1}What is your persona's name? Saionji no Hana (Surname first (means "Western garden temple", personal name means "Flower.") 2}What time period is your persona...
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Des & Jan Howard
desandjan
Jun 22, 2012 12:33 am
All right, in for a penny, in for a groat. ... Ranif Pallesser ... 1495 ... England ... Master potter, living & working in the Surrey-Hampshire Border area...
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Scott Carledge
thlcolmdubh
Jun 22, 2012 1:43 am
1. Colm Dubh 2. 1611 (I started in the 1580s-who knew that I would live so long). 3. Glasgow, Scotland 4. Teaching, preaching,...
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Sayyeda al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Jun 22, 2012 2:41 am
1}What is your persona's name? Her given name is Samia bint 'Isa. "Bint" means "daughter of". Because she is an Honorable Lady, no one outside of family and...
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Cynthia Ley
goldfinch2
Jun 22, 2012 5:05 am
... And another tuppence' worth. :-) ... She is middle nobility, but the estates are managed well and anything that can be turned into profit is turned so...
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bronwynmgn@...
brangwayna
Jun 22, 2012 1:39 pm
1}What is your persona's name? Brangwayna Morgan. Contrary to popular belief, Brangwayna is not a Welsh name; it's from Suffolk. 2}What time period is your...
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misstinabunni
Jun 22, 2012 10:22 pm
1}What is your persona's name? Ealdgyð; she wouldn't have had a byname historically but for SCA purposes her byname is the descriptor Eosterlic meaning of or...
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quokkaqueen
Jun 22, 2012 11:36 pm
1}What is your persona's name? Ásfríðr Úlfvíðardóttir (Úlfvíðardóttir is a patronymic, meaning 'daughter of Úlfvíðr') 2}What time period is your...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Jun 24, 2012 5:11 pm
Bonjour, Just recently, from a brand new member in Tymberhavene, Anne, I found out about the A & S 50 Challenge. You join it at the yahoo group:...
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MITCHELL J BARTON
russianarabs
Jun 24, 2012 10:42 pm
1. Nefratiri Ani Eponis 2. 600 3. Alexandrian Egypt originally in the time of the Roman conquest. But recently changed to the Byzantine timeframe. My husband...
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Jamie Sue Bennett
jayzucat
Jun 26, 2012 10:26 pm
Greetings, COB stands for "College of Brymstonne". It is the ASU chapter of the SCA. http://www.brymstonne.org/ ~~Ashavati [Non-text portions of this...
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Elizabeth W
e_walpole
Jun 27, 2012 4:48 am
1. What is your persona's name? a. Elizabeth Beaumont 2. What time period is your persona from? a. The year is 1530, there are rumours flying about regarding...
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Asha
jayzucat
Jun 28, 2012 6:30 pm
Greetings all!! I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the help you have offered in the Persona project! We have learned so much, reading and...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Jun 29, 2012 3:50 pm
Bonjour Asharvati, Will you me able to send me a copy of your compilation when you are done? It is a wonderful idea. madamedupont@... Adieu, Mme du Pont...
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LJonthebay
wodeford
Jul 1, 2012 10:36 pm
Come get your Japanese on at West An Tir War! Classes include: Gaijin's Guide to Medieval Japan! Beginner Taiko! Japanese Clothing from 800 - 1600 AD!...
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quokkaqueen
Jul 4, 2012 11:52 pm
This is turning into one of those 'easy to ask, difficult to answer' questions, so I hope someone can point me in the right direction! I can find plenty of...
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Cynthia Ley
goldfinch2
Jul 5, 2012 12:21 am
Have you found any illuminations showing people writing? I would check under art. Good luck! Arlys ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Karen_Larsdatter
Karen_Larsda...
Jul 5, 2012 2:35 pm
... Sure -- check out http://larsdatter.com/scribaltools.htm for several illustrations showing writers, scriveners, scribes and so on, at work on various types...
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Karen_Larsdatter
Karen_Larsda...
Jul 5, 2012 2:38 pm
Yikes, sorry; the illuminators & illustrators are actually at http://larsdatter.com/illuminators.htm these days. :) Karen Larsdatter www.larsdatter.com...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Jul 6, 2012 2:54 pm
Greetings Karen Larsdatter, Do you know why in a lot of the pictures the writers are holding two instruments, one in each hand? Thanks for the pictures. It is...
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Ann Catelli
elvestoorder
Jul 7, 2012 1:49 am
I have memories of a paper where it said the second instrument was placed under the hand, so it wouldn't smudge the ink. Ann in CT ...
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Karen_Larsdatter
Karen_Larsda...
Jul 7, 2012 2:41 pm
... It depends on which illustration you're looking at; the second tool in http://www.nuernberger-hausbuecher.de/75-Amb-2-317-62-r/data is likely an inkhorn,...
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Cynthia Ley
goldfinch2
Jul 7, 2012 3:21 pm
... A few issues ago, there was a Tournaments Illuminated which focused on scribal, and I recall one author addressing this very question. Don't have it where...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Jul 7, 2012 10:16 pm
OK...that would make sense so you don't put your hand down on the work. Merci, Mme du Pont Stayner de silk Kingdom d'An Tir...moving in 5 days to Meridies...
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Karen_Larsdatter
Karen_Larsda...
Jul 8, 2012 2:54 pm
The secondary tool is often a knife; it's used for holding down the parchment while writing, or scraping away an error before it has the chance to set, I...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Jul 8, 2012 3:13 pm
Ummm, an ink horn. I need to look into those. When I do demos making silk standards I use a sea shell to put my dye in. So perhaps an ink horn might have...
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fastusminimus
Jul 9, 2012 6:23 am
... I >think< one is the pen and the other is to hold the media in place...without getting your sweaty icky fingers on it... Something I need to use this week!...
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Ylaire Sainte Claire
kaegwyn
Jul 9, 2012 6:23 am
Actually, this is a knife. This knife is held against the vellum while writing. A Pennsic, stop by guild Mirandola and talk to Ranthufr (Randy Asplund) about...
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sandra
santaj_97
Jul 9, 2012 3:27 pm
Hello! Are there any good book about English dress in the beginning of the 15th century (about 1400-1420)? I have seen that, for example, in Nederlands two...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Jul 9, 2012 3:57 pm
Merci for going to all the trouble of posting these links and I really like the picture of Sir Ranthulfr Asperlund! Your, In Service, Mme du Pont Stayner de...