Friday's Things:

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Mestra Rafaella d'Allemtejo's SCA page:

Pictures of my Laurel ceremony here, Acorn War, Sept. 2003

Articles on Diverse Topics:

Cooking/Spices:
• Getting Started with Medieval Cooking, PDF format (with Lady Eulalia de Ravenfield, Music & Dance Ithra, Feb. 2007)
• Semi-Homemade Medieval Cooking, PDF format (with Lady Eulalia de Ravenfield, Music & Dance Ithra, Feb. 2007)
• Bibliography/resources/websites for Feb. 2007 cooking classes, PDF format (with Lady Eulalia de Ravenfield, Music & Dance Ithra, Feb. 2007)
• Easy Medieval Sauces, PDF format (Arts Gathering class, October 2004)
• Recipes pulled together for Beaverton Farmer's Market demo, PDF format (Sept 2004)
• Medieval Culinary Herbs & Spices, PDF format (Ithra class, April 2004)
• Period precooking for camping events, Acorn War AS XXXVII (Aug. 2002)
• Shire of Dragon’s Mist Cooking Guild/Dinner Party, recipes and redactions (July 2002)
• A Dinner of 16th century Spain, PDF format, Kindgom A&S Championship entry (March 2002)
• Portuguese Beef Hash, PDF format, Kingdom A&S single entry (March 2001)

  Ceramics/Pottery/Feastgear/Encampments:

• Cooler Covers for SCA Camping, html format (March 2005, updated May 2006)
• Getting your Encampment off the Ground, PDF format (DM Newcomer's Ithra, Feb. 2006)
• Paint Your Own Feastware Using Pebeo Porcelaine,
  Notes from workshop class taught by Rafaella and Lady Temair of Hawthorne. (DM Arts Gathering, Oct. 2002)
• Feast gear: beyond the thriftstore wooden plate, Acorn War AS XXXVII (Aug. 2002)
• Medieval English Inlaid Ceramic Floor Tiles, PDF format, Kindgom A&S Championship entry (March 2002)
• Medieval Ceramic Tiles, PDF format (DM Arts Gathering, Sept. 2001)

  Heraldry:

• Consulting Techniques: or How to Ask Your Client the Right Questions for Heraldic Registration,
  from a class taught at Kingdom Heraldic Symposium, April 2003.
• What is an SCA Branch Name?
• Triangular Field Divisions & Charges [needs updating! see Precedents for current rules.]

  Needlework:

• Completely Basic Period Embroidery PDF format (updated for Ithra Nov. 2003)
• Survey of Medieval Needlework, PDF format (Ithra class, Oct. 2003)
• A 15th century Italian Quilted Blanket, PDF format, Kindgom A&S Championship entry (March 2002)
• Heraldic Embroidery, PDF format (Class, Kingdom Heraldic Symposium, April 2001)
• Portuguese Needlework Rugs (Tapetes de Arraiolos) (Oct. 2001)

  Rosaries/Paternosters:

• Historical Paternosters and Rosaries, PDF format (Ithra class, Nov. 2003)
• Make your own Paternoster or Rosary, JPEG format (event class handout, June 2002)
  Paternoster handout, page 1 and Paternoster handout, page 2
• A Trio of Paternosters..., PDF format, Kindgom A&S Championship entry (March 2002)

  Scribal Arts:

• Rafaella's Scribal Gallery.
• Introduction to Scribal Arts Workshop, PDF format (Stromgard workshop, April 2002)