Rhol August xlix

CANTON OF

ABERTRIDWR

August AS XLIX

The Rhol Newsletter for the Canton of Abertridwr

Volume 17, Issue 4

ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

of the Future for

ABERTRIDWR

On Sunday the 11th August 2013 the populace will have the opportunity to

have their say as to what their thoughts are on the future of Abertridwr and

what they would like to see the group achieve, not only in the short term but

long term as well.

The questions to be asked on the day are below and , if possible,

please list up to three things in each category.

This discussion is looking to the future of the Group and not dwelling on the

immediate past, so it is hoped that submissions will reflect this.

If you choose to, you can send them to Galen at [email protected]

[1], who will bring them on the day. Also, please be aware that, as

part of this discussion, names need not be placed on the questionnaire.

The discussion slips that are submitted will be picked at random to

form the basis of the general round table discussion.

The questions for the day are:

1. 3 Things Abertridwr Does Well

2. 3 Things that could be improved upon

3. 3 Things to make Abertridwr Awesome in the future

*** Please Note: We will always endeavour to get through all

submission presented for discussion on the day, time permitting. If we

run out of time and have not been able to discuss all the submissions,

please do not feel offended. ***

Any queries, please contact me at [email protected]

Liduina de Kasteelen van Valkenburg

Seneschal Abertridwr

Greetings all, Sorry the Rhol is late this month but everyone on the team is sick Sir Kane Uncared for acting unpaid deputy to the deputy chronicler

From the Chronicler

The Rhol deadline for articles and flyers is the 25th of the month prior to publishing.

Copy is best received as plain text. Photos are assumed to be your own and if not need to have

referencing to the owner.

Rhol Dead Line

Join Abertridwr’s Officer Team CANTON CONSTABLE

The Constable handles security, safety, paperwork and legalities. As with all officers you need to be a financial member of the SCA Australia Pty Ltd.

Applications should be sent to: Mistress Liduina, Canton Seneschal & Columb Mac Diarmata (Kingdom Constable). If you wish to apply and want to discuss this office feel free to contact Mistress Liduina for more details.

LIST OFFICER

The Office of the Lists runs the preparation for the Fighting side of things, working out who fights whom and keeping a record of Challenges and fighting events in the Group. For more details and if you wish to

apply contact Mistress Liduina and Elysant de Montrose (Kingdom Lists).

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Greetings good people, After a number of years running archery in Abertridwr and officially being group Archery Officer these last 18 months, my term in Office is due to end in January. I am therefore seeking a replacement to take on this position. [although I still intend to promote Archery and convert others to this martial skill J ]

Requirements of Office: Member of the SCA, 18 years or older with a signed indemnity Be a Target Archery Marshal, or intend to become one Co-ordinate with your marshals to run training Good Knowledge of Archery, in order to teach and maintain group equipment Willingness to train newcomers Knowledge of SCA Archery rules and types of SCA shoots. Ability and willingness to run Archery Competitions and events Complete a Quarterly report on Archery activities within the group and report to Abertridwr Council each month…. Do a write up on Archery activities each month to be published in the Rhol Newsletter along with other archery related items. Maintain lines of communication with other group Officers to know what Archery related activities, shoots and training is occurring and when.

For anyone who is interested in the position please contact me with your details; Name and SCA name - [email protected] Thank you YIS``````````````

Lady Alianore de Essewell

From the Archery Officer

Be a part of the SCA Demo

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Abertridwr 4 Man Melee 2013

Although a much smaller list than in previous years the Abertridwr 4 man melee was another fun event with 3 teams : Barony of

Aneala, House Knights Bridge and The Bastion all entering teams. The day was won by The Bastion with the Baron and Baroness of Aneala presenting replica medieval coins to the victors. Fighting scenarios followed the tourney and a wonderful potluck feast augmented by left over's from the Not As It Seems Feast (very yummy). Congratulations to Lord Meyrick for an other high quality event. Thanks to M’Lady Lauren who ran an excellent list (first time), M’Lady Kolfinna who marshalled the whole day, M’lady Clotilde

who Heralded both field and court. And Viscountess Rhianwen who constabled the day.

The bastion team presented with replica medieval coins The Bastion team on the field

Advanced Armoured Combat Training School

16 armoured combatants took the opportunity to learn from Duke Fabian over the 4 day training weekend, all participants thought they got something out of the weekend and most of us would love to have more time with this very talented teacher. Special thanks to the Barony of Aneala and the Canton of Abertridwr for funding the visit and

to Viscountess Rhianwen for feeding us all over the 4 days food was very tasty.

Duke Fabian

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Recent Events

Volume 17, Issue 4

Wednesday 14th of August THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL SCA EVENT

Formal discussion - everyone participates. The Evening will be chaired by Sir Kane. Participants will have 5 minutes each to give their answer. Once all have had a say there will be a summation, limited discussion break and then on to the next question.

Sir Kane welcomes any suggestions for the next theme of

questions.

When: 7pm Wednesday 14 August.

Where: The Bastion. 29 Heather Road Roleystone

Garbed Event, bring a Goblet

Cost; Free

Much

More

than

just

Dress

up

Chivalric Round Table

CANCELLED

ARCHERY IKAC

SUNDAY 18th AUGUST

Greetings all ye Archers,

On the Sunday of August 18, there shall be held an IKAC shoot, hosted by fair Abertridwr on the Pencampwr

Green (Wandi). All are welcome to test the might of their arm and bow against all present...

There will be a period target available.....

Time: 2pm for 2.30pm shoot

Place: Pencampwr Green Wandi Community Centre,

Dehaer Drive Wandi

Steward Lady Alianore de Essewell,

Captain of Archers.

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Sunday the 15th of September

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Minawarra Park, Armadale Rd, Armadale

Cost:

Free event. Non-members $5 surcharge applies

please bring a potluck dish for the groaning board

Sir Kane Greymane. [email protected]

The Anealan Champion holds the Bridge

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The Anealan Championship Weekend

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Category 4. Pastries & Pies Lady Alianore de Essewell

The Goodman of Paris [Le Menagier de Paris] A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citizen of Paris c 1393 Translated by Eileen Powers, The Folio Society 1993

All below recipes and references come from the above titled book.

The recipe, To make a Tart [Tourte] puts me in mind of a quiche, however I have found the filling suitable for closed

pies and pastys as well, using modern short crust and puff pastry [although it seemed to work better in the puff pastry] and as such, was used in Aneala’s Not as it seems Feast [ie the Spinach Parcels]. It proved popular, so here is the recipe…

Page 183. Goodman of Paris

To make a tart, take four handfuls of beets, two handfuls of parsley, a handful of chervil, a sprig of fennel and two handfuls of spinach, and pick them over and wash them in cold water, then cut them up very small: then bray with two sorts of cheese, to wit a hard and medium, and then add eggs thereto, yolks and whites, and bray them in the chees: then put the herbs into the mortar and bray alto-gether and also put therein some fine powder. Or instead of this have ready brayed in the mortar two heads of ginger and onto this bray your cheese, eggs and herbs and then cast old cheese scraped or grated onto the herbs and take it to the oven and then have your tart made and eat it hot. ‘A Tart’ page 183. Ingredients Beets a possible reference to a type of silver beet 4 handfuls 2 cups Parsley herb 2 handfuls 1 cup Chervil herb: a sweeter type of Parsley 1 handful ½ cup Fennel herb a sprig Spinach 2 handfuls 1 cup Cheese hard had to guess at the amount of cheese… ¾ cup Cheese medium used cheddar in substitution ¾ cup Eggs yolks and whites 4 eggs Page 196. Goodman of Paris Fine [Spice] Powder. Take of white ginger an ounce and a dram, of selected cinnamon a quarter, of cloves and grain [of paradise] each half a quarter of an ounce and of lump sugar a quarter and reduce them to powder

Fine Powder

Ginger 1 ounce Cinnamon ¼ ounce Cloves 1/8 ounce Grains of Paradise 1/8 possible substitute Long Pepper and Cardamom

Sugar ¼ ounce *Take the greens and pick the leaves from their stalks, then wash all in cold water, afterwhich cut them small. *Grate a hard and medium cheese and mix with eggs *Put the greens into a mortar [bowl] and mix then add your fine [spice] powder *Add the eggs and cheese mix to the greens and combine thoroughly *Omitted [Place in your precooked pie coffin and cook in the oven, about 25mins] *Instead, placed 1/8 cup of mix in a square of store bought puff pastry, rolled and crimped the ends. Brushed over with egg wash then paced in the oven at [my oven 250 degrees for 30mins]The above is my translation of the Tart recipe Cantal cheese [available at The Mousetrap, Fremantle Markets] When looking into what sort of cheese to use [reference – Hard Cheese, medium cheese, old cheese], I looked through the book and found this poem, about how to choose a good cheese. It is on page 169 and this is the English translation from the old French. So I did an internet search on French cheeses and during my search learned that a hard cheese refers to those that are pressed during production to remove moisture and as they age, they become even firmer and more pungent and crumbly. I found one cheese called Cantal. It is described as a hard cheese with a skin and has been made and used in France since Gallic times and so may be the type of cheese spoken of in the poem and used. Cantal has three ages, young, medium and old and the older it gets the harder. The hard cheese of the recipe may refer to aged Cantal and Medium may refer to younger cheese. The final result was a delicious light pastry parcel, which also won the A&S competition at Aneala Midwinter – The Not as it Seems Feast. [it was disguised in the shape of a fish]

Cooks Corner

Not white as snow, like fair Helen, Nor moist, like tearful Magdalen Not like Argus full of eyes, But heavy, like a bull of prize. Well resisting thumb pressed in, And let it have a scaly skin. Eyeless and tearless, in colour not white. Scaly, resisting and weighing not light

Volume 17, Issue 4

Kingdom of Lochac

Arts & Science Competitions

November Crown 2013; Barony of Stormhold (Riddell's Creek, VIC)

Jewellery Making An Illuminated Letter Spanish Textiles (Clothing, Embroidery, weaving, etc) Twelfth Night Coronation XLVIII (2014)

Period Eyewear (Non-Costume)(This can include Eyeglasses, Monacles,

Non-Costume Masks, (eye patch. etc) An Item inspired by a Medici (Be it clothing, furniture, political! Anything with connections to the Medici!) Period Hairstyle May Crown XLIV; Barony of Aneala (2014)

Court Garb (From any period, special attention to recreating all the layers)

Painted Furniture (Boxes, chairs, beds, etc)

Table Settings (Plates, cutlery etc) Midwinter XLIV (2014)

An Item of Personal Heraldry

An Item of Blacksmithing Focus on practical items for SCA use, ie for a

Campsite

Period Headwear For more information, please refer to the Lochac A&S web site www.lochac.sca.org/artsandsciences Entries for interstate events need to be sent at least 2 weeks prior to be received for judging.

My

Pretties

Pencampwr X

Biggest and best medieval life style event on the Western Shores of Lochac Friday the 30th of May to Monday the 3rd of June inclusive Book your leave today.

War Comes

prepare well

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Tentative Calendar

This is Volume 17, Issue 4 (August A.S. XLIX / 2013) of The Rhol, which is the newsletter for the Canton of Abertridwr. It is available from the Abertridwr Chronicler: Kolfinna Ráðúlfsdottir

The Rhol is not an official publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and does not delineate SCA policy. The official newsletter for the Society in Australia is Pegasus, which is available from the Registrar at [email protected] The closing date for submissions to The Rhol is the25th of each month. Advertising, including event flyers should be in Word or Publisher. Please send original source documents. Copyright Information: Official articles from Society Officers, event flyers and calendar information may be reprinted without further permission in newsletters and other publications of branches of the SCA. All copyright in original articles or art herein belongs with the receptive contributors, who must approve all re-use. Please contact the Chronicler for all enquiries regarding re-publication of articles and artwork from The Rhol. The Rhol may use art from a variety of sources. If your art is featured here without your credit and/or permission, contact us, and we will properly credit you, or cease use of the art. Disclaimer: The Rhol, the Canton of Abertridwr and the SCA do not control websites other than their own, and so offer no warranty as to the suitability or content of external sites. You visit these sites at your own risk.

August 11th Abertridwr’s Future Discussion Abertridwr

August 18th IKAC Abertridwr

August 24-25th Balingup Medieval Carnival Demo Aneala

September 8th Council Abertridwr

September 15th Anealan Champion Holds a Bridge Aneala

September 27th -30th Anealan Baronial Championship Aneala

November 16th-17th Royal Visit Abertridwr

December 15th Yule Tyde BBQ Abertridwr

May 11th -12th 2014 Lochac May Crown Aneala

May 30 - June 2 2014 Pencampwr X Abertridwr

WESTERN

LEATHERCRAFT 297 Lord St, Highgate

www.westernleathercraft.com.au

stores.ebay.com.au/Western-Leathercraft

Mon - Fri 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 3pm

Established in 1981, Western Leathercraft has W.A.’s great-

est range of leather related arts and crafts supplies.

But we’re not just a leather shop! We have all manner of books and accessories for the

medievally minded.

West Australian Medieval Providores

http://www.historicarmouries.com.au

Now taking orders for

Rosewood Feasting Sets

$44.95 If you want luxury, then look no more that these. Rosewood handles and mild steel makes for the perfect accompani-

ment to any medieval banquet.

We currently have these on order, so please contact David

([email protected]) to reserve yours. (note, the spoon that will

arrive will be 2cm longer and will have the

same decorate end as the Awl).

Fluted Arms

In stock

Stainless Steel

$244.95

see website for details

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Leather Hides

Scrap Leather

Belt Blanks

Beginner’s Kits

Buckles

Dyes & Paints

Conchos

Lace & Cord

Leathercare products

Needles

Leatherworking Tools

Embossing Stamps

- Medieval - Medieval Buckles

Dress Daggers

Cutlery

Pewter Badges

Celtic & Viking Pendants

SCA Belt Mounts

Coins

Jewellery

Sir Andre – the owner of

Western Leathercraft

-Books on - Cooking

Costuming

Leathercraft

Swordfighting

Blacksmithing

Armouring

Carpentry

Calligraphy

Musical

Children’s Medieval

Chainmail

Re-enactor Magazines

HISTORIC

ARMOURIES

Abertridwr

A Land of Medieval AdventureA Land of Medieval AdventureA Land of Medieval AdventureA Land of Medieval Adventure

WWW.LOCHAC.SCA.ORG/ABERTRIDWR

Regular SCA Events

WEDNESDAY - ARMOURED COMBAT TRAINING

Every Wednesday 7 - 9pm

Cross Park, Jarrah Rd, Roleystone

Un-garbed

Non-Members $5 insurance cost levy

Contact Sir Kane 0447 442 224 SUNDAY - WANDI TRAINING

Every Sunday from 1pm, unless there is an SCA event that day

Wandi Community Centre, De Haer Drive, Wandi

Arts & Sciences Archery

Armoured Combat Training

All Welcome! Garb optional Tea, coffee and biscuits provided

Members $2 to cover site costs

Non-Members $7 – includes insurance cost levy

Events of Interest to our

Members

(Non-official SCA events) MONDAY - SCRIBES

Every Monday 7 - 9pm. Location varies

Scribes lessons (Free) All welcome! Un-garbed

Contact Baroness Branwen: [email protected]

WEDNESDAY at THE BASTION

29 Heather Road, Roleystone

All welcome! No need to book From 6pm SATURDAY - ABERTRIDWR DANCING

First Saturday of the Month, 7pm

3 Argus Way Success

Garbed activity

Contact lady Alexandra [email protected]

Seneschal Mistress Liduina de Kasteelen van Valkenburg [email protected] 0421 806 768

Reeve

Allesandra of Bastion [email protected]

Herald m’lady Clothilde [email protected]

Chatelaine

Sibilla Walsinghame [email protected]

Marshal

Galen Wolfrik

[email protected]

Archery Officer

Lady Alianore [email protected]

Arts & Sciences

Lady Ilaria [email protected]

Constable

Vacant (this is for you)

List Keeper

Vacant (could this be for you)

Chronicler Kolfinna Ráðúlfsdottir

[email protected]

Web Minister

Lady Rosamond [email protected]

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