From the Editor
Three months? Already? It’s hard to believe, I know, but I am assured that it is true. It feels like only a fraction over 12 weeks ago that we last sat here, you and I, and spoke of the wonderful things happening in Lochac. It has in fact been almost 13 weeks.
Events are happening, and events happening means competitions happening, and competitions happening mean competition results!
Muste Pehe Peep has graced our pages with an interesting article detailing Five 16-17th Century Estonian Brooches and Pendants. It contains some wonderful information about the items themselves, but also of their larger context.
Lady Symmone de la Croix returns with Three Methods for Shading Initial Letters on Illuminated Manuscripts. It is really astonishing to see how different approaches to a task like shading can alter the final product.
Mistress Fionn O’Mara provides us with a resource, A Beginner’s Introduction to Common Medieval and Renaissance Ingredients, which is sure to be a useful reference guide in many reenactment kitchens going forward.
Thorough as always, THL Johnnae llyn Lewis returns to the Known World Spotlight with Recreating the Shakespeare Era Feast – a very useful guide on the ins and outs of research materials for that topic.
I will take the time now to mention that, in the next issue of Cockatrice, I will be beginning the process of looking for an editor to replace me. The Spring Edition of this year will be my final issue, and I would love to be able to take that opportunity to share editing responsibilities – so if you’re at all interested, feel free to get in contact at editor@cockatrice.lochac.sca.org now, or following the next issue.
Until then, continue being good to each other and to yourselves. I know that you will, because you’re a good person.
Bjorn Sæmundarson
