Links going beyond the basics
The gentle arts, local and off-site, ranging from the practical to the fun.
General sites
Florilegium - Collection of bits of useful SCA-related information
- Cynthia Virtue - Clothing construction information laid out like classes; excellent for newcomers and oldtimers alike
- Vert and Sable - How to make use of rectangular construction, make felt, etc.; excellent resource for basic and for complex clothing. Excellent site about good garb construction, complete with pictures. Lots of online period pattern books, some with translations. Highly recommended
- Canada Beading Supply - A source for purchasing beading materials
- Mode Historique - Best site for costume display and dress diaries. Her diaries show that mistakes do happen! Recommended
- Take a Thousand eggs - Author of books on ancient and medieval cooking and brewing. Cindy Renfrow delights in making historic recipe books more widely available to the modern reader for study and re-discovery.
- Going to a Medieval Feast or Revel - by HL Meredith of the White Cliffs, a guide for the first time.
- Potlucking - A page of hints and tips by HL Halima al-Rakkasa for attending SCA potluck feasts in Cragmere, with links to recipes and ideas for feast gear.
- Ideas for Camping Food - collected by shire members over several years
- Gode Cookery - An extensive collection of recipes for the bold.
SCA Culture
- A Child's Bill of Rights by HL Meredith of the White Cliffs; excellent reading for all parents and those who care about children
- "Courtesy and Etiquette" by Mistress Diana Listmaker; the original ten guidelines for playing medievally
- Forms of Address by HL Halima al-Rakkasa
- Chivalry Today - discussion on how medieval values are useful today
- SCA Today - news of interest to medievalists
- On Chivalry and the S.C.A. on the Kingdom of An Tir site
- Knightly Virtues from Chivalry Today
- A Code of Chivalry by HL Aleyn Wychington
- Chivalry, from the Chronique site
