[Namron] Fw: [Ansteorra] The Academy of Saint Gabriel is now actively seekingnew members!

[Maleah]

Thought some of you might find the link useful or be interested in joining
them.

Maleah
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christie Ward" <val_org at hotmail.com>
To: <sca-laurels at ansteorra.org>; <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Cc: <Norsefolk_2 at yahoogroups.com>; <ansteorra-laurels at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: [Ansteorra] The Academy of Saint Gabriel is now actively seekingnew
members!


> The Academy of Saint Gabriel is now actively seeking new members!
>
> The Academy of Saint Gabriel is a group of volunteers who research
medieval
> names and armory. The Academy's primary purpose is to help members of the
> SCA and other medieval re-enactment groups choose and use names and coats
of
> arms that are historically accurate for the cultures they wish to
re-create.
> The Academy corresponds (via e-mail) with people who are looking for
> authentic names or devices. It also maintains the Medieval Names Archive
> (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/), an extensive collection of articles on
> medieval names.
>
> This is a perfect opportunity for folks who like to do historical
research.
> The Academy needs people who can dig out information about various
cultures
> - one or many, any help is useful.  But we also need volunteers who take
> that research and write it up as reports which are presented to clients,
and
> people to proofread reports as they are written and also to read them for
> clarity and accuracy.  Not to mention artistic folk who can help design
> armory and create JPGs of blazons that are developed for a client.
>
> The Academy of Saint Gabriel is not just for heralds!  It's a great fun
> occupation for me as a research geek, because I get to do cool research
and
> learn a lot of interesting things about various cultures and the
development
> of medieval languages.  It's a great service opportunity as well -
primarily
> the Academy helps SCA members... we help them develop authentic,
> well-researched names and armory, and Academy of St. Gabriel research can
be
> used when the member goes to submit these items to the heralds for
> registration.
>
> Information about joining the Academy is available at
> http://www.s-gabriel.org/faq/heraldsfaq.html#join -- you can choose to get
> emails individually, by digest, and it's even possible to read Academy
email
> via the web.
>
> I joined because I wanted to learn more about Old Norse names and
language,
> and it's been challenging, interesting, and fun.  I hope you'll check it
> out, too!
>
> ::GUNNVOR::
>
>
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