Calligraphy Workshop: The Gothic Script
Catherine Crow - Guildmistress of the Boston-area SCA Calligraphers
Tue Jan 15, 02-03:00pm, 8-205
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn to do Calligraphy! This class will teach the Gothic script, which has been in use since the 14 century. Materials and tools provided. No experience necessary.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sca/www/iap2002/
Contact: Jimmy Rising, jrising@mit.edu
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Chainmail Workshop
Jimmy Rising
Wed Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 05-07:30pm, PDR3 (W20-303)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Chainmail is a flexible fabric constructed of linked metal rings, used since ancient times as a form of armor. Learn how to make chainmail. All tools and materials will be supplied; however, please bring needle-nose pliers if you have them.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sca/www/iap2002/
Contact: Jimmy Rising, jrising@mit.edu
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Historical Lectures: Talks from a Historical Perspective
Jimmy Rising
Tue Jan 22, 07-08:00pm, 4-163
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Three lectures given from the historical perspective of one living in the middle ages: "Canon Law and the Papal Schism", "Early Music and the Bardic Tradition", "The Interaction Between Inheritance, Marriage, and Abduction". Q&A to follow. Refreshments provided.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sca/www/iap2002/
Contact: Jimmy Rising, jrising@mit.edu
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Rhythmomachy - The Philosopher's Game
Jimmy Rising
Tue Jan 15, 05-06:30pm, 24-611
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn to play this mind crushing, mathematics-based relative of chess. Rhythmomachy was known throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance as the "Philosopher's Game", an intense board game combining positional and number-based strategies.
Contact: Jimmy Rising, jrising@mit.edu
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Tunic-Making Workshop
Veronica McNulty - Boston-area SCA Minister of Arts & Sciences
Mon Jan 21, 10am-06:00pm, 16-168
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2002
Single session event
Make your own medieval tunic, like those used by men and women throughout the middle ages! This workshop will take you from uncut cloth through to the completed tunic.
Costs: $10, or your own fabric.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sca/www/iap2002
Contact: Jimmy Rising, jrising@mit.edu
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