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A Heartfelt Wish from One SCA Member to Another
Hey there, fellow SCA enthusiasts! As we bid farewell to 2023 and gear up to welcome another year, I wanted to take a moment to share a thought or two with you all. You know, I’ve never been one for long recaps or making grand New Year’s resolutions. To me, it’s all about taking each…
Perplexing Pictures In Manuscripts 6
Jacques de Longuyon’s poem“Vows of the Peacock.”1350s Tooting butt trumpets, really? It’s amazing what you can find exploring Medieval illuminated manuscripts on the Internet. And this isn’t the only one. Medieval scribes worked long hours in cold rooms bent over their work. To entertain themselves bored and cranky Medieval scribes used the page’s margins to kvetch,…
Reblog: Heraldic Heartwarmers and Hangups
Many of the fine folks who work to register Heraldic Names and Devices are history nerds. The Society for Creative Anachronisms is full of history nerds, but Heralds tend to take our devotion to exponentially higher levels. I love being an Art Herald, but I often find myself face-palming when I hear horror stories from…