East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
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.
En Français Greetings unto all those intending to enter Spring Crown Tournament, Please be aware that both the combatant and the consort must submit a letter of intent, either through the following link (preferred) or by email to TRH Prince Kenric and Princess Avelina with a copy to the Kingdom Seneschal. If by email, a joint email is preferred. http://surveys.eastkingdom.org/index.php/925981/lang-en …
From the Seneschal and Exchequer’s offices: Greetings from Mercedes and Ignatia, We recently attended the Known World Kingdom Exchequer and Seneschal Symposium in Trimaris where the Society Exchequer announced a change in the wording of event announcements. Many people do not like the way that the non-member surcharge has had to be listed in event …
This article was originally posted on the Midrealm Gazette. For those of you planning your sojourn to Gulf Wars, please choose an alternate other than I-75. I-75 is closed in Tennessee close to the Kentucky border (north and southbound lanes) for the next several weeks due to rock slides. http://www.lex18.com/story/31330190/i-75-blocked-in-tennessee-at-jellico Respectfully, Master Aylwin Watkyns Kingdom …
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 some things in our society that are so basic, so integral to our lives that we cannot imagine going without. Toilet paper is one of these items. Since 1857, when toilet paper first became commercially available, we have used it to cleanse after using the bathroom. This begs the question; what did people use to clean themselves before toilet paper? This work will provide an overview of what people used to cleanse themselves after defecating in Rome, China, Japan, India, the Islamic states and various areas of Europe between 400 C.E. and 1600 C.E.
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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 …
En français Greetings, I am happy to announce that Lord Eginhard d’Aix la Chapelle has accepted the position of Tir Mara Regional Deputy Chancellor Minor. He is very excited to begin and make sure that all of the Tir Maran region is following the rules and regulations set down by society and kingdom. He is also …
The Bailiwick of Ivyeinrust will be holding Thélème at Penn on August 20th, 2016 at the rare books library of the University of Pennsylvania.
If you liked, or were sad to miss, the ‘Voyages of Discovery: An Arts & Science Colloquium’ held in Carolingia in October 2014, this is an event of similar inspiration. Come and talk with people of same interests about what you have been working on. Take that opportunity to discuss what worked, what didn’t and what could. Exchange ideas, notes, sources and initiate collaborations. This is not a competition but the occasion to share our SCA research. While presentations on all subjects are welcome, inspired by the context of the library, we are particularly interested in having a track fully dedicated to the making of the books (making parchment, paper, ink, preparing pigments, calligraphy, printing, bookbinding…)
The format of the day is as follows:
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