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Category: A&S Research Papers

A&S Research Paper #30: Warding Off Plague and Other Miasma with Pomanders

March 21, 2021 by East Kingdom Gazette

Our 30th A&S Research Paper comes to us from Tiffan Fairamay, who resides in the Province of Malagentia. In this paper she takes us through the history of Pomanders, discussing the symbolism associated with them, as well as details about the time, location, and purpose of their use in period. Tiffan also keeps an A&S …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #29: Hippocras, or a Discussion on the Origins and uses of Spiced Wine. A Medicinal, a Tonic, and an Epicurean Delight.

October 28, 2020 by Lissa Underhill

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 …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #28: Socks From Post Roman (Coptic) Egypt

May 4, 2020 by Lissa Underhill

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 …

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Online Martial A&S Laurels Challenge, April 18th

April 3, 2020 by EK Gazette

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 …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #27: The Quest for Understanding an Extant Work

October 28, 2019 by Lissa Underhill

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 …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #26: The Brief Experiment of Medici Porcelain

May 30, 2019 by Lissa Underhill

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 …

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New A&S Research Article Curator and Updated Call for Papers

March 8, 2019 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #25: The tools of Elizabethan clothing: Sheep to garment

March 4, 2019 by mollyeskridge

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 …

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Arts & Sciences Research Paper #24: The Gresley Dance Collection

October 26, 2018 by mollyeskridge

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 …

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To Vasilion Simeron- A Kontakion fit for a SCA coronation

April 11, 2018 by diaryofthedarkwolf

  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 …

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