Glossary on Historic Camping

AoA

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Award of Arms. This is and SCA. award. It is often one of the first that someone receives in the SCA.

Burgess

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This is an Ildhafn award. It is granted for exemplary courtesy

Burgess originally meant a freeman of a borough or burgh. It later came to mean an elected or unelected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons

Freedom of the City

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This is an Ildhafn award. It is granted to those that do great service to the Barony but do not reside within its lands.

Traditionally the Freed of the City would be grated to notable citizens or visiting dignitaries and arising from the medieval practice of granting respected citizens freedom from serfdom.

Golden Nock

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This is an SCA award. The Nock is given for achievement in the field of missile combat. The token is a gold nock, worn as a pendant.

Guildsman

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This is an Ildhafn award. It is granted to those who display skill in the Arts and Sciences

Traditionally Guildsmen were members of the various guilds that governed aspects of medieval life. The Ildhafn Guildsmen are modelled loosely on the Guilds of London

Lodeman

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This is an Ildhafn award. It is bestowed upon those who resided within the barony for a significant time but have moved away to other parts of the Known World.

Traditionally a Lodeman was the navigator or pilot on a ship and was responsible for guiding the ship safely to its harbour

Lucet

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Lucetting is believed to date back to the Viking period, when it was used to create cords that were used on clothing, or to hang items from the belt. Lucet cord is square, strong, and slightly springy. Lucet cord is formed by a series of loops, and will therefore unravel if cut.

To make a cord start by holding the thread are going to use against the Lucet, wrap the thread around the horns of the lucet to make a figure of 8. Then wrap the thread around the first horn again so that there are 2 strands around it, lift the lower thread(the first loop) over the horn and pull down.

Militia

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This is an Ildhafn award. It is granted to those that excel in the martial arts of Armoured, Rapier, Archery or Mounted skills.

Rowan

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This is an SCA award. The Rowan is given to those who have displayed exceptional and consistent grace and courtesy to all. The order’s badge is: A cinquefoil per pale vert and argent.

Silver Pegasus

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This is an SCA award. The Order of the Silver Pegasus may be given to those who have distinguished themselves over time by performing outstanding service. They shall also have demonstrated chivalry, courtesy and courtly behaviour.

Star and Lily

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This is an SCA award. The Order of the Star and Lily (formerly known as Golden Lily) is given for achievement in the arts and sciences. This Kingdom award has retained the token of the former Roman Lilies; a black pendant bearing the order’s badge: Three lily blossoms in triquetra.

Sulphur Spunk

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A sulphur spunk is an early form of match. Unlike modern matches it is not struck but instead is lit from an ember. They are used in conjunction with a flint, steel and charcloth. Using the flint and steel to create a spark that is transferred to the charcloth with in turn starts to ember. This is then used to light the sulphur spunk which is then used to start the fire.

Tafl

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Tafl games (pronounced [tavl], also known as hnefatafl games) are a family of ancient Northern European strategy board games played on a checkered or latticed gameboard with two armies of uneven numbers. Most probably they are based upon the Roman game Ludus latrunculorum. Names of different variants of Tafl include Hnefatafl, Tablut, Tawlbwrdd, Brandubh, Ard Rí, and Alea Evangelii. Games in the tafl family were played in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Britain, Ireland, and Sápmi. Tafl gaming was eventually supplanted by chess in the 12th century, but the tafl variant of the Sámi people, tablut, was in play until at least the 18th century. The rules for tablut were written down by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus in 1732, and these were translated from Latin to English in 1811. All modern tafl games are based on the 1811 translation, which had many errors. New rules were added to amend the issues resulting from these errors, leading to the creation of a modern family of tafl games. In addition, tablut is now also played in accordance with its original rules, which have been retranslated.

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This is an Ildhafn award. It is granted for service to the Barony.

Traditionally an alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law.

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A steel helm from the 14th century.

The bascinet could be open faced, or visored.

When worn with an open face a Great Helm was sometimes worn over the top for additional protection. This could then be discarded for better visibility.

A common visored style was the Pig-Faced bascinet

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Charcloth is used to aid in the lighting of fires. It is made from cloth, such as linen, that has been charred or burnt. The method to make charcloth is fairly simple. You either place small pieces of cloth in a metal tin, or in a pot and then cover with sand. You add this to a fire so that the cloth heats up and start to smoulder. The aim is to pre-burn your cloth. Once the holder you have the cloth in has been added to a fire you wait for it to start smoking, this is the cloth inside burning, after a while remove the pot or tin from the fire and check the cloth. Ideally it should have turned black. It will be fairly fragile, if it hasn’t charred then add it back to the fire and wait a bit longer.

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Cluain is a Canton in the SCA Kingdom of Lochac.

Geographically it is the Waikato region of New Zealand.

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The Crescent Isles is the name for New Zealand within the SCA. It is a part of the kingdom of Lochac

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A french seam is something my mother taught me, that she was taught to do to prevent fabric from fraying before the invention of the overlocker. I now use this method for medieval hand-sewn garments. I don’t actually have any evidence that it is “”period”” or historically accurate, but given that it’s a practical solution to fraying edges I see no reason to think that people in the past wouldn’t have used this technique. It’s elegantly simple. First, with wrong sides facing, pin and sew a running seam about 5mm from the edge of the fabric (approximately! Can vary depending on all sorts). I often sew this seam about 10mm in and then trim the rough edge back, if there is room to do so.

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Ildhafn is a Barony in the SCA Kingdom of Lochac.

Geographically it is the Auckland region of New Zealand.

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Lochac is one of the Kingdoms of the SCA.

Geographically it covers Australia and New Zealand

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A pell is a training aid for sword fighting. At its simplest it is an upright pole that you can cut and thrust against to practice striking target locations and generate power. They are often marked with striking zones and sometimes have the means to attach a sword, shield or other equipment so you can practice striking round them.

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The SCA or The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international organisation dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. Our “Known World” consists of 19 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world. Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which feature tournaments, royal courts, feasts, dancing, various classes & workshops, and more.

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A throw stick is used in a number of games instead of dice. The stick has a coloured side and an uncoloured side. On your turn, you throw a number of sticks to determine the movement.