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May 1987 "Son of Scientific Caidan" Vol. 1, No. 1

The Queens of England, From Conquest to Commonwealth. Part the Second: Matilda of Scotland and Adelicia of Louvain by Master Conrad von Regensburg
Arthur and Merlin Re-examined: Two Book Reviews by Master Conrad von Regensburg
A History of Russian Costume by Lady Soraya Evodia of Odessa
Editorial by Lord Wilfried Rüdiger Quellenmann
The Reviewing Stand by Lady Eden Sommerhawke
500 and 1000 Years Ago

May 1988 "Son of Scientific Caidan" Vol. 2, No. 1

The Queens of England, From Conquest to Commonwealth. Part the Third: Matilda the Empress and Matilda the Queen by Master Conrad von Regensburg
Addendum on "Adelicia of Louvain" by Master Conrad von Regensburg
Marshalled Arms for the SCA by Master Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme
Period Food by Lady Selene of the Sable Fox
Elements of Armor Design by Lord Eadwynne of Runedun
The Reviewing Stand by Lady Eden Smmerhawke
500 and 1000 Years Ago

Summer 1991

A Word from Her Majesty
Editor's Corner
Activities at the Arts & Sciences Pentathlon
You'll Never Waulk Alone by Jennet Jowan Truro
Dutch Oven Cookery by Riordan MacGregor
Bibliographic Resources Book
Illuminating Women by Virginia Matijevac
The Scribe (anonymous poem)
Construction of Baroness Megwyn's Chair by Lord Daniel ben Abraham and Sir Kazimier of Silesia
The Warrior by Schiavone dgli Serenissima
For the First Lady of the Rose by THL Caedmon Gordon
The Hamelyn Hot Potato; also known as The Plague Rat Toss by Brother Goose
Ars Caidis Manuscript Guidelines
A Rose for My Queen by Lord Wulfhere Slaende Falk
Arthur's Plea by Lady Elaine of Glastonbury
We're Off to Fight a War Again by Slan Dar the Barbarian
Another Saturday Morn by Gerbil T. Hamish & Ambra Argenti
Sciences Report on the Caidan 12th Night Banquet by Lord Eadwynne of Runedun
Arts Fair and Pentathlon by Mistress Catarina della Zimarra
Resources Directory for Caid
Announcements

1993

On the Making of Cordials by Riordan MacGregor
Recommendations for Cooking Contest Entrants by Mistress Catarina della Zimarra
Signs and Symbols in Medieval Life by Sor Maria Catalina de la Encarnacion
Researching Your Project by Mistress Catarina della Zimarra
In Quest of Queen Elizabeth's Rose Perfume by Mornay of Montrose

1994 (Issue No. 111)

Twelfth Night Recipes by Kamal Mishwa ibn Djavid Daoud Khan-ad-Din
Three Basic Gulyas Recipes by Lord Kurt von Arriksleva
Plum Pudding by Lady Moire Catriona of Peridot Isle
Three Period Desserts by Ginevra Francesca Pallucchini
Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe by Baron Richard Kenrick

January 1996

Letter from Ars Caidis Editors
"Soche Wycked Fashyon" or, Sumptuary Laws and Morality in the Age of Elizabeth I by Lady Maria Theresa Ipenarrieta
Beastie Pieces: Trace-A-Monster by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
Scrollery List - Collegium Caidis (Collegium classes available on video in the Collegium Caidis library)
Angels Officers Favors - an Embroidery Pattern by THL Robynne the Grey ( basic Angel and Seneschal's Key)
Men in Tights, or Adventures in Hosiery by Lady Arianna Kateryn Nunneschild
Missive from Arts Pentathlon Autocrat
Full Moon by Lord Grim Finch

April 1996

Letter from the Ars Caidis Editors
Bard's Fire by Mistress Maritsa Milovich
So You Want to Bead It by Lady Edith of Warwick
Bard's Fire by Master Thoron Ravenoak
Dragons… Then… and Now by Lord Mornay of Montrose
Sestina Before Spring by Mistress Maritsa Milovich
Clamor Validus Ganunderschimensis by Lady Francine de Rouen
The Return of the Unicorn by Master Thoron Ravenoak
Angels Officers Favors - An Embroidery Pattern by THL Robynne the Grey
Lady Maria Theresa's Reading Corner by Lady Maria Theresa Ipenarrieta
The Raven's Tale by Master Thoron Ravenoak
White Vine Entwining by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
A Courtly Game of Intrigue by Lady Deborah the Cloth Merchant

October 1996

Letter from Her Majesty, Albra Katerine
Letter from the Ars Caidis Editor
Elizabethan Scrolling Stems Embroidery: Artifacts and Photography by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
Snorri's Accomplishment by Lord Grim Finch
Angels Officers Favors - An Embroidery Pattern by THL Robynne the Grey
(Arts and Lists)
European Concepts of the Mongols during the Rise of the Imperial Mongol Empire by THL Duncan Andrew Songhawke Tengri-in Jida
Making a Man's Elizabethan or Cavalier Shirt from a Mundane Pattern by Mistress Catarina della Zimarra

April 1997

Letter from the Ars Caidis Editor
Edible Flowers by Lord Jamal Damien Marcus
Writing Eddaic and Skaldic Style Poetry by Master Thoron Ravenoak
Dots and Knots: The Evidence by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
Angels Officers Favors by THL Robynne the Grey (Chatelaine and Children)
Shinte: Official Sport of the Fifth Brigade, Caid by THL Eadwynne of Runedun

July 1997

Letter from the Ars Caidis Editor
The Caidan Garden Plot
Ruff Calculations by Mistress Louise of Woodsholme & Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
Visions of Sugarplums by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwynds
Tagelied by Lord Grim Finch
On the Just Construction of Hose by Master Giles Hill of Sweetwater
The Pictorial Art Form by Pyrography by THL Miriam bas Levi
Adas by Mistress Catarina della Zimarra
Why Did the Seal Fall Off the Scroll? By Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake

October 1997

From the Editor
Letter from the Caidan Garden Plot
Feathers, Square One by THL Madawc Seamus Caradawg
A Survey of Tudor/Jacobean Embroidery by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
A Warrior Born by THL Mahmud Ali Ben Sinan
An Inquiry into th e Genesis of Common Measure by Lord Grim Finch
To Make Tarts Called Taffity Tarts by Mistress Catarina della Zimarra
Pentathlon Results

January 1998

The Caidan Garden Plot
Spanish Blackwork Embroidery by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
Minting the Dreiburgen Silver Penny by THL Eadwynne of Runedun
Paella by Lord Jamal Damien Marcus
Angels Officers Favors - An Embroidery Pattern by THL Robynne the Grey (Chirurgeon and Constable)

July 1998

Letter from the Ars Caidis Editor
Blackwork and Raised Work Embroidery in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
An Alphabetical History: The History of the Latin Alphabet by THL Thomas Brownwell
Charges Rampant by Anne deVere of Brittany
Artes Mechanicae by Lord Etienne of Burgundy
Blackwork Embroidery in the Norton Simon Museum by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake

July 1999

Editor's Note
Picts do Knot, Fret, and Spiral Designs: A Survey of Pictish Symbols" by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
The Village of the Happy Little Clam by Sir Ciaran MacDarragh
Making History in the Kitchen by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwaynds
The Quest for Research Resources on the Internet by Lord Etienne of Burgundy
Arts & Sciences Fair and Pentathlon Winners

January 2000

Editor's Note
For Goldwyn by Mistress Lavendar of Lorne
Researching and Making an Elizabethan Smock by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
A Brief History of Wire and the Spiral Motif by THL Miriam bas Levi
The Celtic Spiral Chain Instructions by THL Miriam bas Levi
For Duchess Diana de Sevigny by Herzog Dietrich von Vogelsang

Autumn 2000

Editor's Note
The Ottoman Empire by Baroness Brianna Je Nell Aislyy of Blue Shadows
The Decree of Union of 1439 A Failed Reconciliation by Dame Catherine de Steele
Zenith and Decline: The Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Order in the Late 14th and Early 15th Centuries by Baroness Fionnavhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
Trade and Commerce 1450-1500 by Lord Etienne de Burgency

Autumn 2002

To Grave in Yron and Steel With Strong Water; or, Vinegar Etching for the Current Middle Ages by THL Njall Olaf Hagerson
The Slippery History of Soap by Lady Elisabetta di Venezia
What is This Stuff? Some Foods Considered Unusual Today but Often Found in Old Recipes by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwynds
Iron Chef; or Anachronism is Our Middle Name by Dame Selene Colfox
The Caidan Chef: Garlic Jamal's Way by Baron Jamal Damien Marcus, as told to Baroness Eowyn Amberdrake

Spring/Summer 2003

How to Make Your Own Vinegar by THL Donal O'Brien
Golden Threads Among the Black by Baroness Eowyn Amberdrake
Poem in Honor of Queen Una of Caid by Herzog Dietrich von Vogelsang
Durrow Knots: An Exercise in Determining Break Patterns by Baroness Eowyn Amberdrake
Sonnet: After a Paryer of Thomas a Kempis by Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
A Nonsense Verse to learn the Letters of Ogham by Baroness Eowyn Amberdrake

September 2004

The Fall of the Khwarazm Empire by Duchess Felinah Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din
Angles of Single Time Defense by ?rfinnr Bjarnason
Did Anybody Really Know What Time It Was? An Introduction to Sundial Theory and Principles by Raven
Organ-Pipe Pleating by Dame Juliana Hirsch von Schutzhundhiem
Malnourished, Short, and Old at 35? Hardly! Common Misconceptions of Medieval Life by Duchess Felinah Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din
Ordeal by Fire: Syrivald's Sonnet by Baroness Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
Cracking Nature's Mirror: The Transition from Formal to Natural Acting Styles, as Exemplified in the Works of Shakespeare by Duke Guillaume de la Belgique
Court Will Begin at Half-Way Terce: Keeping Time in High Medieval Europe by Duchess Felinah Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din
Sleeping like the Dead: Anglo-Saxon Burial Beds, 6th-7th Centuries A.D. by Baron Eadric Shadowguard of Mansfield
Villanelle: Nightfall by Baroness Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill

June 2004

Tres Riches Heures by THL Berengere d'Acre
Tears of the Gods: Pearls and Why We Love Them by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwynds
Sonnet: The Dowager Countess Reflects by Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
An Overview of Period Dyes by Maestra Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani
Real Knights, Real Chivalry by Duke Guillaume de la Belgique
Being a Partial List of Bookes about England and the Travels of the English by Mistress Lavendar of Lorne
Addendum to Mistress Lavendar's Booke List by Duchess Natalya de Foix

Winter 2004/Jan 2005

In Memoriam for Duchess Diana de Savigny by Herzog Dietrich von Vogelsang
Elegy for Talanque, Founding Baron of Calafia by Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
Full Moon (Poem & Documentation) by Master Grim Finch
Grim by Master Thoron Ravenoak
Cat's Eyes - In Memory of Baroness Catriona NicChlurain by Lord William Keybearer von Nettescheim
Timothy Kyle by Lord Goldwyn of Britain
For Lord Goldwyn of Britain by Mistress Lavendar of Lorne
A Fallen Bard by Lord William Schuyler the Younger
Elegy for My Husband, Sir Alisander du Mont Saint Michel by Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
The Honor of a Viking Lady by Lord Brian Mor o'Brian
Halfdanskviða by Sir Helgi hrafenfaeðhir
The Poet's Cheat-Sheet: A Tabular Summary of the Characteristics of Some Period Verse Forms by Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Ui Neill
The Honorable Lady Karol Gartenheit by Baroness Morgaine FitzStephen
The Secret Life of Squires: In Memory of a Student Who Had a Lot to Teach by Sir Guillaume de la Belgique
Rhiannon O Hafn Gath by Sir Robear du Bois
Fro Lady Dana of Coloraine by Mistress Lavendar of Lorne
In Memoriam: Baron Wulfhere Slående Falk, Baron of Naevehjem by Master James of the Lake
Rune Songs by Baroness Éowyn Amberdrake
The One-Arrow Saga of Olaf Olafson by Baron Eadric of Mansfield
History Does Not Equal Poetry by Duke Jason Griffiths of ShadowHyrst
Ballade of an Old Knight by Count Sir Jehan de la Marche
The Jade Moon Gate by Duchess Natalya de Foix

April 2005

Arthur: Awdl Gywydd (simplified) by Count Sir Jehan de la Marche
Sonnet: The Search for Arthur by Baroness Fionnabhair Kyrieth Inghean Uí Néill
Foo-Foo, Smash-Mouth and the Death of Arthur by Duke Guillaume de la Belgique
Eurydice's Husband Could Not Turn Back by Duke Dietrich von Vogelsang
Guinevere's Rant by Lady Juliet da Costa
Pictish Clothing Carved in Stone by Baroness Éowyn Amberdrake
Gwenhwyfar by Duchess Natalya de Foix
Happily Never After: The Arthurian Love Triangle Portrayed in Film by Lord Cormac Mór
A Side Note about "King Arthur" by Count Sir Jehan de la Marche
Medieval Knights in King Arthur's Court: Arthurian Round Tables in the High Middle Ages by Duchess Felinah Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din and Duke Sir Guillaume de la Belgique
Ballade in Honor of Queen Chamayn by Duke Dietrich von Vogelsang
A Tale of Two Arthurs by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwaynds
Then Courage Must Rise by Duchess Felinah Memo Hazara Khan-ad-Din

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