Paper comes to us from THL John Kelton of Greyhorn. John is a journeyman with the EK Brewers Guild and the guildmaster of the Honourable Company of Fermenters of The Barony of Concordia of the Snows. In this paper he takes us through the long history of Hippocras, a simple drink …
Our 28th A&S Research Paper comes to us from THL Ibrahim al-Rashid. Ibrahim currently lives in the Canton of Whyt Wey in the Crown Province of Ostgardr. In this paper he takes us deep into his research on naalbinding, providing evidence of nalbound socks from post-Roman Egypt, and ending his paper by discussing the availablity …
Interested in Martial A&S?!? Enter this Laurel’s Challenge or tune in to the online webinar on April 18th to learn from others! Information below. April 18th (Saturday) “Laurel’s Challenge: Martial A&S,” Begins at 10:00am, Sponsored by Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova Sviatoslavina, Nataliia Hurd . Meeting Link: forthcoming While the EK Artisans and Scholars event sadly had …
Our 27th paper comes from the author of our 26th research paper, Lady Agnes Marie de Calais (Brandy Whitney). This follow up piece chronicles the author’s continued research journey, as her inquisitive nature takes her beyond where many SCA artisans end their research process. This paper details Lady Agnes’s exploration into archival research, as she …
Our twenty-sixth Research Paper comes to us from Lady Agnes Marie de Calais. She begins by writing about a unique small ceramic item she came across in a museum one day, and this paper is evidence of the research she has begun to dive into related to that unique item. (Prospective future contributors, please check …
Greetings! We would like to thank Mistress Aildreda de Tamworthe for all of her hard work curating A&S research papers since the Gazette began publishing them in 2015. Mistress Elysabeth Underhill will be taking over this role for Aildreda. An updated Call for Papers is below. Call for Research Papers Have you just finished some …
Our twenty-fifth Research Paper comes to us from Lady Astriðr Musa of the Barony of Concordia of the Snows. Her reconstruction of a late-period garment has led her into a deep look into the tools of Elizabethan clothing, which she is here to share with us! (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call …
Our twenty-fourth Research Paper comes to us from the members of the Accademia della Danza, chiefly of the Barony of Carolingia and the Shire of Quintavia. It has been their mission these past two years to transcribe and decode an original fifteenth-century manuscript that may be a reference book? an archive? a mystery and a …
By Mästarinna Margreþa la Fauvelle When Their Majesties Brennan and Caoilfhionn announced that their Coronation was to be in a Byzantine theme, the Greek in (mundane) me knew two things right away: one being that I would make certain that all Greek terms would be written, transliterated and pronounced right, and two being …