The Society for Creative Anachronism

The SCA is a re-enactment group which focuses it's interest on the Middle Ages, primarily Europe from about 600 AD to 1600 AD. We try to practice the various arts and crafts of those times, in the widest sense possible, and we also try to surround ourselves as much as is practical with the fruits of our labours. Additionally, and perhaps more significantly, we try to nurture and practice some of the attitudes that go along with the cultures we study, especially Chivalry, Honour, and nobility of spirit. This index is a guide to various SCA-related pages I have either developed myself, or manage as Webmeister at the behest of local groups I work with. In times to come, I hope this page may expand to become useful in it's own right, but for now, the index of links will suffice.

Within the Society, I am Baron (court) and Forester Nigel FitzMaurice de Caeranor, CB, CDH, CGC, CE, CSO, PF, CDB; (GoA), AoA.

Brewing and Vintning Research (5 pages): I have an interest in brewing and vintning, particularly the manufacture of early cordials as they emerge from a medicinal background. Here are several papers I have written:

An Arab Mead A brief paper on a peculiar drug found in an Arab formulary, which could easily become a pyment mead. The recipe is redacted from one given in the paper below, "Five Arabic Elixers".
Five Arabic Elixers A short paper on several 9th century Iraqi medicinal preparations which could easily be the basis for basic cordials. This is the same formulary noted in the above paper "An Arab Mead", and contains that recipe, with the original measuring units given.
Precious Waters A somewhat longer paper detailing a number of 14th century English medicinal recipes that have cordial-like characteristics. Includes one very explicit recipe for Aqua Vite, with directions on how to distill it.
A Recipe for Spiced Wine A brief commentary on a claree recipe found in a late-13th century Anglo-Norman manuscript.
Sakanjubins and Oxymels A short review of these non-alcoholic preparations found throughout the Middle East. This paper is the basis for a class I teach on the topic.

Gwyntarian Tunners Guild (8 pages): This is a small site devoted to the local brewer's and vintners of the area, within which I am the cellarer. It includes the charter of our guild, and several examples of research done by members.

Regnal Chronologies (120 pages): Not specifically associated with research for the SCA, my Regnal Chronologies website is, nevertheless, a large archive of king lists, dynastic connections, and political geography the world over. As such, it may be of some use to Scadians in persona development and research.

Regnal Chronologies homepage The basic entrance into the site as a whole.

Some of the Appendices are:

Dynasties A catalogue of European Dynastic clans, and the realms they held, or still hold in some cases.
Glossary of Titles A listing and description of various titles of sovereignty and nobility the world over.
Heraldry Archive A catalogue of the heraldic images used in Regnal Chronologies.

Winter Challenge Shoot (11 pages): The rules and current scoring for the Gwyntarian Winter Challenge Archery Shoot, a mail-in competition running from November to April and known to Scadian target archers throughout the Society.

Comments, suggestions, irritable grumblings? Drop me a line... above is my Facebook contact, while this... ...is my general-purpose email contact.
My general-interest homepage: Obsidian's Lair.