East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
It is with great sadness that the Gazette shares the news of the passing of Honorable Lady Adriana Ramstar, former Seneschale of the Western Region of the East Kingdom. You can read her full memorial on the Aethelmearc Gazette.
Reporting herald: Lord Kazimierz.
The following is the Baronial Court Report from the afternoon court at Falling Leaves in Exile held in the Barony of Carolingia on September 17, 2016. Baron Colin Ursell and Baroness Nicolette Bonhomme presided.
On the first of October, Anno Societatis 51, in the Barony of Bergental, there was a Coronation. By the hands of King Kenric III and Queen Avelina III, Duchess Anna Ophelia Halloway Tarragon was crowned Queen Anna III. There was a brief pause in the Coronation ceremony as Brion sang “My Queen” to Queen Anna, …
You can grab one of twelve chances to help the East Kingdom and send a message to our Kingdom and beyond! The East Kingdom Calendar is again seeking sponsors for each month. Past sponsors have paid tribute to mentors, celebrated household occasions, and expressed their love of the East. Individuals or groups can sponsor a …
The Order of the Scarlet Guard is the Kingdom of Aethelmearc’s Order of High Merit for archery. Recently they requested of Their Majesties of Aethelmearc that they sign a Royal Accord, know as the Scarlet Guard Accord, granting to other members of equivalent orders who may visit the Kingdom of Aethelmearc, recognition and privileges equal …
The Æthelmearc Gazette reports that the new heirs to the Kingdom are Duke Timothy and Duchess Gabrielle. A photo and more information about the other finalists and semi-finalists can be found here.
Following is the unoffical court report from Smoking Rocks Investiture, held this September 3. Richard Leviathan and Alys Attewater were made Baron and Baroness of Smoking Rocks; scribe was Solskinn of Smoking Rocks. Ceawling Alreading was made a Court Baron; scribe was Ignacia la Ciega. Ana Godefelaugh was given an Award of Arms; scribe was …
Greetings to all from the keeper of the East Kingdom Calendar! This is to let everyone know that it is now possible to load the Calendar of Events in to your personal Calendar! No, I don’t mean using a quill and ink well to carefully copy each posting on to your copy of the Beasts …
Our thirteenth A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lady Raziya bint Rusa, of the Barony of Carolingia. She examines a question that troubles many people working with illuminated manuscripts: what exactly are those plants in the illuminations? Are they fanciful or are they plants that really existed in history? (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
Persian Plants in Miniature: What are the Plants in Persian Illuminations?
Four years ago I bought a book of Persian miniatures for reference to help me sew garb. As I paged through over breakfast one illustration caught my eye – a hollyhock. I am a gardener by trade, and thought it out of place that a hollyhock, a staple of the English country garden, would be found in Persia. To satisfy my curiosity I did a quick web-search into Persian Plants. This line of questioning would be the undoing of my motivation to sew; two years later I had a seven thousand entry horticultural database and no new garb.
This coming March, the Barony of Carolingia will host a Laurels’ Prize Tourney – what challenge will you choose to meet? A Laurels Prize Tourney is an event where members of the Order of the Laurel issue challenges in their area(s) of expertise, to be met by any interested party. (Really! You do not need …