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The Newsletter of the Shire of Rokkehealden
Glyph NotesMarch – April 2008
If you have any interest in any of the Officer positions,please contact that officer. The Officers are alwayslooking for deputies to learn the position, so that theyhave some familiarity with it when they are ready tomove up! All Officer positions require that the officer bea paid member of the SCA; Marshal positions requirethat the officer be a warranted marshal.
SeneschalHenry of [email protected]
ChatelainePhilippa of [email protected]
Minister of A&SFiona O [email protected]
PursuivantAElfreda aet [email protected]
ExchequerMargherita Alessia (Ghita)[email protected]
Minister of YouthAnna [email protected]
Knights MarshalVacant
Archery MarshalOttokar von [email protected]
Marshal of FenceVacant
Web MinisterAkiko Catherine O’[email protected]
ChroniclerIsabel of [email protected]
The Glyph Notes reserves the right to reprint articles and artwork; all other rights remain the sole property of
the originator and may not be reproduced without permission. Opinions expressed are not necessarily theopinions of the Editor or the majority of the Shire, let alone the SCA. The Editor reserves the right to edit or
reject any submission. Submissions should be typed (unless you’re showing off your calligraphy), or sent
electronically, preferably by e-mail to [email protected].
Disclaimer
Glyph Notes is a publication of the Shire of Rokkehealden of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. A hard
copy of the Glyph Notes is available by request from the Chronicler. Snail-Mailed subscriptions are $10/year for
5 issues. Glyph Notes is not a corporate publication of the SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies, except
the policies of the Shire of Rokkehealden as reported as Moot business. So there.
Oyez! Oyez!Regularly Scheduled Shire Events
Social Gathering / Monthly Moots / A&S Nights
Arts and Sciences / Calligraphy & IlluminationThe following dates have been reserved for the shire's social gatherings, A&S
nights, and moots - All these dates are on Thursdays except where noted:
Thursday, May 22 (moot) (note: there is only ONE meeting in May)
Thursday, June 5 Thursday, June 26 (moot)
Thursday, July 10 Thursday, July 24 (moot)
The room at the library is available for our use from 6:30-8:45 pm. Moots are
now beginning at 7:30 pm.
The library is located on Oak Brook Road (31st Street) between York Road
and Route 83. Very easy to find!
Oak Brook Library
600 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, Illinois
630-990-2222
Fighter PracticeFox Vale - Tuesdays, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, Aurora Community Center
Ayreton - Sundays, 2:00 - 5:00 pm, sponsored by Grey Gargoyles, Ida Noyes
Hall, University of Chicago Campus (near the Museum of Science & Industry).
Closed for the holidays; will reopen on January 13th.
Youth Boffer – Alternate Mondays, Hope Presbyterian Church, Wheaton. Next
dates are January 7th and 21st. Contact Anna Rakel ([email protected]) for
more information
ArcheryBedford Park – Should be resuming soon. Check with Ottokar for details.
Ayreton – Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, at the Archery Custom Shop in
Forest Park (www.archerycustomshop.com).
MusicBaron’s Noyse – Mondays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm, Robbyan & Fern’s: (773) 764-1920
The Pippins – Thursdays, 7:45 – 10:00 pm, Chicago (Andersonville) : (312) 259-
6688
Needle ArtsThe Silver Thimble Guild for Conspicuous Consumption – Mondays at Mistress
Juliana’s: (773) 750-2180
Needlework/Fiber Arts Night – Third Fridays, 6:00 – 10:00 pm at Gretchen’sin Des Plaines: [email protected].
Calligraphy & IlluminationRokkehealden Scriptorium - (see above)
Tree-Girt-Sea Scribal Night – First, Third and Fifth Wednesdays, 7:30 –
10:00 pm, at THL Jocelyn’s (847) 824-3814
HeraldryHeralds at Home – Last Sunday of the month at Phoebe & Kevin’s, (773) 286-
5952
If you are interested in keeping up with the activities in the Ayreton
area, we recommend you subscribe to the email announcements of the
Ayreton Towne Cryer, at [email protected]
Goodwife Cap or Elizabethan Caul Isabel of Kenniston
This is a simple cap that works great with a number of different periods. It disguises modernshort hair styles, and it’s an excellent Pennsic accessory, as it hides several days worth ofunwashed hair. A word of warning – this only looks period. I can’t find any reliabledocumentation for it.
Materials needed: 1 yard of fabric. I recommend linen or linen blends, particularly for “goodwife” type of cap; for Elizabethan dress caul, velvet or
brocade. The cap is pretty tightly gathered, so you want something that will not be too stiff, but for the dressiercauls you do want to have a bit more shape than the simpler goodwife style.
½ yard of ribbon for ties; more if you’re going to use it to decorate the band Ball-headed pins Thread to match Needle Tape measure or Ruler Optional: beads or pearls or ribbon to decorate cap
Cut a piece of fabric approximately 18” square. Fold square lengthwise once, then widthwise, so you have a folded square
9” across. Using the ruler or tape measure, measure from the folded corner at a
diagonal to the opposite corner and mark at 9”. Moving the ruler or tape measure in increments, continue tomark the fabric at 9”. You can use pencil or pins. When you are finished, you will have an arc marked alongthe diagonal edge of the fabric.
Carefully cut through all four layers of fabric at the marked edge, allowing ¼” for safety’s sake. Open the fold. You should have a rough circle approximately 18” in diameter. At this point you may wish to try for size. Sew a loose running stitch ¼” from the edge of the circle and pull
it along the gathers. Try it on. If it is bigger than you like, you can trim the circle. Using the tape measure, measure around your head at the point you want the band of the cap to go. Cut a 3”-wide strip of the fabric to this length (usually 20-25” or so). Hem the short ends of the strip. If you want ends to wrap around your head on the goodwife cap, cut two additional strips 16-18” long, and sew them to
either end. Hem the short ends of these instead.If you are going to decorate the caul with ribbons or beads, do it at this time.
With right sides together, gather and pin the edge of the circle to one edge of the band strip. As you aregathering, make sure to leave a 2” gap of circle from one hemmed edge of the band to the other. (If you havelong bands, make sure you pin it from the center. Leave the 2” gap and let the loose ends hang for now.)
Make sure the gathers are even. You may want to pin it so that the gathers from the center of the crown tothe right go one way, and the gathers from the center of the crown to the left go theother way.
When you are finished pinning, you should have 2” of unfinished circle between thehemmed ends of the band. Test drive the hat to make sure it fits, adjusting theunfinished bit to make up any looseness. Hem this unfinished bit in as small andcareful a manner as possible.
Sew the crown circle to the band. If you choose to do this part by machine, I recommend basting the gathersdown and removing the pins so you don’t break your machine needle on the pins.
Cut the ½ yard of ribbon into two pieces. Sew one of each end to the part you hemmed at the end of the band.Make sure the ribbon is sewn in securely. (You don’t have to do this if you’re using the extra-long bands.)
Fold the band right side out. Crease or iron it so that the fold is crisp. (This is why I like linen! You can justuse your fingernail to put the crease in, without ironing.)
Fold the raw edge of the band under ¼” and crease or iron it so that it lays flat. Carefully, using the smallest stitches you can, stitch the folded edge of the band to the right side of the crown. If you’ve chosen the extra-long bands, crease ¼” on either side of the raw edges under, and stitch neatly
through the layers. Iron (or crease) the folds on the band if necessary. To wear, put the cap on, tuck your hair under the edges of the band and tie the ribbons at the back. If you
have the long bands, wrap them around and tie them at the front for an extra-peasanty look. Tuck in the endsand it looks sort of like a turban.
Global Warming – Medieval Style…
The period between 850 AD and 1300 AD is known in meteorological circles as the “Little Climatic
Optimum” (to differentiate it from the Climatic Optimum of the Holocene Period of 9600 BC). During
this timeframe, the weather in Europe was unusually warm and wet, with longer growing seasons. The
polar ice cap retreated, opening up the fjords in Scandinavia, and giving inhospitable places like Iceland,
Greenland, the Shetland, Orkney and Faroe Islands tolerable climates. Since the improved growing time
led inevitably to population growth, the population of Scandinavia skyrocketed and young men went
exploring and founding new settlements in previously inaccessible and unpleasant places (see above). And
incidentally raiding, and pillaging… oh, did I mention that this activity was called “going viking?” Uh,
yeah. Vikings. Founded Dublin, settled in Normandy (Norse-man-dy) in northern France, and probably got
as far as Newfoundland. Burned a few monasteries along the way.
But it wasn’t just Scandinavia that got the benefit of the good weather; all across Europe people were
eating better, having more disposable income and generally improving their standards of living.
Merchants started settling in cities, nobles started building castles and churches started building
cathedrals. Well-fed young Continental men, instead of going Viking, went Crusading instead and brought
back more luxuries. Improvements in educational standards started by Charlemagne and continued by
monasteries led eventually to the rise of universities in place like Paris, Cologne and Utrecht as well as
Oxford, Cambridge and Milan. The High Middle Ages of the 12th and 13th Centuries were a direct
outgrowth of the good weather.
All good things must come to an end, of course, and in the late 13th Century the weather changed. Crops
failed, famine swept across Europe, followed by pestilence. In 1346 bubonic and pneumonic plagues, the
Black Death, moved from Asia Minor to Europe, to decimate the population, helped along by the Hundred
Years’ War – which actually lasted 116 years, and started a decade before the first outbreak of the
Plague. By 1550 the climate had shifted into what is now known as the Little Ice Age, culminating in
1816’s “Year Without a Summer.”
There is a big difference between the Little Climatic Optimum and the current predictions of global
warming, though. According to meteorologists, the weather actually began slowly warming centuries
earlier, and the period of 850 to 1250 was just the peak. The current global warming crisis, however,
can be traced back to its beginnings less than a century ago, and the accelerated levels of change make
side effects of the global warming – hurricanes, typhoons, and possibly volcanoes and earthquakes! –
more dramatic. And population levels were vastly lower in the ninth century than they are now, and so
far fewer people would have been impacted by the rising sea levels and other changes implicit in the
current weather patterns. So it would be naïve to discount the present worries with a blasé “it’s
happened before – so what?” attitude. As beneficial as the Little Climatic Optimum was for Dark Ages
Europeans, the global warming situation facing us now is a whole ‘nother kettle of beets.
Isabel of Kenniston
Thanks to… Henry of Exeter for his lovely cover art andarticle on the Brewers’ Guild.. And AElfreda aetAEthelwealda for the Order of Preference for the Shire. AndPhilippa of Otterbourne for maintaining the Library dates.
Moot Minutes March 26, 2008
Moot called to order at 7:33 pm.
Johannes’s report on the Ayreton Carnival: There
were more people in attendance than last year’s,
despite the snow and the fact that the next day was
Easter. Feast was excellent and well-received, thank
you Bojei. There were no serious complaints about
anything and cleanup crew was done and out by about
10 pm.
Voting held on supporting FoxVale’s Fox Hunt III, to
be held at the end of September. Event will be
essentially the same as last year’s, minus the flies,
one hopes. Last year’s event made $114 profit. Vote
results: 12 ayes, 0 nays, motion passed.
Visitors tonight: Adam Trent and Philip White. Philip
is running for seneschal of the Proto-Incipient
Barony of Ayreton, as is Rokkehealden’s own Angus
Frasier, who was also in attendance.
Officers’ Reports: Chronicler: Glyph Notes is up.
Needs art, needs artwork.
Chatelaine: there were a couple of emails expressing
interest but no real movement on the parts of the
inquirers.
Webmistress: Glyph Notes is up and calendar has
been updated. If she doesn’t get submissions for the
website, she threatens to Become Creative.
MoAS: next report is due May first. Ayreton will be
having another Arts Academy April 12th, from 1-6 at
Ida Noyes at University of Chicago. Wear garb.
Pursuivant: one device still pending (Isabel’s) and one
new name submitted (Elianora’s)
Seneschal: Ghita is running unopposed to date for
the Ayreton Exchequer. Fiona has expressed
interest in taking over for her as Rokkehealden
Exchequer. Johannes has expressed interest in
taking over for her as Minister of Arts and Sciences.
Changeovers pending paperwork. Knights’ Marshal is
currently vacant. Science Night at Angus’s begins
again this Sunday, March 30th.
MoY (per Seneschal): Youth fighting continues.
Moot adjourned at 7:43 pm.
Moot Minutes April 30, 2008
Moot called to order at 7:37 pm.
Seneschal’s report: Philip White is Seneschal of Proto-
Incipient Barony (PIB). Nicolaa is Minister of Arts &
Sciences. No other positions were contested so
volunteers were confirmed in the various positions.
Profit from Carnival worked out to $164 for each of the
five shires. Tree-Girt-Sea and Vanished Wood have
already donated theirs to the PIB; FoxVale and Grey
Gargoyles have not had a business meeting to decide if
they will do the same. Rokkehealden will vote on same
next month. Philip has suggested that the members of
the PIB begin to act like one at events and suchlike.
The Brewing and Vintning Guild of Ayreton will be holding
its first official meeting as a group of the PIB May 9th.
Officers’ Reports: Chronicler: Glyph Notes should be
done by next week. Need artwork, need articles.
Chatelaine: report has been filed with regional.
Webmistress: same old, same old.
MoAS: report due 5/1/08 (i.e. tomorrow) so if anyone
had anything to report they could provide at moot. MoAS
will be stepping down and Johannes taking over as soon as
paperwork goes through.
Archery: should be starting up soon, on Mondays and
Thursdays as usual. Dougal is the new Regional Archery
Marshal. Cost for Bedford Park is $2 / night or $15 /
year. If you need loaner equipment let Ottokar know
ahead of time and he will have Stan bring it.
Pursuivant: quarterly report is in. Phebe Bonadeci is PIB
Herald and AElfreda has included her in her copies of the
report as well as sending her a copy of the Rokkehealden
Order of Precendence. Isabel’s device passed.
Knights’ Marshall position is still vacant.
Xavier asked the opinion of the moot regarding him
holding an unspecified officer’s position in Rokkehealden
while acting as an officer in FoxVale, and asked if anyone
had any objection to same.
Consensus was that no one
had a problem with that.
Moot adjourned at 7:50 pm.
No
Ayreton Brewing Guild
The Ayreton Brewers Guild held their firstofficial meeting on Friday, May 9th, at M.T. Barrelsin West Dundee. Six people were in attendance:Earik Macskellie (elected Guild Master), Eoghan ofTree-Girt-Sea (elected secretary), Master ThomasPennyington, Dunstan Bramblette, BonnieBramblette, and Henry of Exeter (electedchronicler).
The business portion of the meeting wasrelatively short with the election of officers, discussion of guild heraldry (need to discuss withheralds), upcoming meetings (June possibly at Goose Island), the sponsoring of a Middle KingdomMead Hall at Pennsic (gift/sample to be given to her Majesty at Chaos Caravan), and a proposedcharter (posted on Ayreton Yahoo Group to be read and tweaked) all being discussed.
Then came the fun part of the meeting, tasting the various results of the hard labor of theA.B.G. Here is a list of what the members brought:
Eoghan brought a honey amber ale.
Dunstan brought a maple-flavored mead, an apple cyser, and a cran-cherry mead he hadgotten from Otter Necessities.
Erik brought a spiced cider, a vanilla methagalin, and a heather methagalin. Also, he brought astill cider that Ansel (who could not make the meeting) had done.
Master Thomas brought a cyser (apple mead).
As a new brewer it as very informative to taste a little of what others were working on. Theflow of information sharing was amazing. To see the members so intent and focused on the craft ofbrewing and discussing the various recipes and places to get ingredients was impressive. As of thisarticle, I have started a five gallon batch of dry mead (should be ready by November) and a fivegallon batch of brown ale (which should be drinkable by mid-June).
Henry of ExeterAyreton Brewing Guild novice
Order of Precedence for the
Shire of Rokkehealden
Name & Award Date Given Name & Award Date Given Name & Award Date Given Name & Award Date Given
Aedan Aisteach Elaine Ladd Jennifer of the River's Edge Philippa of Otterbourne
APF 6/29/02 ODH 5/7/88 AOA 7/24/99 OW 11/4/06
AOA 5/30/99 ODH 2/12/00 ADT 6/24/95 APF 1/15/05
AElfreda aet AEthelwealda GOA 2/12/00 ADT 2/14/98 AOA 9/6/2003
APF 9/29/90 OW 1/7/89 Johannes Machiavelli Rokkehealden (Shire of)
APF 7/16/05 APF 6/22/85 OSO 1/13/07 APY 5/25/80
AOA 6/25/83 AOA 9/24/83 APF 7/15/00 APY 9/12/92
Aindreas MacRaibert Boyd Finnebhir Moon Dancer APF 3/29/03 Rokkehealden Scriptorium
APF 7/16/88 OW 11/5/05 AOA 1/17/98 AG 1/18/03
AOA 3/2/85 AOA 9/6/03 Katherine of Kells Rosaline Weaver
Akiko Catherine O'Brien Fiona O Caoindealbhdin Laurel 10/13/79 AOA 10/21/95
ODH 10/21/06 OW 1/15/05 OW 6/17/78 Rose of Penilond
OE 1/26/08 APF 1/13/07 AOA 6/11/77 ADT 3/9/96
OW 5/25/02 AOA 1/18/03 Kuji Keyno Sabina de Bragança
APF 1/18/04 Gamel DeCourtenay ADT 1/17/98 AOA 11/5/05
OCK 1/22/00 AB 11/11/06 Louis Xavier de Navarre Sibéal inghean Mhurchadha
AOA 1/11/92 Gõcauo Diego Ramiriç APF 1/17/04 AOA 7/4/98
Ambr Stormwatch AOA 7/4/98 ODB 8/18/05 CSH 3/31/01
OW 3/8/03 CSC 3/31/01 AOA 3/4/00 CSC 2/13/99
APF 6/29/02 CST 9/25/99 Lupo de Luna GOS 3/3/98
AOA 1/9/93 KSM 3/3/98 AOA 5/25/2003 Silken Petals
Amil Sorcha Duilach GOS 3/3/98 Magdelena De Courtenay AG 1/19/08
OW 9/23/89 Griffin Warren AB 11/11/06 Stephen Simonivich
APF 7/16/88 AB 11/11/06 Margherita Alessia AOA 9/11/93
Angus Fraser Guy Dawkins of Stockley Pelican 8/18/94 Stuart of Southkeep
AOA 3/9/96 OCK 11/13/04 GOA 4/3/93 AB 11/4/06
Ankh-ka-ba AOA 9/6/03 OW 6/24/89 Thomas Haler Cnutsson
AOA 5/17/03 Gwenhevare Holleran AOA 5/10/86 APF 1/9/93
Anna Rakel Lion’s Pride 7/16/00 Megan Rhys ADG 5/11/96
AOA 11/11/06 CSA 8/26/00 AOA 12/17/94 AOA 1/11/92
Austin Chadwyck of Normandy AB 11/4/06 Michael the Younger Thorvald Redhair
ODH 8/13/98 Gwenhwyvar Nocturnal AOA 7/24/99 Pelican 4/29/00
OW 5/25/02 Pelican 9/17/05 ADT 2/14/98 ODH 8/17/90
APF 8/15/91 Laurel 3/31/07 Mikhail of Lubelska GOA 4/24/93
ORC 10/19/02 ODH 6/22/96 OSO 9/23/89 OW 10/21/95
AOA 6/30/79 OE 3/8/03 OW 1/13/07 OSO 9/19/98
OTC 1/5/80 GOA 9/20/97 APF 2/14/98 ADG 4/8/89
ASL 1/24/04 OW 7/8/95 APF 3/4/00 APF 7/29/89
Birgitta Heringadotter APF 6/4/94 AOA 1/7/89 ADG 9/29/90
ADG 1/11/92 ADG 2/28/98 Nocturnal Fellowship of Scribes AOA 10/22/88
AOA 10/25/86 AOA 1/9/93 AG 5/11/96 Turlough Strongbow MacCormac
Blanche Northwood Gwenllian Tenby Otto of Penilond AOA 1/24/98
AOA 1/15/05 APF 11/5/05 ADT 3/9/96 Wyvern’s Wing
Cedric Jenner AOA 5/10/03 Ottokar von Erinfels Voros János
OSO 7/16/88 Henry of Exeter APF 1/24/04 Knight 6/27/92
APF 6/29/02 OW 1/26/08 ODB 7/16/05 AOA 4/7/90
AOA 3/2/85 ODT 8/21/88 AOA 1/17/98 OTC 8/17/91
ASL 1/15/05 AOA 7/8/87 Percival ap Gwilym Trefynwy Bronze Tower 3/1/92
Cicilia Violi Illario of Rokkehealden OSO 9/28/96 William Worm
AOA 5/13/06 AB 1/26/08 APF 1/7/95 Thistle 5/8/04
Cillin Eireann the Piper Isabel of Kenniston Phaedra Thorvaldsdottir Thistle 6/21/97
AOA 1/11/92 OW 3/8/03 AOA 7/24/99 AOA 6/15/96
Claire Monkswell APF 7/16/05 ADT 1/24/98 CMS 2/21/98
AOA 9/6/03 AOA 7/15/00 Zhou Mei
AB 11/11/06
