Leon dSaint Aubin - Order of the Tygers' Cub

Recipient:      Leon d' Saint Aubin
Award:            Order of the Tyger’s Cub  
Date:               August 23, A.S. XLIX
Event:             King’s and Queen’s Equestrian Championships at Quintavia Summer Celebration, Shire of Quintavia
Royalty:          Brennan Augustus and Caoilfhionn Augusta (Emperor and Empress Orientalis)
SOSN:            BC14-219
 

Assigned to:  i: Adrienne d'Evreaux, c: Alexandre St. Pierre

Order of Honor - Tyger's cub

Be it known that We, Brennan Augustus and Caoilfhionn Augusta, Emperor and Empress Orientalis, have seen and heard much of the good works

of Our noble young servant,

Leon d' Saint Aubin, who has, like the watchful crane, become a shining example to his brothers and his fellows and brought much gladness to Us and Our people. We are pleased, therefore, to welcome him unto Our Order of the

Tyger’s Cub and bestow upon him the position of page to the Crown of the East, that all shall know of his virtues. Done by Our Hand this twenty-third day of August, A.S. xlix at the Summer Celebration in our Shire of Quintavia.

King’s signature space Queen’s signature space

Severe Backlog, Grand Master Bowman for Deormund Wulfscyld

Achieved: 12/1/1987
Awarded: 8/16/1989 Pennsic
King Morguhn & QueenMaurya
Grand Master Bowman

To all the patient and faithful of the East to whom these presents shall come,
We Morguhn and Maurya, King and Queen of the East, give joy and greetings.
Exultation and joy mark this day We delight in the display of skill demonstrated
by all the archers of the East and we are surpassingly impressed by the skill of
Deormund Wulfscyld in earning the rank of Grand Master Bowman,
such status was attained on 1 December 1987.
This accomplishment, attested to by the scorekeeper and
Captain General of the Archers, is a rare occasion and as such We wish
to laud this achievement in the presence of our subjects
on this 16th day of August, anno Societatis XXIV at Pennsic War.

Calligraphy and white work by Lord Alexandre Saint Pierre, Illumination by Lady Adrienne d'Evreus.  Inspired by Luttrell Psalter.

Miron d'Allaines le Comte AoA

One and all to whom these presents come, greetings. Be it known that we, Brennan Rex and Caoilfhionn Regina, have found the many good works and services of Miron d'Allaines le Comte to be of much merit. Most especially for picking things up, putting them down and for herding cats.

On this Feast Day of Saint Vincent of Collioure the nineteenth day of April, Anno Societatis xxxxviij we are moved to Award unto him Arms and make him a lord of our court.

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Done by Brennan and Caoilffhionn at Balfar's Challenge in the Barony of Dragonship Haven

 

 Based on and traced from many pages from the hours of Catherine of Cleves.

German Vine Black

Grinding German Vine Black from Natural Pigments

Heathen Peas

Heathen Peas or “Heidenische Erweiz”

2 cups sliced almonds
2/3 cup honey
A squeeze of lemon or lime
1 tsp water
"Good" spices-
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp black peppercorn
Pinch mace
1/2 pinch clove
1/2 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
Method:
1. Whisk honey, water and lemon in a small sauce pan. Simmer on low, stirring occasionally, until it caramelizes.
2. Grind almonds in a food processor until they are very fine and look a bit oily.
3. Grind pepper, add all spices to almonds and pulse to incorporate.
4. Add almond mixture to caramelized honey and bring back up to hard ball stage (250-266F).
4. Pour out onto granite or cutting board.
5. When it's cool enough to handle, roll into small balls.
6. Enjoy!


The translation from: https://guoterspise.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/recept-63-heidenische-erweiz/
http://amostpeculiarmademoiselle.blogspot.com/2013/08/heathen-peas-14th-century-sweets.html
Recipe from: http://www.food.com/recipe/heathen-saracen-peas-199187
and another https://eldrimner.wordpress.com/tag/almonds/


The first time I tried to make these I attempted, by weight, to redact the translation of the mid 14th c German text.  "A third as much honey" So... 12 oz almonds, 4oz honey?  It didn't work, so I went back to the internet and found other attempts, redactions and recipes.  Using these gentles trials, errors and successes as a basis, I made my own.  Several times.  People liked it!  As funny as these little balls looked, they put them in their mouths and said "yum!".

It won Queen's Choice at fall Crown A.S.XLIX.

Mulling Yellow Ochre

"To approach the glory of the profession step by step, let us come to the working up of the colors..." (Craftsman's Handbook 20)

Cennini's father brought him close to the borders of Casole '(Craftsman's Handbook 27) and my lemon yellow ocher is from Natural Pigments.

"Each color calls for the same method of working up with clear water (and to) work it up thoroughly, for it goes one getting better" (Craftsman's Handbook 27).

I measured 1g then added two more grams for a total of 3 grams of Lemon Yellow Ocher from Natural Pigments.  I worked it with the muller on my prepared slab with distilled water.

I'm not sure if the manufacturer intends a lot more (3 Tbsp was suggested and ignored by their handout) but a large volume seemed wasteful.  After working up for what felt like a long time (@20min) I scraped the mulled pigment into my straight sided jar and dripped distilled water onto it.

I cleaned my muller and glass slab with a plastic bristle brush, dawn and tap water.

More experimentation and painting with it to follow.

Lard Candle

How to make a ball jar candle with rendered lard from a pig:

 

You will need:

• A ball jar
• A wick material.  Hemp cord from the hardware store works well.  Try to get untreated hemp, cotton or linen.  Make sure there is no plastic in your cord because it won't burn as well and it will release noxious gasses.  A simple burn test may be performed:  light the end on fire, if something in it melts rather than burns away, there's plastic present.
• a nut or washer to weight your cord so that it hangs straight down
• a pencil or another straight, stiff rod to hang your wick from
• melted, rendered lard

 1.Thread your wick/cord through your nut or washer.

2. Tie an overhand knot toward the bottom of your cord so the weight doesn't fall off.  After you have tied your knot and made sure it will not allow the weight to fall off, trim the end of the cord so you can dangle it freely into the jar without excess wick in the way.

 3. Tie another overhand knot onto your pencil or rod to secure the dangling wick at the top of the jar. 

 4. Melt previously rendered lard or tallow.  If you want to learn rendering, go here:

5.When it's completely rendered, heat it further until you're sure there are no impurities left to ruin your lovely candle.  I heated it to 382F.  After I took it off the flame it continued to heat up a few degrees to 384F.  Always be sure to turn pot handles in toward the stove to help protect children and animals from accidents.

6. Pour fat (lard or tallow) into jar and allow to set overnight.  Make sure you suspend your weighted wick as near as you can to the center.

7. Once the fat has set up, trim the wick.  Voilà! You have made a candle!!

I waited another week before lighting the candle to allow the fat to penetrate the wick/cord.  Alternately you may soak your cord in melted, rendered fat first.