Kingdom Heraldic and Scribal Symposium

SATURDAY

ROOM

Community Room

Outside Tent

Staff Training Room

Board Room

8:00

Building opens

Building opens

Building opens

9:00

40 year Domesday Book Heraldry

Simple Gouache Techniques

Open scriptorium and
tables for scribal & heraldic

How to Respond When You Are Called into Court

Tinctures, Furs, Treatments, and Divisions in SCA Armory

History and Development of An Tir’s Roll of Arms

10:00

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Basic Documentation and Consulting

Court Heraldry for New Heralds

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How to Document a Name

11:00

Seeking Inspiration

Seal Making

You Can do Whitework

Voice Heraldry

Charge Placement and
Charge Group Theory

Order Names

Noon

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How to Write Effective Commentary

1:00

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

2:00

Manuscript Gilding

Dissection of Diapering

Open scriptorium and
tables for scribal & heraldic displays

Heralds and Our Place in [the] Society

3:00

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New Group Heralds

Oddr’s Aspilogia

Banners & Standards

4:00

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Designing Gothic Borders

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Administrative Side of Heraldry

Precedence & Ceremonial Protocols in An Tir

How to Read Blazon

5:00

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6:00

CLASS ENDS

CLASS ENDS

CLASS ENDS

CLASS ENDS

CLASS ENDS

CLASS ENDS

CLASS ENDS

SUNDAY

Outside tent

8:00

Building opens

Building opens

Building opens

Building opens

9:00

10:00

Seal Making

Designing Gothic Borders

11:00

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Noon

Clean up and Depart

Clean up and Depart

Clean up and Depart

Clean up and Depart

1:00

Teacher

Classes

 Cost

Need to Bring

HL Sarra the Brave

Seal Making – Max 6
2 hours

Must be over 18.
Students will learn to make seals in the manner used by the
kingdom.  This is useful in making seals for branch awards and
for sealing personal documents.  This is a hands on class
where students will melt and pour hot wax using different
techniques.  Students will have supplies to take away with
them.

Wear tight fitting sleeves. 
No flowing clothing or loose long hair. 

  $5.00 or $xx  (Minimum cost is for 1 stick of wax
and the handout; higher cost includes optional purchase of the
tile.)

Bring an empty, dry, clean aluminum “soda”
can.          
Bring seal matrices if you have them, whether they are personal or
branch seals.

Dame Tamlyn of Wyntersea

Seeking Inspiration – Min 3 / Max 15
2 hours

This class will cover where to find ideas for charters and scrolls
and the various forms they may take. Included will be a discussion
of major manuscript styles and resources for them. Depending on
internet accessibility the class will include a hands-on exercise
in researching manuscripts on-line.

 $          
2.00

Bring note taking materials

HL Ana de la Sara

Dissection of Diapering – Max 10
2 hours

How to break apart patterns found in extant documents,  into
manageable steps for reproduction.

Please preregister to whisket14@yahoo.com

 $10 fee, including color example/instructional handout and
new detail paint brush to take home.

Note Taking Materials

HL Alamanda de Claret

You Can Do Whitework – Max 10
2 hours

No previous experience necessary. 

Learn to delight the eye and embellish your charters and scrolls
with whitework designs taken from the Hunting Book of Gaston
Phoebus.

 $          
2.00

Handout
Provided                
Paint & brushes  (or can purchase for $3.00 fee paint
brushes and pot(s) of gouache)

Dame Tamlyn of Wyntersea

Manuscript Gilding – Min 3 / Max 10
4 Hours

Learn the three basic methods of illuminating medieval manuscripts:
shell, flat, and raised gilding. Class will also discuss when the
methods were used in medieval manuscripts and the types of
materials and tools used.  Students will make a sampler of
methods, a practice piece on parchment, and begin a project piece
to be completed after class. As time permits a sampler of modern
substitutes will also be worked on. Please be aware that the gesso
for the raised gilding contains lead.

 $          
7.50

Bring note taking materials

HL Alamanda de Claret

You Can Design Gothic Borders – Max 5
2 hours

No previous experience necessary. 
Introduction and practical skills are learned to dispel the fear of
designing a scroll in the Gothic style.

 $          
2.00

 Handout & materials provided.

HL Alamanda de Claret

Simple Gouache Techniques for Scribes – Max
10
2 hours

No previous experience necessary.
Learn to lay down gouache on notecards and introduction to simple
techniques to highlight, shade and embellish your foundation
work.

 $          
2.00

Materials provided (or you may bring your own paints &
brushes)

Dame Tamlyn of Wyntersea

An Tir 40 Year Domesday Boke Heraldry – Min 3 /
Max 20
1 Hour

Students will learn about the 40 year Domesday Boke’s creation, the
Branch and personal Heraldry contained in it, as well as having an
opportunity to view the volumes in person.

 $          
0.50

Doña Juliana de Luna, OL, OP, Siren Herald
Extraordinary

How to Document a Name 

1
hour                                                             
                                                 In
this class, we’ll talk about what to write in the documentation
section of a names form: what do you have to document? What sources
should you use for documentation? What should you avoid? How do you
write what you’ve found out? We’ll practice looking at sources and
writing what we’ve found.

 $             
–  

Doña Juliana de Luna, OL, OP, Siren Herald
Extraordinary

Order Names

1 Hour

 $             
–  

Lady Gwenlliana Clutterbooke, GdS, Queue Forchée
Herald

Administrative Side of Heraldry

 1
hour       

Come learn how to be a heraldic officer at all levels.

 $             
–  

Bring something to write with

Lady Natasha Orionova Zateeva, GdS, Ounce Herald and
Lord Michael FitzGeoffrey, GdS, Argent Scroll Herald

New Group Heralds 

1-2 Hours

A panel
discussion                                                                
                      So,
your group has asked you to be their herald. Now what? This will be
a panel discussion on the next steps you will need to take, and an
introduction to the wonderful world of the herald. Not a new
herald? Come and give your tips on what works for you. The more,
the merrier!

 $             
–  

Bring note taking materials.

Lady Natasha Orionova Zateeva, GdS, Ounce
Herald

How to Respond When You Are Called into
Court

1
hour                                         

Their Majesties now call Blunderbuss the Bombastic into Their
Court! Yikes, Bussy, that’s YOU! Now what do you do? Come and find
out how to act and react to what happens in Court. What you should
do, and what not to do.

 $             
–  

Lady Natasha Orionova Zateeva, GdS, Ounce
Herald

Court Heraldry for New Heralds

1
hour                                                                            

 How to do court without having a nervous breakdown.

 $             
–  

Lady Natasha Orionova Zateeva, GdS, Ounce
Herald

Voice Heraldry

1-2
hours                                                                                               

How to make your voice work for you. Includes getting to know
your voice as an instrument, warm-up exercises, and scripts. What
to say, when and how to say it. Practicum for indoor and outdoor
heralding included.

 $             
–  

Bring water or your preferred hydrating beverage, a cloak or
hood, and a sense of humor.

Lord Michael FitzGeoffrey, GdS, Argent Scroll
Herald

Precedence and Ceremonial Protocols in An
Tir

2
hours                                            

How precedence is ordered in An Tir; basic titles, style, and
honorifics; regalia; throne placement & ceremonial toasts;
etc.

 $             
–  

Lord Michael FitzGeoffrey, GdS, Argent Scroll
Herald

Tinctures, Furs, Treatments, and Divisions in SCA
Armory

1
hour                              

 A visual tour of the various tinctures, furs, treatments,
and divisions used in SCA armory, with a discussion of any special
circumstances that apply to them.

 $             
–  

Lord Michael FitzGeoffrey, GdS, Argent Scroll
Herald

Charge Placement and Charge Group Theory

2
hours                                                    

A detailed look at charge group theory as governed by SENA,
including brief discussions of field-primary armory, the
prohibition on “slot machine” armory, etc.

Lord Oddr Þiálfason, JdL, GdS, Demi-Lion
Herald

Oddr’s Aspilogia

1 hour

Have you wanted to learn the Complex Search Form, only to be
thwarted by its complexity? Have you ever wondered how to check
field-primary armory in a single step? Have you ever had to leave a
consult hanging because you simply didn’t have an internet
connection? Come learn about Oddr’s Aspilogia, an app for Windows
8.1 and Windows 10 (and Windows Mobile 10!) devices, and how it can
save you from hauling the printed copy of the SCA Ordinary &
Armorial around site.

Pre-requisites: While experience in conflict
checking will be very useful, it is not a requirement. We will not,
however, cover SENA in any particular detail. Reviewing SENA ahead
of time – Appendix I in particular – is highly recommended.

 $             
–  

 Students are invited to bring a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10
device, or a phone running Windows Mobile 10. It is recommended to
pre-install the app from the Windows Store (search for Aspilogia),
and run it once to download the current O&A. Students are also
invited to bring names and armory they’re interested in checking
for conflict.

Doña Juliana de Luna, OL, OP, Siren Herald
Extraordinary and Lord OddrThialfason, Jdl, Gds, Demi-Lion
Herald

Heralds and Our Place in [the] Society

1
hour                                                                    

 As heralds in the SCA, we tend to have a good idea of our
role — but how often do we encounter people who think our ways and
means are arbitrary and made-up?  How do we tie our modern
duties to those of our historical counterparts, and how do we
explain that to others? Where did heralds find themselves in
Society, and how did that change over time with the rise and fall
of the Tournament? What is the connection between minstrels,
military advisors, and the modern actor Paul Betteny? What was
Coldharbour and why was it important? What was the business with
Scrope v Grosvenor? Who was William Bruges? Sir Anthony Wagner? Why
should you care?      This will be a round
table discussion about what it meant to be named “herald”.

 $             
–  

Students should bring more questions than we can answer in an
hour. Questions can also be emailed to the moderator at
oddr@thuban.org.

Lord Frederic Badger, GdS, Couronne Rouge
Herald

History and Development of An Tir’s Roll of
Arms

1 hour

 $             
–  

Lord Frederic Badger, GdS, Couronne Rouge
Herald

Banners and Standards

1 Hour

 [further information pending]

 $             
–  

Dame Richenda du Jardin, OP, Black Lion Principal Herald
and Bonesig Rhieinwylydd verch Einon Llanaelhaearn, GdS, Lions
Blood Herald

Basic Documentation and Consulting

1-2 Hours

This will be a working heraldic consultation table with
instruction.

 $             
–  

If there are real items that you need help with, please bring
them.

Bonesig Rhieinwylydd verch Einon Llanaelhaearn, GdS,
Lions Blood Herald

How to Write Effective Commentary

1
hour                                                               

How to write commentary that makes Lions Blood’s life easier ,
what to write, what not to write, how to back up your
assertions.

 $             
–  

Bonesig Rhieinwylydd verch Einon Llanaelhaearn, GdS,
Lions Blood Herald and Lady Emelyn Fulredy

How to Read Blazon

1 Hour

Speaking heraldese. Participants will practice describing an
existing device in blazon (heraldic words) and drawing an emblazon
(picture) based on the blazon (words).

 $             
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