SC - Re: Copied Medievalism

[ChannonM at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/23/00 7:11:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:

<< On a related point ...  . I was in a thread in a kingdom listserve, 
 where someone asked why SCA lady knights didn't use "Dame," that 
 being the proper title. I asked whether there was any period evidence 
 that Dame was the proper title in period (as opposed to being the 
 modern English usage), and suggested several places (Ariosto, in 16th 
 c. English translation, and Spencer, both of which have fictional 
 lady knights) where evidence might be found. One or two people 
 responded to the effect that they had heard, or had read, that "Dame" 
 was the period title--as if that was sufficient. Nobody offered any 
 evidence. So far as I could tell, people continued in the thread on 
 the assumption that someone's third or fourth or fifth hand vague 
 memory was actually an adequate basis for an opinion.
 David/Cariadoc >>

Master James Blankheart calls this "Turnip Wearers". He being a master of the 
Laurel in 14th Century knowledge, states that if he were to carve out a 
turnip and put it on a belt, that soon there would be people regularly 
wearing turnips for pouches. I think he is not far from the truth (if at all 
off the mark).

I began with Cariadoc's Miscellany, (thank you BTW) and am glad I did. It was 
difficult at first, but I kept reading the recipes over and over and over 
until they made sense. At some point the recipe clicked, like "OH THAT'S WHAT 
THEY MEAN". Now this might not work for everyone. And, I learn more everyday. 

Hauviette

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