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Contents 1 THE KNOWN WORLD AROUND YOU 1.1 The SCA Today 1.2 Structure and History 1.2.1 Growth of the Known World 1.2.2 Who's Who-and What's What 1.2.3 Anno Societatis-The Years of the Society 1.2.4 The Last Tournament 1.2.5 A Brief Look at the Past 1.3 Basic Culture 1.3.1 Courtesy and Etiquette in the Current Middle Ages 1.3.2 When You're Called in Court 1.3.3 Respect 1.3.4 How to Get What You Want out of the SCA 2 LIVING IN THE CURRENT MIDDLE AGES 2.1 Translating Mundane Necessities into Medieval Graces 2.2 Clothing 2.2.1 Basic Costuming 2.2.2 Costuming from Mundane Patterns 2.2.3 Making Ribbon Trim lie Flat on a Round Neckline 2.2.4 Geometry of the Circle Cloak 2.2.5 Costumes from Constructed Patterns 2.2.6 A Survey of Fabric and Color 2.2.7 The Five-Hour Viking 2.3 Food 2.3.1 Shortcut to the Groaning Board 2.3.2 A Beginner's FeastManual 2.3.3 The Pleasuresof Cloven Fruit 2.3.4 Eating Medievally in the Mundane World 2.3.5 FeastingEtiquette 2.3.6 Shopping for Your Feast 2.3.7 Cooking from Primary Sources 2.4 Outdoor Survival 2.4.1 The Tourney Dog-and Qther Creatures 2.4.2 SCACamping for the Indoor-Outdoor Modern 2.4.3 Waggonloading for the Complete Idiot 2.4.4 Medieval Verisimilitude 2.4.5 A Viking Pavilion 2.4.6 Tourney Table 2.4.7 The Arming Pavilion 2.5 Child Care 2.5.1 How to Have Current Middle Ages Children (Without Being a Prematurely Middle-Aged Parent) 2.5.2 Helping Your Kids Grow Up in the SCA-An Insiders View 2.5.3 How to Survive a Tourney (If you're Too Young to Fight) 2.6 Establishing a Name 2.6.1 Choosing a Persona 2.6.2 Documenting Your Name 2.6.3 Heraldry in the SCA 3 THE ARTS OF PEACE 3.1 The Arts and the Sciences 3.2 Gathering Knowledge 3.2.1 Starting a Library 3.2.2 An Anachronist's Basic Reading List 3.2.3 If You Really Need the Picture 3.2.4 The Problem of Ruritanian Purple Feathers (An Essayon Documentation) 3.3 Some Pleasant Pastimes 3.3.1 Dancing for the Current Middle Ages 3.3.2 Medieval and Renaissance Music and Instruments 3.3.3 Period Vocal Music for the Multitudes 3.3.4 Listening to History 3.3.5 Jeu de Boules 3.3.6 Gaming Medievally 3.4 A Sampler of useful Skills 3.4.1 On the Making of Mead 3.4.2 Aesthetics and Symmetry 3.4.3 Practical Herbalism 3.4.4 Designing for Canvas and Cross-Stitch 3.4.5 Cross-Stitch Charts for Laurel & Pelican Badges 3.4.6 A Catalog of Medieval Embroidery Stitches 3.4.7 Calligraphy and Illumination: A Primer 3.4.8 Interlacing without Erasing 3.4.9 The ABC's of Scroll-Making 3.4.10 Scribing from Scratch 3.5 Keepingthe World Running 3.5.1 Autocrating Can be Fun 3.5.2 God Rest Ye Frantic, Autocrat 3.5.3 Writing a Newsletter 3.5.4 The Art of Writing Forsoothly 3.5.5 Speaking Forsoothly 3.5.6 How to Run a Lists 4 THE ARTS OF WAR 4.1 Fighting in the SCA 4.2 The Rules We Make 4.2.1 The Rules of the Lists 4.2.2 Policyand Interpretation 4.2.3 Period Fencing Rules 4.2.4 Missile Combat Rules 4.2.5 Conventions of Combat 4.2.6 Armor and Weapons Standards 4.3 Arms and Armor 4.3.1 Building Rattan Swords 4.3.2 Shields- Design and Construction 4.3.3 A Few References for Further Reading 4.3.4 A Thirteenth-Century Barred Helm 4.3.5 An Open Faced Spangerhelm 4.3.6 A Fourteenth Century Coat of Plates 4.3.7 Faster Mail making 4.3.8 Winding the Rings 4.3.9 Articlation Articulated 4.3.10 Gambesons, Cloth Armors, and Padding 4.3.11 Naming the Parts - An SCA Harness 4.4 On the Field 4.4.1 An Introductions to Arms 4.4.2 Etiquette on the Field of Honour 4.4.3 Safety and Courtesy on the Archery Range 4.4.4 Squiredom 4.4.5 Combat Archery 4.4.6 The Art of Sword and Shield 5 SPECIAL FEATURES 5.1 Fighting for the Crown. . . 5.1.1 An Tir 5.1.2 Atenveldt 5.1.3 Calontir 5.1.4 Trimaris 5.1.5 Meridies 5.1.6 West 5.1.7 Caid 5.1.8 Ansteorra 5.1.9 East 5.1.10 Outlands 5.1.11 Atlantia 5.2 Calligraphy for Section I-Uncial 5.3 Calligraphy for Section 2-Burgundian Batarde 5.4 Calligraphy for Section 3-Blackletter 5.5 Calligraphy for Section 4-Carolingian Miniscule 5.6 Contributers of Short Articles, Art and Staff 5.7 The Last Word: To Play at Who We Really Are 5.8 A Note on the Type

[edit] THE KNOWN WORLD AROUND YOU

[edit] The SCA Today

[edit] Structure and History

[edit] Growth of the Known World

[edit] Who's Who-and What's What

[edit] Anno Societatis-The Years of the Society

[edit] The Last Tournament

[edit] A Brief Look at the Past

[edit] Basic Culture

[edit] Courtesy and Etiquette in the Current Middle Ages

[edit] When You're Called in Court

[edit] Respect

[edit] How to Get What You Want out of the SCA

[edit] LIVING IN THE CURRENT MIDDLE AGES

[edit] Translating Mundane Necessities into Medieval Graces

[edit] Clothing

[edit] Basic Costuming

[edit] Costuming from Mundane Patterns

[edit] Making Ribbon Trim lie Flat on a Round Neckline

[edit] Geometry of the Circle Cloak

[edit] Costumes from Constructed Patterns

[edit] A Survey of Fabric and Color

[edit] The Five-Hour Viking

[edit] Food

[edit] Shortcut to the Groaning Board

[edit] A Beginner's FeastManual

[edit] The Pleasuresof Cloven Fruit

[edit] Eating Medievally in the Mundane World

[edit] FeastingEtiquette

[edit] Shopping for Your Feast

[edit] Cooking from Primary Sources

[edit] Outdoor Survival

[edit] The Tourney Dog-and Qther Creatures

[edit] SCACamping for the Indoor-Outdoor Modern

[edit] Waggonloading for the Complete Idiot

[edit] Medieval Verisimilitude

[edit] A Viking Pavilion

[edit] Tourney Table

[edit] The Arming Pavilion

[edit] Child Care

[edit] How to Have Current Middle Ages Children (Without Being a Prematurely Middle-Aged Parent)

[edit] Helping Your Kids Grow Up in the SCA-An Insiders View

[edit] How to Survive a Tourney (If you're Too Young to Fight)

[edit] Establishing a Name

[edit] Choosing a Persona

[edit] Documenting Your Name

[edit] Heraldry in the SCA

[edit] THE ARTS OF PEACE

[edit] The Arts and the Sciences

[edit] Gathering Knowledge

[edit] Starting a Library

[edit] An Anachronist's Basic Reading List

[edit] If You Really Need the Picture

[edit] The Problem of Ruritanian Purple Feathers (An Essayon Documentation)

[edit] Some Pleasant Pastimes

[edit] Dancing for the Current Middle Ages

[edit] Medieval and Renaissance Music and Instruments

[edit] Period Vocal Music for the Multitudes

[edit] Listening to History

[edit] Jeu de Boules

[edit] Gaming Medievally

[edit] A Sampler of useful Skills

[edit] On the Making of Mead

[edit] Aesthetics and Symmetry

[edit] Practical Herbalism

[edit] Designing for Canvas and Cross-Stitch

[edit] Cross-Stitch Charts for Laurel & Pelican Badges

[edit] A Catalog of Medieval Embroidery Stitches

[edit] Calligraphy and Illumination: A Primer

[edit] Interlacing without Erasing

[edit] The ABC's of Scroll-Making

[edit] Scribing from Scratch

[edit] Keepingthe World Running

[edit] Autocrating Can be Fun

[edit] God Rest Ye Frantic, Autocrat

[edit] Writing a Newsletter

[edit] The Art of Writing Forsoothly

[edit] Speaking Forsoothly

[edit] How to Run a Lists

[edit] THE ARTS OF WAR

[edit] Fighting in the SCA

[edit] The Rules We Make

[edit] The Rules of the Lists

[edit] Policyand Interpretation

[edit] Period Fencing Rules

[edit] Missile Combat Rules

[edit] Conventions of Combat

[edit] Armor and Weapons Standards

[edit] Arms and Armor

[edit] Building Rattan Swords

[edit] Shields- Design and Construction

[edit] A Few References for Further Reading

[edit] A Thirteenth-Century Barred Helm

[edit] An Open Faced Spangerhelm

[edit] A Fourteenth Century Coat of Plates

[edit] Faster Mail making

[edit] Winding the Rings

[edit] Articlation Articulated

[edit] Gambesons, Cloth Armors, and Padding

[edit] Naming the Parts - An SCA Harness

[edit] On the Field

[edit] An Introductions to Arms

[edit] Etiquette on the Field of Honour

[edit] Safety and Courtesy on the Archery Range

[edit] Squiredom

[edit] Combat Archery

[edit] The Art of Sword and Shield

[edit] SPECIAL FEATURES

[edit] Fighting for the Crown. . .

[edit] An Tir

[edit] Atenveldt

[edit] Calontir

[edit] Trimaris

[edit] Meridies

[edit] West

[edit] Caid

[edit] Ansteorra

[edit] East

[edit] Outlands

[edit] Atlantia

[edit] Calligraphy for Section I-Uncial

[edit] Calligraphy for Section 2-Burgundian Batarde

[edit] Calligraphy for Section 3-Blackletter

[edit] Calligraphy for Section 4-Carolingian Miniscule

[edit] Contributers of Short Articles, Art and Staff

[edit] The Last Word: To Play at Who We Really Are

[edit] A Note on the Type