SCA Related Things

Society for Creative Anachronism Links

There's not much here yet, at least not much of any specificity about my involvement in the SCA. In a nutshell, I live in the Barony of Jararvellir, Principality of Northshield, Middle Kingdom. My persona is a 10th Century Scot named Aine ingen MaelPatraic.

If you're looking for the handouts for my List Administration 101 class, go here.

Below is essentially my file of SCA related bookmarks as of 4/7/01. I am not responsible for the content of any of these pages, however many of them have been very useful for me as I continue to learn more and more in the Society.

These are not intended to be an exhaustive list of what's out there, but is simply what I've found interesting so far and remembered to bookmark. *smile* I am by no means an expert in any of the areas listed below, however, I am more than willing to discuss what I do know. If you'd like to contact me for any SCA related reason, please email me.

UPDATE: I've started going through the links here and cleaning up things like broken and changed links, and also clearing out some that aren't really SCA appropriate or no longer contain the content that brought me to them originally. I'm also trying to annotate the links and will add any new links that I've come across in the past three and a half years. I'm also trying to consolidate some links and will eventually get around to reorganizing this page into one with frames to make it easier to navigate. Be patient.. it'll get there.

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Enjoy!

Arts & Sciences Related Links

Embroidery

Sharon B's In a Few Minutes Ago, which includes a rather exhaustive Collection of Stitches for Hand Embroidery page.
Software for Needlework, which is pretty much what it sounds like - a page full of various software products for needlework, mostly for pattern and chart drafting.
The Victoria Sampler, based in Canada. From their web site: "The Victoria Sampler is a Needlework Distribution Company which is dedicated to providing timeless Needlework Designs, excellent service and a friendly responsive attitude to all our customers. Through our products and Cyberclasses, we aim to provide a warm and safe learning environment to new stitchers."

Brewing & Vinting

Cordials

The Rampant Badger Brewery contains lots of cordial recipes (and a few for beer and mead as well).
Eachna's Celtic Brewing Page From the web site: "This site is an online reference for re-creational medievalism, which involves making a sincere effort to reproduce the lifestyle of a race or region of the distant past. I am part of an organization dedicated to re-enacting life as a member of the Fifth Century (AD/CE) Irish Celtic nobility."
Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands Brewers' Guild, includes some recipes and handouts from classes on brewing
Cordial Recipes for a raspberry and a tangerine cordial.
Precious Waters: A miscellany of early cordials by Forester Nigel FitzMaurice. 12 cordial recipes redacted from various 14th century sources.

Beer

Medieval/Renaissance Brewing Homepage. A good source for period documentation, articles, links to some guilds in the SCA and a handful of recipes.
Cindy Renfrow - A Sip Through Time. A Sip Through Time contains over 400 recipes drawn from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval Europe, and 17th, 18th, and 19th century America and Europe. No stone has been left unturned in my quest to find authentic, documented period recipes for Ale, Beer, Mead, Metheglin, Cider, Perry, Brandy, Liqueurs, Distilled Waters, Hypocras, Wines, Caudles, Possets, and Syllabubs. This link will bring you to a page where you can purchase the book directly from Cindy Renfrow.

Mead

The Mead Maker's Page. A good modern source for getting started with mead terms and techniques. Lots of recipes.

Cindy Renfrow - Brewing History Links. From the author of A Sip Through Time, a list of links containing information on brewing throughout history.

Garb and Cloth Related Links

Accessories

Renaissance Ribbons - new and vintage French ribbons.
Medieval Accessories: Belts, Pouches - By The Sword
History - A page of Costume Accessories
Hairnet

Cotehardies and Houppelandes

13th Century Europe (1200 to 1300ce)
SCA-ARTS Listserv Citation Index: Cotehardies
14th Century European Costume
Summary of Women's Cotehardies
The Cotehardie & Houppelande Homepage

Dyeing

Kool Aid

Koolaid Dyeing - using the kids' drink to dye your yarn - Collected Wisdom from the Ashford-Spinners List
koolaid
KoolAid Dyeing
Welcome to FamilyTime
Welcome to FamilyTime
Wool Works: dyeing fibers

Other Dyeing Links

Dyeing Wool Fleece or Felt
The Woad Page
Timeline Chart of Historic Dyes
Spin List Resources
DYEING NATURALLY
Clothing of the Ancient Celts-Dyes
How to Paint Roving and Yarn
Rivendell's Botany Page
Natural Dyeing
Dye Supplies and Information
Dye Recipes On the NET - Suite101.com

Fabric

Denver Fabrics Fabric for fashion, quilting, and home decor at discounted prices. Silk, fleece, wool, drapery prints and upholstery fabric, cotton prints from major lines and much more. A large variety of discounted sewing notions, trims, books, and patterns.
Bevilacqua Fabrics for Interiors
Fabric.com
Fabric Club: Wholesale Mail Order Fabric & More
Period fabrics for 16th century costume
Welcome to the fabrics-store.com
G STREET FABRICS

Footwear

Footwear of the Middle Ages
Shoe Lady of the Ouachita's
SCA Boots by Bohemond

Hoods

Hoodlum
DawnPages -- Hoods
Chaperon's and How to Make Them

Italian Renaissance Garb

Italian Renaissance Costume Construction
Italian Renaissance Costume Links

Oddities

Bikinis
Museum of London: Galleries: London Entertains: Acrobat's Bikini

Patterns

Your First Garb
Modern patterns for recreationist use
GBACG | The Great Pattern Review
Modern patterns for recreationist use
DawnPages -- Costume Patterns
Practical Worksheet for Tunic Construction
GBACG | Patterns Online
AlterYears: Your Online Costume Resource

Pre-Made Clothing

Pendragon Costumes
StitchWitch - Comfortable Clothing for the Medieval Re-enactor

Celtic Clothing

General Celtic Clothing

Reviewed Index of Scottish clothing websites
Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon Living History 400-900 AD
Eachna's 5th Century Irish-Celtic Re-Enactments
Interactive Weaver - Weave your own Tartan
Celtic Costume
Clothing of the Ancient Celts-Ireland, ca. 5th - 10th c. AD
The Leine

Female

Woman's Leine
The Shinrone Gown
Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - Tunics - The Moy Dress
The Moy Gown — An Irish Medieval Gown
Arisaid

Male

The Evolution of the Kilt
Clothing of the Ancient Celts-The Rogart Shirt

General Garb Links

Renaissance Dancewear - Sumptuary Laws in Renaissance England - Meeting the special needs of the performance communities throughout the United States
Sumptuary Laws In The SCA
Ravensgard Costuming and Textiles Page
Milieux: The Costume Site
The Well Dressed Wench - Medieval & Renaissance
Dragonfly Design Studio
Medieval European Costume Links
"The Garb Bag": Fantasy Costuming and Associated Miscellany
Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild
The Costume Page - Historical Topics
DawnPages -- Costumes
Surf All The Major Costume Sites From Here:
Virtue Ventures Main Page
Clothing and Costume Links

Tablet Weaving

Tablet Weaving Archive
weavershand
Calontir Fiber and Needle Guild Textile Links
Introduction to Cardweaving
TWinkle
A Saxon Threaded-In Tablet Weave
White Wolf and the Phoenix - Tablet Weaving
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Braid-Weaving
Phiala's String Page
Basic Tablet Weaving
Double Faced 3/1 Broken Twill
Rectangle Paper
threading
Tablet Weaving Theory
Yahoo! Groups : SCA-Card-Weaving Files
ONElist : SCA-Card-Weaving Messages :Message 90 of 400
Graph paper printer software

Weaving

Weaving
A Weaving Project
Loom Construction References
Backstrap Weaving

Bookbinding

Merovingian Prayer Book Project
book binding (Page 1)
Jones on Bookbinding
Bookbinding at Uptons.net
Single Section Bookbinding Tutorial

Blacksmithing

anvilfire Guru Question and Answer Page - June 98 Archive
Arador Armour Library - Guild Member List
The Blacksmith -- Green Dragon Armoury
Welcome to Kingslayer and Ironmonger Armories
Kingslayer.com - Inter-Kingdom Arms Cartel Online Headquarters

General Arts and Sciences Links

Textile Resources for the Re-enactor
Mary Maxim
The Armour Library
Arundel's Personal Page
List of Fiber Related Lists
Chris Smith on Historical Performance
Banner-Making Links
Modern Illuminator Rubber Stamps Medieval through Renaissance Images

Groups within the SCA or other hitsorical re-enactment groups

Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History 950-1066AD
Danish Household - Buesholm
Clan Dobharchu Website
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. Calendar
SCA - Midrealm, aka Kingdom of the Middle
Welcome to the Principality ofNorthshield
Shire of Grey Gargoyles
The History of the Kingdom of The West

Camping

Cooking

Medieval Cooler Chests
Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage
Drying Food
Larsen Dutch Oven
MK-Culinary Collegium

Furniture

MEDIEVAL PAVILION RESOURCES--Furniture/Camping Accessories
The Village Joiner Furniture
Chest Picture
Viking Age, The Tool Chest from Mästermyr, Gotland
A Cart for Pennsic

Pavilions

Tentsmiths Home Page
Welcome to Green Duck Designs
MEDIEVAL PAVILION RESOURCES
Building a Plausibly Medieval Pavilion
Circa:1265 Pavilion index

Pennsic Specific

Pennsic War Information
DragonBear: SCA: Pre-Pennsic Schola Links

Events

Midrealm Calendar
Known World Arts & Sciences Symposium 2001
Northsheild Coronation and Coronet Tourney
Northshield Event Calendar
Royal University of the Midrealm

Games

Mancala
The Royal and Delightfull Game of Piquet
Medieval & Renaissance Games
Cool Ancient, foreign, and Generally Esoteric Board Games
Roman Board Games
Hnefatafl
Roman Board Games -- Tabula
The Game of Senet
Go, An Addictive Game
The Interactive Way To Go

Maps

Other Maps of SCA Interest
Italy, Iberia & Greece
Map of the Knowne Worlde

Merchants

Renstore.com
Poison Pen Press
Small Churl Books: middle ages, renaissance; for historical reenactment, SCA
The Pillaged Village
Colorful Images - The World's Largest Selection of Personalized Paper Products!
The Borough of Felding: T-Shirts
The Crafty Celts - Fine Celtic Jewelry

Modern/Mundane Resources

Medieval Academy of America
'British Archaeology' home page

Newcomers General Information

Beginner's Handbook
SCA al-Barran -- Newcomer's Guide Table of Contents
SCA al-Barran -- Newcomers Guide How to Survive Your First Major Tourney
Stefan's Florilegium Archive
Forward Into the Past

Persona Development

Celtic Information

Ancient Origins of the Scots (Lessons)
Scottish Swords & Weapons - By The Sword
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
A (much) smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland
Medieval Scotland
Search Online Gaelic Dictionaries
Celtic Cultures
Celtica - Scotland
Celts & Saxons Homepage
Every Celtic Thing on the Web (Scottish - page 1)
Firth's Celtic Scotland - Index Page.
History & Genealogy Archive Index
photography, scottish, landscape, environmental, historical, standing stones, contemporary, black & white, natural history.
Celtic Rose - Fine Celtic Jewelry, Pewterware and Gifts.
Trispiral
The Seafaring Saints
Focal an Lae - The Word of the Day in Irish
Scotland active map
Clan Crests
Smoke Ham Farms Home Page
Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon Living History 400-900 AD

Heraldry

Forms/SCA Information

SCA College of Arms
SCA - Award/Recognition Badges
Search Forms for the SCA Armorial

My Heraldry

Decrescent
Celtic or Knot: Celtic and Fantasy Clipart
Sweetie's Celtic Knot Links
Aon Celtic Art

General Heraldry Links

Heraldry Software
BLAZON Heraldry Program - Examples
Heraldry Game
Escutcheon's Home Page
Glossary of Terms - Title
Heraldic Clipart - Coats of Arms
Tempus Peregrinator's Little Heraldry Book
Modar's Heraldry Page
Heraldic Myths

Name Information

Gaelic/Celtic Names

100 Most Popular Men's Names in Early Medieval Ireland
A Simple Guide to Constructing 12th Century Scottish Gaelic Names
Dated Names Found in Ó Corráin & Maguire's "Irish Names"
Feminine in Scottish Records: pre-1400
Feminine in Scottish Records: post-1400
Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames
Early 16th Century Scottish Town Women's Names
List of Irish first names
List of Irish surnames
Cyndi's List - Scotland

General Name Links

Medieval Names Archive
St. Gabriel
Choosing a Society Name: Hints for Newcomers
(Icelandic and Heathen Names)

Welsh Stuff

TaffNet - Y Mabinogion
GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Welsh Culture and Traditions
Significant Dates in the History of Wales
Source texts for Welsh History
Hanes Cymru / Welsh History
King Edward's Conquest of Wales - Cover Page: February '99 Military History Feature
Medieval Wales
TaffNet - Y Mabinogion
The Mabinogion:Ancient welsh Tales of legend and myth
Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names
BBC Online - Wales - Catchphrase Lessons - Welsh language lessons for absolute beginners. Learn Welsh with former Welsh rugby intenational, Nigel Walker.

General Persona Links

Speaking Forsoothly
On-line Mythology Readings
Magna Carta
Developing your SCA Persona
The German Nobility
Japanese Personas

General SCA Links

Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
SCA resources page
Barony of Wealdsmere - Sergeants Trials Requirements
Medieval Medical Terms

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