East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
These are the fighters and consorts that have advanced to the field of 16. En français: Voici maintenant les seize paires de combattants et inspirations qui sont encore dans le tournoi. Duke Randal of the Dark fighting for Duchess Katherine Stanhope Jarl Valgard Stonecleaver fighting for Lady Gracia Vasquez de Trillo Sir Edward MacGyver dos Scorpus …
Greetings Children of The East Kingdom! We, Emma Lovell and Caleb Patrasso Tigers Cubs and Pages to The Crown would like to challenge the children of the East Kingdom! Our Queen is beautiful and she should have beautiful favors to give out to her people. We may be children but even kids can help and …
To the Makers of Things in the East Kingdom: I have recently been honored with the position of Royal Gifts Coordinator for Their Royal Majesties Brion and Anna, may they reign in health and prosperity forever. As we are expecting many Royal visitors to the East this winter, and as Their Majesties plan to attend …
Unto the Creative and Talented Citizens of The Kingdom of the East do I send Greetings! I am truly honored to take up the position of Favor Coordinator for Her Majesty Anna, whose beauty surpasses that of a thousand twinkling stars in the night sky. Please help me provide our Queen with favors that are …
On the 17th day of September AS LI Their Royal Majesties Kenric and Avelina held court at the Neddingham Country Faire in the noble Barony of the Bridge. The following business was set forth that day: Item. Clotilde von der Insel was recognized as a Seamstress to the Crown, scroll by Fiona O’Maille. Item. Lucinda de la Tambor …
Greetings to the Populace of the East Kingdom, I will be finishing my 4th and final year as the East Kingdom Minister of Lists this February 2017. Term limits dictate that I step down at that time. This makes me so sad, as I truly love serving the martial community of the East Kingdom. To …
Our fourteenth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lady Angela Mori of the Barony of Bhakhail, who demonstrates and explains the process of making one of the splendid helm crests so familiar from manuscript illuminations of tournaments. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
Making a Leather Swan Helm Crest
How to Model Crests or Helmets: “Whenever you have occasion to make a crest or helmet for a tourney, or for rulers who have to march in state, you must first get some white leather which is not dressed except with myrtle or ciefalonia, stretch it, and draw your crest the way you want it made. And draw two of them, and sew them together; but leave it open enough on one side so that you can put sand into it; and press it with a little stick until it is all quite full. When you have done this, put it in the sun for several days. When it is quite dry, take the sand out of it . Then take some of the regular size for gessoing, and size it two or three times. Then take some gesso grosso ground with size, and mix in some beaten tow, and get it stiff, like a batter; and put on this gesso, and rough it in, giving it any shape of man, or beast, or bird, which you may have to make, getting it as like as you can. This done, take some gesso grosso ground with size, liquid and flowing, on a brush, and you lay it three or four times over this crest with a brush. Then, when it is quite dry, scrape it and smooth it down, just as you do when you work on panel. Then, in the same way, as I showed you how to gesso with gesso sotile on panel, in that same way gesso this crest. When it is dry, scrape it and smooth it down; and then if it is necessary to make the eyes of glass, put them in with the gesso for modeling; do modeling if it is called for. Then, if it is to be gold or silver, lay some bole, just as on panel; and follow the same method in every detail, and the same for the painting, varnishing it in the usual way”
– From Chapter CLXIX, Il Libro dell’Arte (The Craftsman’s Handbook), Cennino D’Andrea Cennini
The following is an official announcement sent out by the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The Wreath Sovereign of Arms is an educational deputy of the Laurel Principal Sovereign of Arms, responsible for the consideration of and decisions concerning armory submitted for registration by the College of Arms. Wreath is an unpaid position, currently requiring …
The deadline for ordering East Kingdom calendars or note cards is November 6, one week away. We’ve posted the final scans of all the artwork so you can see the unusual and beautiful contributions of the scribes of the East to the project. Orders will ship at the end of November, so they will be …
The Society College of Heralds runs on monthly cycles and letters. Each month, the College processes name and armory submissions from all of the Kingdoms. Final decisions on submissions are made at the monthly meetings of the Pelican Queen of Arms (names) and the Wreath Queen of Arms (armory). Pelican and Wreath then write up their decisions in a Letter of Acceptances and Return (LoAR). After review and proofreading, LoARs generally are released two months after the meeting where the decisions are made.
An “acceptance” indicates that the item(s) listed are now registered with the Society. A “return” indicates that the item is returned to the submitter for additional work. Most items are registered without comments. Sometimes, the LoAR will address specific issues about the name or armory or will praise the submitter/herald on putting together a very nice historically accurate item.
The following results are from the August 2016 Wreath and Pelican meetings.