beyond-favors-msg - 8/31/99
Suggestions of things to do for your Significant Other beyond favors.
NOTE: See also the files: romance-today-msg, SCA-romance-msg, largess-ideas-msg, Largesse-art, Love-in-th-MA-art, feathers-msg, finger-rings-lnks.
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From: powers at colon.cis.ohio-state.edu (william thomas powers)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: How to honor my Lord....
Date: 25 Apr 1997 08:41:29 -0400
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
>To any good gentle...
>I wish to know what would be a period way to show my lord the depth of
>my affections, which are vast indeed.
>
>Also any period terms of endearment would be wonderful!
>
>With kindest reguards, from a gentle smitten lady....
>Sabine Briere'
Well children would be nice....
How about commissioning a *good* jongleur/skald/bard to compose an
appropriate song extolling his virtues--well done it may spread
through the known world and beyond imortalizing his prowness.
Thomas
From: james koch <alchem at en.com>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: How to honor my Lord....
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 07:15:51 -0400
Organization: alchem inc
> I wish to know what would be a period way to show my lord the depth of
> my affections, which are vast indeed. I've never had a true SCA romance
> before, and am having a marvelous time with it. I've already made him a
> hand woven belt favor. He is an excellent rapier fighter, and as my
> champion showers me in glory when he is on the feild. I am a romantic
> unending, and nothing would please me more then to show him honor
> aswell. I do my best to be a source of pride for him, but I could not
> heap honors enough upon him. So truely, any assistance would be helpful.
>
> Also any period terms of endearment would be wonderful!
>
> With kindest reguards, from a gentle smitten lady....
>
> Sabine Briere'
> House of the Rising Southern Horde
> The Barony of Dragon's Laire
> An Tir
Lady Sabine, Why not offer your lord "the gift of Agnes Of Navarre"?
Agnes had a chastity belt made and gave the key to her love to wear as a
token of her faithfulness. This custom is within the historical period
of the SCA and I can provide you with documentation should you require
it. Gladius
From: alexb7 at mail.idt.net (LBTaylor)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: How to honor my Lord....
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 16:06:00 -0700
Organization: IDT
> To any good gentle...
(snipped for bandwidth)
> Also any period terms of endearment would be wonderful!
>
> With kindest reguards, from a gentle smitten lady....
>
> Sabine Briere'
If you would learn period endearments, I can think of no better easily
available source than the sonnets of Shakespeare.
The handcrafted favor you have made already will doubless be a treasure
beyond price, but if you desire to give more, why not ask your beloved
what he would desire from your hand? This strategy worked for me-- I am
currently working on an illuminated Book of Hours page with a poem I wrote
for my Lady, because that is what she wanted.
Alex Baird
From: lauraseay at aol.com (Laura Seay)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: How to honor my Lord....
Date: 28 Apr 1997 01:40:39 GMT
I must also admit that I was touched by your request. I keep reading the
responses for ideas on ways to honor my lord. The best way I know to
honor my lord is to be there when he fights. He has told me repeatedly
that I am his inspiration and that he fights better just knowing I am
near. I have studied hard to understand his sport and to find ways to
make him more comfortable while he fights (water, food, handkerchief to
wipe his sweat, etc.) I also allow my lord to know where I am going when
I am not watching him fight. He works hard for my honor and even though I
get a little bored sometimes, I remind myself that it is for me that he is
bashing others with a big stick. My favorite thing, though, is to walk
into court at the end of the evening together in matching gard. I feel as
though we are truely a team and it is a external way to show the populice
you are together. Please let me know if you find other ways to honor you
lord, for I am constantly looking for them too.
Laura
From: widdershins at widdershins.seanet.com (John and Susan Hutchins)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: How to honor my Lord....
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 15:10:13 GMT
Organization: House Widdershins
My Lady Sabine---
For our anniversary I traded with the honorable Lord Yaakov who
sometimes frequents this group. He wrote a wonderful love poem for my
lord husband, and I made simple garb for he and his lady wife.
We talked about this over e-mail. We have never met. He lives in the
East and I in good old An Tir along with you. ;-) Our trade was
conducted over the mails (we did have trouble with snail mail) and I
believe to both of our satisfaction. ;-) I would highly recommend
bartering something you can do with someone else who can do something
else--it makes an excellent surprise for your lord. ;-)
happy plotting--
Branuenn Goch
From: flanna at pobox.alaska.net
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: How to honor my Lord....
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 06:10:16 GMT
Organization: Internet Alaska Inc.
snip of an obviously inspired and inspiring lady's tourneyside
conduct..exemplary!
>Seeing to his comforts when he fights is definantly an excellent
>consideration. And matching garb would be sublime... I intend to do a
>lot more reasearch on the subject and I'll certinally will post it for
>the benefit of all, as I gather it.
Gentle lady, as an older costuming embellishment Laurel who also has
a fighter of her own, may I suggest heraldic surcoats for over the
armour of your lord or perhaps a fencing doublet in your colors with
the main charge of your device over his heart,and matching cothardies
for both or cothardie for him and kirtle with heraldic sideless
surcoat for you ? Should you be of a "later period" persuasion,
heraldic designs on cloaks are always a good thing, and the
Elixabethans and others incorporated a wealth of designs into
embriodered and/or appliqued gloves, purses, jewelry, banners, bed
and wall hangings..you get my drift. Both painted designs and
combinations of embriodery and applique are not difficult to produce
once you make yourself some design templates and stencils in various
sizes..just remember to check and see that your charges are facing the
correct direction..that one used to give me fits at first;-)
May he continue to be worthy of such attention and devotion from an
obviously gracious and gallant Lady!
Blessings and hugs,
Flanna
Mistress Flanna Dunwalton, OL and a bowl of alphabits
Eskalya, Oertha, the West
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