2023 KWHSS Proceedings

Contents: Onomastics, Registration, Scribal

Onomastics

Czech Name Patterns: Locatives and Occupational Bynames by Anéžka Liška z Kolína
This article deals with two of the most common Czech name patterns in the 15th and 16th centuries: locatives and occupational bynames.
Descriptive Elements Other Than Names Found in The Armorial du Dénombrement de la Comté de Clermont en Beauvaisis 1373-1376 by Brunissende Dragonette
This article lists elements (other than name and arms) used to describe people in a document compiled in county of Clermont en Beauvaisis, France. This is a follow-up to "Personal names found in the Armorial du dénombrement de la Comté de Clermont en Beauvaisis 1373-1376: some names from Picardy in the 14th century."
Tudor and Elizabethan Ship Names by Juliana de Luna, Lillia de Vaux, and Alys Mackyntoich
The names of ship companies — the sailors who served on a ship — are one of the models we use for household names. This article includes over 150 names of ships in the Tudor and Elizabethan royal service and the names of hundreds more private ships that were pressed into royal service, worked as privateers, or were otherwise involved with the Tudor navy.

Registration

A Guide To Using Oral Traditions in SCA Submissions by Kallinikos Gavras
In 2022, the SCA released guidelines on using oral history resources. This article aims to lay out how best to apply those guidelines to the use of oral traditions as a resource for heraldic submissions. Under SENA, the official ruleset for heraldic submissions, an element must be “reasonably period”, and using oral histories gives us another way to document elements. Oral histories present their own unique challenges for dating elements for heraldic submissions, as they seldom contain calendrical dates or other easy ways to date the records. This article will lay out some basic ways in which a submitter can provide at least a rough date for elements found in oral traditions.
How to Create a New Award: A Guide for Royalty, Baronage, and Everyone Trying to Help by Cormac Mór
The process of establishing a new SCA award, honor, or order is a bit more complex than many would care to believe. There are rules and procedures to be followed, and those who ignore them run the risk of leaving a headache for their successors. This article is designed to help guide you through all of the steps to creating a new award.

Scribal

Anglicana Book Hands (1350-1450) by Margaret Malise de Kyrkyntolaghe
Based on English Manuscripts from the mid 14th c to mid 15 c. In this hands-on class, participants will develop a ductus including common ligatures and contractions. time will also be allowed to practice.
East Asian Calligraphies by Choi Min
An overview of East Asian scribal inspiration, language obstacles, and how tos.
How Do We Know What They Used? Spectroscopic techniques for identifying artists’ materials by Margaret Malise de Kyrkyntolaghe
An introduction to the physics of multi-modal spectroscopy (Raman, UV, IR, etc.) and its use in the analysis of medieval manuscripts, paintings, and other works of art.
Oh Where Is My Paintbrush? Tools for Insular Manuscript Production by Katerinka Lvovicha
Richly illuminated and extensively calligraphed texts are a treasure of medieval Europe. Of particular interest are the Hiberno-Saxon Insular manuscripts produced in northern Europe and the British Isles. While some research has been done into the pigments used in these manuscripts, there is not much to go on regarding the tools utilized in their production.
Techniques for Late Period Flemish Illumination by Cecily of York
Flanders is an area of northern Europe encompassing parts of Belgium and northern France. The area enjoyed increasing prosperity through the medieval period, and was home to various ruling houses, including Burgundy and Habsburg. With many wealthy patrons desiring fancy books to flaunt their status, numerous artists and workshops emerged to fill the need.

This class is my approach to making SCA scrolls inspired by Flemish manuscripts. I am inspired by period techniques, but use mostly modern materials.