Known World Heraldic Symposium 2005 Tentative Heraldic Class Schedule

Saturday:

Heraldry Class Descriptions~
 
Classroom A - Administration and Armory overflow
 
Basic Book Care and Repair
A discussion of how to protect books from damage, and a demonstration of minor repair tools and methods.  Because book repairs take a long time to "cure," it is unlikely that there will be time to repair your items.  If you wish to have specific instructions for your damaged pieces, either bring photographs of the damage, or wrap the items carefully in non-acidic cotton cloth, and tie snugly - taking care not to damage page or cover edges - with strips of cotton in a quarterly pattern to bring them for evaluation.  Some discarded books will be present for show and tell, and if there is sufficient time, attendees may practice some basic repair methods on the provided pieces.
Lady Sorcha MacLeod has been a student of heraldry for over twelve years and is so readily distracted by her books as to have only dabbled in cooking, sewing, and scribing.  She currently holds office as White Stag Principal Herald, Outlands.
Tammy Ackerson works for a small law school library, cataloging new items and mending old ones.  She takes great joy in her husband and son, and writes in what little spare time she can steal for herself.
 
Finances for Heralds
What every SCA member should know about SCA finances without having to be an exchequer.
Maestra Ghita has the honor of holding the office of Society Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Susan Earley is a data warehouse architect who has been writing and re-writing the Exchequer handbook for the last 10 years. She has never taken an accounting class, but does hold a Bachelor of Science in Math.
 
Discussion: Heraldry Interkingdom Anthropology
A discussion panel to share how heraldry works in the various kingdoms.
Moderator: Laurel
 
How to be a Better Local Herald
Lecture/discussion on what SCA group heralds really do with some ideas on how to do it better.
Seigneur Yves de Fortanier began playing in the Society in Meridies in AS xix. He served for two years as deputy herald and then two terms as the baronial herald (two years each). Only in the second term did he realize the benefits of task delegation. He enjoys all forms of SCA heraldry, but prefers field and court and avoids device conflict checking. Yves also fancies himself a dancer, singer, scribe, fencing fop, calligrapher, percussionist, and enjoys getting chased around by other people's happy children.
Rick Wallace works as a documentation specialist and lives near Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Elizabeth (known in the Society as Elspeth nic Cormac,
OL). Yves' articles on SCA heraldry: www.therotunda.net/heraldry
 
Commentary: Elementary My Dear Herald
An overview of commenting in the S.C.A. College of Arms designed for those who might be interested in becoming commenters: the purpose of commentary
and its place in the submissions process; the duties of a commenter; types of commentary; commentary style guidelines; things to consider when
commenting on submissions in letters of intent; and pitfalls than can trap the unwary commenter.
Da’ud ibn Auda, OPel, OL, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah, has been a commenting member of the SCA College of Arms continuously since 1986.  In
addition to having been a commenting herald on Laurel staff for some years, he has been a local herald, deputy kingdom herald, kingdom principal
herald, and Laurel King of Arms twice (1990-1992, 1993-1996).
David B. Appleton is a legal secretary, which occupation he maintains in order to support his heraldry habit, that is to say, library.  He has
turned his SCA-born interest in heraldry out into the mundane world, attending and speaking at the last several International Congresses of
Heraldic and Genealogical Sciences and teaching genealogists how heraldry might be of assistance to them.  He has published a modern English
translation of the heraldic portions of the medieval Boke of St. Albans, and is currently working on a booklet about the Gore Roll, an 18th Century
American roll of arms.
 
A guide for ‘gentill men and honest persones’ (Heraldry in the Boke of S. Albans)
An introduction to and overview of the heraldic portions of the Boke of St. Albans, published in 1486, the earliest heraldic treatise printed in
English.  How old did they think heraldry was?  Though they believed that several national coats of arms were send from heaven, what was different
about the arms of France?  Discover why when they say “indented”, it doesn’t mean the same thing we mean when we say “indented” today.
            Also by Da’ud ibn Auda
 
Discussion: Heraldry/CoA Issues
An opportunity for heralds from all over to discuss various issues within the College of Arms, and with respect to heraldry within the SCA.
Moderator: Laurel
 
Classroom B - Vocal Heraldry and Onomastics overflow
 
Open Hour
The room is free for impromptu discussion or catching up with friends during first hour.
 
Vocal Production for Court and Field
 
Court Heraldry
 
Beginning Protocol
 
Beginning Field Heraldry
 
Names from south-western Switzerland, 12th to 16th C
A look at the names in assorted sources from south-western Switzerland, near the border of France and Italy.  While most of the sources are in Latin, a few are in French.  The names show a wide influence of French, Provencal, Italian, and German, and also contain examples of many names that appear to be unique to this particular area.
THL Aryanhwy merch Catmael is Rede Boke Herald (research) for Northshield.  She is a member of the Academy of S. Gabriel, and a commenter in the College of Arms.
 
Open Hour
The room is free for continuing discussion or catching up with friends during last hour.
 
Classroom C - Onomastics
 
Japanese Onomastics (tentative topic)
 
Republican Roman Naming Practices
 
12th-13th Century French Naming
This class is an overview of names and naming practices in France during the 12th and 13th centuries. Occitan naming will also be discussed, and major points of difference both in language and other areas will be touched upon.
Lady Galiana de Baiona is a Cathar who fled her home in Bayonne due to the ravages of the Albigensian Crusade. She currently lives in the Kingdom of
Ansteorra.
Amanda Bowen is a university student whose interests include obscure medieval texts, research, and obscure medieval texts.
 
16th C English Inn, Shop, and Ship Names
 
 Processing Name Submissions : Good advice for Good heralds
An overview of the issues and problems of dealing with name submissions, including documentation, name construction, conflict, and presumption.  The overview will be given in practical terms for those who serve as submissions heralds or consulting heralds.
Walraven van Nijmegen has written several articles on names from central Europe, while continuing to research names and heraldic style from his native Netherlands.  He has been a herald in the West Kingdom for 11 years, and has been writing or assisting in commentary for most of that time (for which he received his Leaf of Merit). Currently, he serves as Nebuly Pursuivant for the Province of the Mists and as a consulting member of the Academy of Saint Gabriel.
Brian R. Speer is a mathematics teacher in California, despite the fact that his degree is in biology.  His greatest triumph was in authoring countless pages for the award-winning UC Museum of Paleontology web site. His greatest regret is not having enough room for all his books.
 
Processing Name Submissions : Practicum
The practicum is a follow-up session where you'll have the opportunity to practice handling name submissions.  We'll work together to produce a short letter of intent.  Attendees will use a simplified flow-chart to help guide them through the necessary steps in checking and summarizing the relevant information.
            Also by Walraven van Nijmegen.
 
Open Hour
The room is free for continuing discussion or catching up with friends during last hour.
 
Classroom D - Armory
 
Heraldic Display in Late Period Scotland
 
Undecided
 
Heraldic Display for the Height of the Tournament
A discussion of the sorts of ways heraldry was used on the tournament field.
Lord Roderick Conall MacLeod studies the art of combat.  In an effort to more closely recreate a 1390s tournament participant, he has done research into the manner in which heraldry was used for related purposes.
James Ackerson is building a career as a screenwriter, having had more than his fill of the vagaries of information technology.
 
Armory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England, 1485
An examination of the armory present at the battle.
Shauna of Carrick Point resides in the old Danelaw area of England. She writes up the lineage of the nobility in the surrounding areas. Her descendant, Shauna Carrickfergus, is in the Court of Elizabeth the Great and uses her ancestors journals and writings to assist the College of Arms in determining who is and is not eligible to have armory registered.
Jacquie Ziegler lives in Billings, MT, with her two cats and has held every heraldry job imaginable in the Society. She likes to research English armorial topics when she has a chance.
 
Conflict Checking Overview
 
Conflict Checking Practicum
 
Creative Armory