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 ====== Asa Gormsdottir ====== ====== Asa Gormsdottir ======
- +===== Persona(s) ===== 
-===== Persona ===== +Dame Asa Gormsdottir (she/her) is a 9th century Hedeby [[people:personas_by_culture:norse|Norsewoman]] who likes to slum as a 1495 CE [[people:personas_by_culture:italian|Venetian]] lady. Asa is also interested in 16th century Persian dress and [[people:personas_by_culture:japanese|Japanese]] culture of the Muromachi "Warring States" and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. She is (slowly) developing a Japanese samurai [[groups:guilds_and_orders:ealdormere_academy_of_defence|fencing]] persona, Nishio Akame (西尾赤女 “Western Limit” + Red/Bright/Happy).
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-//Dame Asa Gormsdottir (She/Her) is a 9th century Hedeby [[people:personas_by_culture:norse|Norsewoman]] who likes to slum as a 1495 [[people:personas_by_culture:italian|Venetian]] lady. Asa is also interested in 16th century Persian dress and [[people:personas_by_culture:japanese|Japanese]] culture of the Muromachi "Warring States" and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. She is (slowly) developing a Japanese samurai [[groups:guilds_and_orders:ealdormere_academy_of_defence|fencing]] persona, Nishio Akame (“Western Limit” + Red/Bright/Happy).// +
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-//Asa is a kingdom [[activities:service:offices:scribe|scribe]] who also takes on commission scribal work. Recognized for her dramatic and unique early-period [[activities:arts_sciences:illumination|illuminations]] inspired by [[activities:arts_sciences:anglo-saxon_culture|Anglo-Saxon]], [[activities:arts_sciences:norse_culture|Norse]] and Migration era jewellery, metalwork and carving, Asa favours Lindisfarne carpet and incipit page layouts, capitals and half-uncial script, but produces works in other styles as well.// +
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-//Asa is a stealth [[activities:arts_sciences:bardic|bard]] who writes poetry and evocative scroll wordings that others perform. Her published works include non-fiction books, articles and creative writing. She has taught at Pennsic, Known World Heraldic & Scribal Symposium (KWHSS), Practicum, Masque of Courtly Love, Winter War, Trilliums, etc. and has served as a judge/reviewer at [[activities:arts_sciences:pentathlon_competition|Pentathlon]] and [[activities:events:queen_s_prize_tourney|Queen's Prize Tourney]] for many years.// +
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-//Asa likes to make hand-sewn [[activities:arts_sciences:costuming|clothing]] in various periods for her family and loved ones. While she is unskilled in [[activities:arts_sciences:fibre_arts|fibre arts]] ("string theory") and [[activities:arts_sciences:dyeing|dyeing]], she happily cheerleads others as a patron. She is also accidentally learning about [[activities:arts_sciences:pottery|pottery]].//+
  
 ===== Whereabouts ===== ===== Whereabouts =====
- +Asa currently resides in the Canton [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Der Welfengau]], in the Barony of [[branches:barony:ramshaven|Ramshaven]].
-//Asa currently resides in the [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Canton Der Welfengau]], in the [[branches:barony:ramshaven|Barony of Ramshaven]].//+
  
 ===== Heraldry ===== ===== Heraldry =====
 +  * **Device:** Per chevron sable and gules, four bezants in chevron and an altar argent enflamed Or
 +  * **Augmentation:** in chief in fess a feather sustained by a wolf rampant argent.
  
-//Per chevron sable and gules, four bezants in chevron and an altar argent enflamed Or//+The flaming altar is for sacrifice. It is a reference to the stone altars in Mary Stewart's Arthurian cycle, one that conceals Macsen's sword (along with the grail and the spear point that pierced Christ's side), and the second, at the Chapel Perilous, where the sword is veiled in unquenchable flame until the true king shall come. The golden bezants (coins) represent Asa's family.
  
-//Augmentation: in chief in fess a feather sustained by a wolf rampant argent.// +The augmentation of a wolf bearing a feather (or quill) is for scribal services to the Kingdom of [[branches:kingdom:ealdormere|Ealdormere]].
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-//The flaming altar is for sacrifice. It is a reference to the stone altars in Mary Stewart's Arthurian cycle, one that conceals Macsen's sword (along with the grail and the spear point that pierced Christ's side), and the second, at the Chapel Perilous, where the sword is veiled in unquenchable flame until the true king shall come. The golden bezants (coins) represent Asa's family.// +
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-//The augmentation of a wolf bearing a feather (or quill) is for scribal services to the Kingdom of [[branches:kingdom:ealdormere|Ealdormere]].//+
  
 ===== Current Office(s) ===== ===== Current Office(s) =====
- +  * {{activities:service:offices:chronicler-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:chronicler|Chronicler]]** - Barony of [[branches:barony:ramshaven|Ramshaven]] 
-//[[activities:service:offices:minister_of_arts_sciences|Minister of Arts & Sciences]], [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Canton der Welfengau]]//+  * {{activities:service:offices:maos-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:minister_of_arts_sciences|Minister of Arts & Sciences]]** - Canton [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Der Welfengau]]
  
 ===== Past Offices ===== ===== Past Offices =====
- +  * **[[activities:service:offices:signet|Kingdom Signet]]** - Kingdom of [[branches:kingdom:ealdormere|Ealdormere]] 
-//[[activities:service:offices:signet|Kingdom Signet]], [[branches:kingdom:ealdormere|Kingdom of Ealdormere]]// +  * {{activities:service:offices:seneschal-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:seneschal|Seneschal]]** - Canton  [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Der Welfengau]] (twice) 
- +  * {{activities:service:offices:exchequer-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:exchequer|Exchequer]]** - Canton [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Der Welfengau]] (twice) 
-//[[activities:service:offices:seneschal|Seneschal]], [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Canton der Welfengau]] (twice)// +  * {{activities:service:offices:seneschal-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:seneschal|Seneschal]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]] (twice) 
- +  * {{activities:service:offices:exchequer-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:exchequer|Exchequer]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]] (twice) 
-//[[activities:service:offices:exchequer|Exchequer]], [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Canton der Welfengau]] (twice)// +  * {{activities:service:offices:maos-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:minister_of_arts_sciences|Minister of Arts & Sciences]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]]
- +
-//[[activities:service:offices:seneschal|Seneschal]], [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Canton of Eoforwic]] (twice)// +
- +
-//[[activities:service:offices:exchequer|Exchequer]], [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Canton of Eoforwic]] (twice)// +
- +
-//[[activities:service:offices:minister_of_arts_sciences|Minister of Arts & Sciences]], [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Canton of Eoforwic]]//+
  
 ===== SCA History ===== ===== SCA History =====
 +Asa first encountered the SCA at a University of Toronto demo and joined the [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Canton of Eoforwic]] in 1995. She autocratted her first event six months later. After ten years service in [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Eoforwic]], she moved to the Barony of [[branches:barony:ramshaven|Ramshaven]] where she resides today.
  
-//Asa first encountered the SCA at a University of Toronto demo and joined the [[branches:canton:eoforwic|Canton of Eoforwic]] in 1995. She autocratted her first event six months later. After ten years service in Eoforwic, she moved to the Barony of Ramshaven where she resides today.// +Asa's journey to the [[awards:order_of_the_laurel|Order of the Laurel]] was mentored by [[history:lineages:line_of_genevieve_l|Baroness Rachael Catherine McLellan, OL]]; Duchess Tangwystl D'Courci, OL; and [[people:nicolaa_de_bracton|Magistra Nika Dmitrieva doch’ Zvezdina, OL, OP]].
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-//Asa's journey to the Order of the Laurel was mentored by [[history:lineages:line_of_genevieve_l|Baroness Rachael Catherine McLellan, OL]], Duchess Tangwystl D'Courci, OL, and [[people:nicolaa_de_bracton|Magistra Nika Dmitrieva doch’ Zvezdina, OL, OP]].//+
  
 ===== Interests ===== ===== Interests =====
 +Asa is a kingdom [[activities:service:offices:scribe|scribe]] who also takes on commission scribal work. Recognized for her dramatic and unique early-period [[activities:arts_sciences:illumination|illuminations]] inspired by [[activities:arts_sciences:anglo-saxon_culture|Anglo-Saxon]], [[activities:arts_sciences:norse_culture|Norse]] and Migration era jewellery, metalwork and carving, Asa favours Lindisfarne carpet and incipit page layouts, capitals and half-uncial script, but produces works in other styles as well.
  
-//Illumination and Calligraphy//+Asa is a stealth [[activities:arts_sciences:bardic|bard]] who writes poetry and evocative scroll wordings that others perform. Her published works include non-fiction books, articles and creative writing. She has taught at Pennsic, Known World Heraldic & Scribal Symposium (KWHSS), Practicum, Masque of Courtly Love, Winter War, Trilliums, etc. and has served as a judge/reviewer at [[activities:arts_sciences:pentathlon_competition|Pentathlon]] and [[activities:events:queen_s_prize_tourney|Queen's Prize Tourney]] for many years.
  
-//Poetry and research articles//+Asa likes to make hand-sewn [[activities:arts_sciences:costuming|clothing]] in various periods for her family and loved ones. While she is unskilled in [[activities:arts_sciences:fibre_arts|fibre arts]] ("string theory") and [[activities:arts_sciences:dyeing|dyeing]], she happily cheerleads others as a patron. She is also accidentally learning about [[activities:arts_sciences:pottery|pottery]].
  
-//Fine hand-sewn garments in silk, linen and wool//+  * [[activities:arts_sciences:illumination|Illumination]] 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:calligraphy|Calligraphy]] 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:costuming|Costuming]] (Fine hand-sewn garments in silk, linen and wool) 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:poetry|Poetry]] 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:sewing|Sewing]] (Silk Brocades) 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:research|Research]] (Papers and Competitive Google-Foo) 
 +  * Treasure (aka Loot, Spoil, "bits wot someone dug out of the swamp", etc.) 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:dyeing|Dyeing]] (chiefly as a patron) 
 +  * Enabling (as an Olympic sport) 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:fibre_arts|Fibre Arts]] (chiefly as a patron) 
 +  * [[activities:arts_sciences:pottery|Pottery]] (chiefly as a patron) 
 +  * [[activities:martial:rapier_combat|Fencing]] (beginner) 
 +  * [[activities:martial:target_archery|Target Archery]] (wannabe)
  
-//Silk Brocades// 
- 
-//Treasure, aka Loot, Spoil, "bits wot someone dug out of the swamp", etc.// 
- 
-//Competitive Google-Foo// 
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-//Fibre Arts, Dyeing, Pottery, chiefly as a patron// 
- 
-//Enabling as an Olympic Sport// 
- 
-//Beginner [[activities:martial:rapier_combat|Fencer]] and wannabe [[activities:martial:target_archery|Archer]]// 
  
 ===== Articles, Classes, Presentations ===== ===== Articles, Classes, Presentations =====
 +  * Combat Scribing - November 2021
 +  * Hideyoshi's New Clothes - Cloth of Gilt, July 2020
 +  * Scribal Service and Award Scrolls - April 2017
 +  * Why [[activities:service:start|Service]] Matters - June 2016
 +  * Pimp My (Early-Period) Scroll - Known World Heraldic & Scribal Symposium (KWHSS), 2015
 +  * Lindisfarne Layout - 2015
 +  * So You Wanna Be A Kingdom Scribe - March 2012
 +  * PATTERN RECOGNITION: Evolution of Large-Scale Textile Motifs - October 2011
 +  * Building an Award Scroll - June 2006, updated May 2011
 +  * Research and Effective Documentation - Oct 27 2005, updated June 30, 2010
 +  * An Introduction to Lindisfarne Illumination - July 2008
 +  * Running Small Events: Introduction to [[activities:service:autocratting|Autocratting]] - June 2006
 +  * Ways to Annoy an Autocrat, or How Not to be Accountable - undated
 +  * Compleat Anachronist #123: Lo Spozalizio del Mare - Spring 2004
 +  * Pentathlon 2003 Winning Entry: supporting research papers
 +    * 1: TRANSLATION AND DISCUSSION OF A LETTER DESCRIBING A 1488 NEAPOLITAN WEDDING BANQUET
 +    * 2: 1495 VENETIAN OVER- AND UNDER-DRESSES, HANDMADE IN SILK
 +    * 3: LATE 15th CENTURY VENETIAN CORK CHOPINES
 +    * 4: ILLUMINATION OF THE DOGE BARBARIGO ABOUT TO BOARD THE BUCINTORO. VENETIAN-PADUAN STYLE AFTER GIROLAMO DA CREMONA, 1470s-1480s
 +    * 5: SELECTION OF DISHES FOR A LATE 15th CENTURY NORTHERN ITALIAN FEAST
  
-//Combat Scribing, November 2021// +Several of the above are available in the [[http://archive-etienne.blogspot.com/|Archive of St. Etienne]].
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-//Hideyoshi's New Clothes, Cloth of Gilt, July 2021// +
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-//Scribal Service and Award Scrolls, April 2017// +
- +
-//Why [[activities:service:start|Service]] Matters, June 2016// +
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-//Pimp My (Early-Period) Scroll, Known World Heraldic & Scribal Symposium (KWHSS), 2015// +
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-//Lindisfarne Layout, 2015// +
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-//So You Wanna Be A Kingdom Scribe, March 2012// +
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-//PATTERN RECOGNITION: Evolution of Large-Scale Textile Motifs, October 2011// +
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-//Building an Award Scroll, June 2006, updated May 2011// +
- +
-//Research and Effective Documentation, Oct 27 2005, updated June 30, 2010// +
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-//An Introduction to Lindisfarne Illumination, July 2008// +
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-//Running Small Events: Introduction to [[activities:service:autocratting|Autocratting]], June 2006// +
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-//Ways to Annoy an Autocrat, or How Not to be Accountable (undated)// +
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-//Compleat Anachronist #123: Lo Spozalizio del Mare, Spring 2004// +
- +
-//Pentathlon 2003 Winning Entry: supporting research papers// +
- +
-//1: TRANSLATION AND DISCUSSION OF A LETTER DESCRIBING A 1488 NEAPOLITAN WEDDING BANQUET// +
- +
-//2: 1495 VENETIAN OVER- AND UNDER-DRESSES, HANDMADE IN SILK// +
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-//3: LATE 15th CENTURY VENETIAN CORK CHOPINES// +
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-//4: ILLUMINATION OF THE DOGE BARBARIGO ABOUT TO BOARD THE BUCINTORO. VENETIAN-PADUAN STYLE AFTER GIROLAMO DA CREMONA, 1470s-1480s// +
- +
-//5: SELECTION OF DISHES FOR A LATE 15th CENTURY NORTHERN ITALIAN FEAST// +
- +
-//Several of the above are available in the Archive of St. Etienne.//+
  
 ===== Event/Demo Steward ===== ===== Event/Demo Steward =====
- +  * Dagmar's Holmgang 
-//Dagmar's Holmgang// +  * Cloth of Gold (twice) 
- +  * Scotchtoberfest 
-//Cloth of Gold (twice)// +  * Queen's Picnic/Ramshaven Baronial Investiture 
- +  * Mayor's Market Day (twice) 
-//Scotchtoberfest// +  * Mega Practices - Canton [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Der Welfengau]] (multiple) 
- +  * College Royal - Canton [[branches:canton:der_welfengau|Der Welfengau]] (multiple)
-//Queen's Picnic/Ramshaven Baronial Investiture// +
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-//Mayor's Market Day (twice)// +
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-//Mega Practices, Canton der Welfengau// +
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-//College Royal, multiple, Canton der Welfengau//+
  
 ===== Awards ===== ===== Awards =====
- +  * **[[awards:order_of_the_laurel|Order of the Laurel]]** - November 22nd, 2014 
-//[[awards:order_of_the_laurel|Order of the Laurel]], November 22, 2014// +  * **[[awards:order_of_the_wain|Order of the Wain]]** - March 2, 2013 
- +  * **[[awards:order_of_the_crucible|Order of the Crucible]]** - November 6, 2004 
-//[[awards:order_of_the_wain|Order of the Wain]], March 2, 2013// +  * **[[awards:award_of_orion|Award of the Orion]]** - January 12, 2002 
- +  * **[[awards:award_of_the_maiden_s_heart|Award of the Maiden's Heart]]** - February 5, 2000 
-//[[awards:order_of_the_crucible|Order of the Crucible]], November 6, 2004// +  * **[[awards:award_of_arms|Award of Arms]]** - April 12, 1997 (Kingdom of the Middle) 
- +  * **[[awards:augmentation_of_arms|Augmentation of Arms]]** - July 2, 2011 - In fess an ostrich feather sustained by a wolf rampant argent 
-//[[awards:award_of_orion|Award of the Orion]], January 12, 2002// +  * **[[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]]** - April 29, 2017 - Scribe to TRM Siegfried II & Xristina 
- +  * **[[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]]** - August 1, 2013 - Contributions to awards during the reign 
-//[[awards:award_of_the_maiden_s_heart|Award of the Maiden's Heart]], February 5, 2000// +  * **[[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]]** - September 19, 2009 - Scribal contributions to TRM Roak IV & Jocea II 
- +  * **[[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]]** - July 1, 2007 - Scribe and illuminator of the Scroll of Honour 
-//[[awards:award_of_arms|Award of Arms]], April 12, 1997 (Kingdom of the Middle)// +  * **[[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]]** - October 23, 2004 - Gifts of art to Northshield for Coronation 
- +  * **[[awards:guidon_d_or|Award of the Guidon d'Or]]** - April 8, 2017 - Barony of Ramshaven 
-//[[awards:augmentation_of_arms|Augmentation of Arms]], July 2, 2011 - In fess an ostrich feather sustained by a wolf rampant argent// +  * **[[awards:guidon_d_argent|Award of the Guidon d'Argent]]** - July 7, 2012 - Barony of Ramshaven 
- +  * **[[awards:award_of_the_golden_bear|Award of the Golden Bear]]** - Barony of Septentria 
-//[[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]], April 29, 2017 - Scribe to TRM Siegfried II & Xristina// +  * **[[awards:award_of_the_bear_s_claw|Award of the Bear's Claw]]** - Barony of Septentria 
- +  * **[[activities:arts_sciences:pentathlon_competition|Pentathlon Champion]]** - Kingdom of Ealdormere, 2003
-//Scroll of Honour, August 1, 2013 - Contributions to awards during the reign// +
- +
-//Scroll of Honour, September 19, 2009 - Scribal contributions to TRM Roak IV & Jocea II// +
- +
-//Scroll of Honour, July 1, 2007 - Scribe and illuminator of the Scroll of Honour// +
- +
-//Scroll of Honour, October 23, 2004 - Gifts of art to Northshield for Coronation// +
- +
-//[[awards:guidon_d_or|Award of the Guidon d'Or]], April 8, 2017 - Barony of Ramshaven// +
- +
-//[[awards:guidon_d_argent|Award of the Guidon d'Argent]], July 7, 2012 - Barony of Ramshaven// +
- +
-//[[awards:award_of_the_golden_bear|Award of the Golden Bear]] - Barony of Septentria// +
- +
-//[[awards:award_of_the_bear_s_claw|Award of the Bear's Claw]] - Barony of Septentria// +
- +
-//[[activities:arts_sciences:pentathlon_competition|Pentathlon Champion]], Kingdom of Ealdormere, 2003//+
  
 ===== Other Activities ===== ===== Other Activities =====
- +Asa loves Master [[people:albrecht_stampfer|Albrecht Stampfer]], her kids, her cats, and feeding people à la Hobbit.
-//Asa loves [[people:albrecht_stampfer|Albrecht]], her kids, her cats, and feeding people a la Hobbit.//+
  
 ===== Contact Information ===== ===== Contact Information =====
- +Asa is active on [[https://www.facebook.com/eve.harris.315|Facebook]]. She prefers Messenger. 
-//Asa is active as Eve Harris on Facebook. She prefers Messenger.// +</WRAP>
- +
-===== External Links ===== +
- +
-//www.facebook.com/eve.harris.315//+
  
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