Newcomer's Section
This is a collection of files that I have assembled from various sourcessince I first joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) in 1989.The information in these files comes from the Rialto newsgroup (rec.org.sca),the old fidonet medieval echo conferance area, various mail lists and articlessubmitted to me by their authors.Several types of files are available:
-msg These files are composed of a variety of short messages from a variety of authors having a common subject . -art A stand-alone article written by a single author.Some are off of the networks while some were submitted to me by the author.-bib A bibliography of book and article titleson a single subject.-FAQ An article file that follows a FrequentlyAsked Questions format. All text files are available in three formats, HTML, text and RTF. If the text and RTF formats are not mentioned explicitly in this index, they are available from within the HTML file.
THLord Stefan li Rous (Mark S. Harris, stefan at florilegium.org).
- filelist-list The complete list of these Florilegium files. (also text, rtf.)
- 4-newcomers-msg Comments directed at SCA newcomers.
- Anno-Societat-art "Common Questions: What is the Term Anno Societatis" by Kurios Halfdan 'Two Bears' Ôzurrson.
- Chatelaine-art The care and feeding of newcomers by THLady Rayne Moyra O'Ciaragain
- callig-beg-msg Hints for beginning calligraphers.
- Children-SCA-art "Children in the SCA: An Introduction for Newcomers" by Lady Genoveva von Lubeck.
- Choose-a-Name-art "Choosing a Society Name: Hints for Newcomers" by Dietmar Reinhart von Straubing and Malachias von Morgenstern.
- clothing-4-nc-msg Comments for newcomers on SCA clothing.
- courtesy-msg Courtesy guidelines in the SCA and period.
- crash-space-msg 'crash-space' etiquette for both the traveler and the crash-space provider..
- Do-not-Wear-art "SCA - What Not To Wear - Belts, Baldrics and Scarves, Oh My!" by THLord Ian the Green.
- Define-Yr-Win-art "How do you define your win?;" by THLord Ian the Green.
- Earng-Your-AoA-art "Earning your AoA in the SCA" by Lady Meliora Leuedai de Ardescote.
- Easy-T-Tunics-art "Easy T-Tunics" by THL George Anne. Directions for making a simple T-tunic.
- Evnt-Etiquete-art "Event Etiquette" by Master Donal Mac Ruiseart.
- Fabric-Stores-art "Don't Fear the Fabric Store" by THL Rosalyn MacGregor.
- Feast-Basket-art "The Well-Tempered Feast Basket: a guide for newcomers" by Lady Jehanne de Huguenin.
- Generic-Clths-art "Generic Clothes - Tunic, Skirt, Shirt, and Pants" by Caitlin nic Raighne.
- Generic-Pants-art "Generic Pants" by Caitlin nic Raighne.
- Getting-an-AoA-art "How to Get and AoA" by Gunnora Hallakarva.
- Greetng-Others-art "How to Greet Royalty and Peers, et Al" by Lady Rosalie Langmod of Calontir.
- Hand-Kissing-art "Ioseph of Locksley's Handy Guide to Cavalier Hand-Kissing"
- How-to-Behave-art "How to Behave in these Current Middle Ages" by Lady Meliora Leuedai de Ardescote.
- How-2-get-2do-art "How to get to do things in the SCA" by Duchess Willow de Wisp, OL, OP, OR.
- Houses-Guilds-art "On Households, Guilds etc in the SCA" by Lord Ian the Green.
- intro-books-msg Recommended books on the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- Jena-Estrella-art "A report about Jenna's trip to the Estrella War" by Baroness Jenna of SouthWind, OP.
- KW-Handbook-msg Comments about the Known World Handbook. The cloest thing the SCA has to an official handbook.
- Medvl-Cooking-art "A Beginner's Guide to Medieval Cooking" by Lady Jehanne de Huguenin.
- names-FAQ Choosing and registering names in the SCA.
- NC-Academie-art "Creating a Newcomers Academie" by HL Jeanne-Marie la Verriere.
- newcomers-lnks Links for newcomers to the SCA by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
- newcomers-msg How to make newcomers to your group confortable. Integrating newcomers.
- No-Ck-Potluck-art "No Cook Potluck Contributions for the Culinary Inept and Others" by HL Rycheza z Polska.
- No-Cook-PotLk-art "Period Potluck Contributions That Require No Cooking" by HL Eulalia de Ravenfeld.
- On-Personae-art "On-Personae" by Baron Hrolf Herjolfssen OP. An overview of personas in the SCA.
- Othr-Newcomrs-art "The 'Other' Newcomers" by Lady Wilhelmina Catharin de Rochelle. For SCA folks moving from one group to another.
- Period-Names-art "Picking Out A Period Name in the SCA" by Wulfhere of Eofeshamme, Amlesmore Herald.
- Persna-Devlop-art "Some Thoughts on Persona Development" by Domna Liutgard of Luxeuil (O.L.)
- Persona-101-art "Persona 101" by L. Kyleena of the Ansteorran Rom.
- Persona-4-NC-art "Persona, do I need one?" by Lady Alison Wodehalle.
- SCA-Awards-art "AoA's, Barons, and Laurels: Who's who in the SCA" by Lady Alison Wodehalle.
- SCA-Cooking-art "SCA Cooking & You: How to Get Started" by Lady Alice Percy of Montengarde.
- SCA-courtesy-art Courtesy guidelines by Ioseph of Locksley.
- SCA-courts-nc-msg Comments about SCA Courts for newcomers.
- SCA-Feasts-art "Orts It All About, Alfred? - (Attending your first year or two of SCA Feasts)" by Lady Caterina della Pieri.
- SCA-Housholds-art "Introduction to SCA Households" by Maistor Justinos Tekton called Justin.
- SCA-intro-art An Introduction to the SCA.
- SCA-Personas-art "On Choosing a Name and a Persona; A Quick and Dirty Guide" by Ld. Daniel Raoul Le Vascon du Navarre'.
- SCA-Rialto-FAQ SCA FAQ list from the Rialto (rec.org.sca).
- SCA-Terms-art "What Language are You Speaking?" by Lady Alison Wodehalle. SCA vocabulary.
- SCA-trans-msg How to handle the move from one group to another. For the people in the group too.
- Thrifty-Anach-art "The Thrifty Anachronist: The Handbook" by Lady Mathilda Harper. Thrift stores for inexpensive SCA clothing.
- Volunteer-art "Volunteers in the SCA" by Mistress Jane Beaumont.
- Why-Reg-A-Nme-art "Why Register a Name in The SCA" by Wulfhere of Eofeshamme.
- Y-Join-th-SCA-art "Why You Should Join SCA, Inc." by Meg Baron.
- Yor-1st-Feast-art "Going to your 1st Feast" by Lady Alison Wodehalle.
- Your-1st-Evnt-art "Going to your 1st Event" by Lady Alison Wodehalle.
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