This is an index of The Oak on the Kingdom of Atlantia Arts and Sciences Homepage. The Oak is the arts and sciences newsletter for the Kingdom of Atlantia of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and is published as a function of the SCA's mailing list. Contact the editor of The Oak, Baroness Isabel d'Avignon (oak@atlantia.sca.org) for more information.

Many thanks to Simon of the Beautiful Waters (aka Simon des Beaux Eaux), Lady Alianora Munro, and Lady Cassandra the Forlorn for their kind assistance.

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Issue #16

• Viking Runes, or Halfdan Was Here! by Finnr Grimulfsson
• Tardpolane: A Thirteenth-Century Fruit Tart by Alianora Munro
• Campidoctoris Storvicensis: A Tournament Entrant's Poem by Pedro de Alcazar
• Playford's "Secret" Dances: The Old Mole (Longways for 6) by Edvard Gayer
• Earl Dafydd's Pavilino: The Next Generation by Sorcha de Glys

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  Issue #15
  
• "The Test of the Five Senses" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "A Coronation Luncheon and Feast for TRM Amalric and Caia" by Minowara Kiritsubo
• "A Sixteenth Century Italian Tassel" by Elisabeth MacAlester of Kintyre
• "Elizabethan Raised Embroidery" by Branwen Madyn Wallis

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  Issue #14
  
• "Variations in Late Fifteenth-Century Style: The Marie de Bourgogne Gown" by Alianora Munro
• "Chevalier, Mult Estes Guariz" by Bryce de Byram
• "Prince Arthur Tudor's Cap: A 15th Century Knitted/Felted Cap Pattern" by Branwen Madyn Wallis
• "Inviting Greyhounds to Your Event" by Kari Kyst
• "On Making Medieval Bombards" by Gawain Kilgore
• "How to Make a Mosaic Table" by Caitlín Cheannláidir
• "Letter from the Editor" by Cassandra the Forlorn

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  Issue #13
  
• "Playing at Bowls" by Dafydd ap Gwystl
• "Women of Peace and War: The Role of European Women at the Siege of Acre" by Karen Larsdatter
• "A Period Laurel Ceremony" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "Spain, the Early Years: Costume of the Visigoths, Mozarabes, and the Northern Christian Kingdoms" by Jessamyn di Piemonte
• "Bibliography of Spanish Costume" by Jessamyn di Piemonte
• "Atlantia's Colors As They Appear Emblazoned" by Aileen McDonough (poem)

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  Issue #12
  
• "A Carpenter's Chest: Tools of the Fifteenth Century" by Findlaech mac Alasdair
• "Cartwheels of the Devils' Chariot of Pride" by Beatrice Brandon
• "Ah, Love: A Tenson" by Aileen McDonagh
• "Pagan Wheat and Payne Ragon" by Helen Whitmore
• "Still More Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Card Games" by Dafydd ap Gwystl
• "Der Kunst Des Fechtens (The Art of Fighting) Part II" by Strykar Geirhaldsson
• "A Contrafacti" by Bryce de Byram

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  Issue #11
  
• "Mineral Pigments Part II: Mineral Procurement" by Meghan "Kestral" MacLachlan
• "Abelard and Heloise: A True and Tragic Love Story from 12th Century France" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "A Poem in Honor of Master Dafydd ap Gwystl" by Gyrth Oldcastle of Ravenspur
• "The Finishing Touch, or Wrapped Buttons c. 1600-1620" by Aileen McDonagh
• "The Origins and Antecedents of Italian Renaissance Cuisine" by Minowara Kiritsubo
• "Der Kunst des Fechtens (The Art of Fighting) Part I" by Strykar Geirhaldsson
• "The Momoyama Kosode" by Awashima Kanoe
• "Letter to the Editor" by Daniel of Rutland

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  Issue #10
  
• "Mineral Pigments Part I: Mineral Identification" by Meghan "Kestral" MacLachlan
• "An Elizabethan Shirt Instruction" by Grace Gamble
• "The Moral of Our Tale: The Function of Allegory" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "An Epilogue in Alexandrines for an Allegorical Play Unwritten" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "Candied Rosemary" by Helen Whitmore

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  Issue #9
  
• "La Menagiere de Roxbury Mill" by Melisande de Belvoir
• "An Order for the Laureation of Lord Galleron de Cressy" by Alys Gardener
• "Cloth Buttons" by Grace Gamble
• "Documentation and Beyond" by Teleri Talgellawg
• "The Medieval Chest 800-1600" by Dafydd ap Gwystl
• "Six Virtues of Chivalry" by Dierdre O'Siodhachain

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  Issue #8
  
• "Fourteenth Century Junket" by Elizabeth Beaufort
• "Oil Painting" by Daniel of Rutland
• "Thorbrandr Et Eorann" by Ceridwen ferch Owain
• "The Order of the Rose in the Past and Present Middle Ages" by Elisabeth Macalester
• "An Elizabethan Low-Necked Shift" by Grace Gamble
• "The Nine Worthies" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "A Proper Tournament Fence" by Dafydd ap Gwystl

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  Issue #7
  
• "15th and Early 16th Century Clothing and Headdress: A Review of Literature" by Teleri Talgellawg
• "Distraint of Knighthood" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "Cambok!" by Dafydd ap Gwystl
• "Ein Flämischer Rosenkranz" by William Conor MacLean
• "Dede als a dore-nayle" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "A Simple Gothic Bench: Errata" by Dafydd ap Gwystl

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  Issue #6
  
• "Honeysuckle Alman" by Robyyan Torr d'Elandris
• "A Simple Gothic Bench" by Dafydd ap Gwystl
• "A Coronet of Sonnets" by Gyrth Oldcastle of Ravenspur
• "To Make a Tart" by Angharad ver' Rhuawn
• "Those Silly Saints" by William Connor MacLean
• "Addresses of Scribal Equipment Suppliers" by Meghan "Kestral" MacLachlan
• "More Period Card Games" by Dafydd ap Gwystl (includes Putt, Karnöffel, and Reversis)
• "Lausavisa for Mistress Dierdre" by Keilin FitzWarin

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  Issue #5
  
• "Mead in the SCA: Part 1. How to Get Started" by Terafan Greydragon (includes Gyrth's Quick or "Short" Mead, SMoY Mead, Basic Wildflower Mead, and Master Robyyan's Quick Mead)
• "Fifteenth Century Visual Sources and Costume Research" by Teleri Talgellawg
• "Introduction to Period Card Games" by Dafydd ap Gwystl (includes Triomphe Forcée and Primero)
• "Retelling a Classic" by Dierdre O'Siodhachain (includes "Orpheus and Eurydice")
• "Some Period German Names" by Meghan "Kestral" MacLachlan
• "Periodicals for Medievalists" by Elizabeth Beaufort

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  Issue #4
  
• "A Pair of Transportable, Take-Down Boxes" by Robyyan Torr d'Elandris
• "Troubadours and Trouveres" by Ceridwen ferch Owain
• "The Practice of Courtly Love" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "Thrusting Tip Construction" by Robyyan Torr d'Elandris
• "By the Clash of Cold Steel" by Ceridwen ferch Owain (double rondeau poem)
• "Around a Gypsy Fire" by Ceridwen ferch Owain (rondelet poem)
• "Mon Amour Brulant" by Ceridwen ferch Owain (rondelet poem)
• "My Burning Love" by Ceridwen ferch Owain (rondelet poem)

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  Issue #3
  
• "Medieval Metallurgy" by Cedric of Thanet
• "The Spoils of War" by Patience Devereux Grenville (poem)
• "Honor in the Italian Renaissance" by Cedric of Thanet
• "A Beginner's Guide to Writing Period Poetry" by Deirdre O'Siodhachain
• "Societally Sauced" by Fritz Just Fritz

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  Issue #2
  
• "The Art of the Veil" by Aislinn Shattenwald
• "On Making a Shield Press" by Eldrid Tremayne
• "A Not-So-Dainty Dish" by Caterina de Forza d'Agro
• "A Literary Approach to Writing Ballads" by Dierdre O'Siodhachain
• "Division of Labor in Medieval Manuscript" by Owain ap Ioan
• "Cauls" by Clare de Crecy
• "A Quiz for the Current Middle Ages" by Gyrth Oldcastle
• "Poetry" by Elspeth du Chateau Gaillard
• "Recipes for the SCA" by Igor Medved
• "The Use and Display of Mon" by Minowara Kiritsubo

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  Issue #1
  
• "On Competing in the Arts and Sciences" by Caitlin ni h'Arrachtain
• "A Survey of Historical Pigments used in Medieval Manuscript Illumination" by Owain ap Ioan
• "A Comparison of the First Branch of the Mabinogi to Irish Tales" by Arafel Dylan of Caid
• "Pavane de HRM Marie-Simone": music by Ruiseart Niall Stillbhard; text and dance by Clare de Crecy
• "On Medieval Cards and Card Games" by Dafydd ap Gwystl
• "How to Dress in a Kilt" by Connell
• "Recipes from Medieval Sources" by Angharad ver Rhuawn
• "Making a Sparkling Mead of Grand Clarity" by Tojenareum Grenville of Devon
• "The History and Concoction of Writing Ink" by Owain ap Ioan
• "A History of the Table Fork" by Robyyan Torr d'Elandris