Emma Cardiganshire

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Emma Cardiganshire (taken by Rayne Archer of Annan)
Information
Preferred title: Lady Their Pronouns: She / Her Resides: Lyondemere Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Argent, three ravens volant wings addorsed sable and a bordure azure
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Lady Emma Cardiganshire is a 14th century Welsh lass.

Recognitions

• Premier recipient of the Aliskye Rosel Memorial Endowment Award, Summer Coronation 2024, 07/13/2024 (AS 59)

Offices & Positions

• Queen's Champion, Archery for Athanaric II and Sigriðr II, 1/21/2018 (AS 52) - 2/3/2018 (AS 52)
• Queen's Champion, Archery for Wilhelm II and Tsyra 3/10/2018 (AS 52) - 6/23/2018 (AS 53)
• Lyondemere Archery Champion, 1/21/2018
• Lyondemere Arts & Sciences Champion, 1/21/2018
• Lyondemere Captain of Archers, 2019 (?) - 6/2025
• Caid Scribe Armarius, 7/12/2025 - current

Event Staff

• Instrumental in collecting and organizing information for Caid's 40th Anniversary and Coronation 2018 Memorial Hall Display, 06/21 - 06/25/2018
• Co-Event Steward (Archery) Lyondemere Arts & Archery 2019
• Evaluation scheduler for Arts & Sciences Fair and Pentathlon 2025, 3/15/2025

Classes Taught

• Intro to Elizabethan Bobbin Lace, Collegium Caidis 2020 Collegium Caidis in Aethera: Virtual Collegium 2020
• Renaissance Trim for Everyone, Collegium Caidis 2020 Collegium Caidis in Aethera: Virtual Collegium 2020, Collegium Caidis 2025, Great Western War XXVII 2025
• Scroll Design, Collegium Caidis 2025, Great Western War XXVII 2025

Documentation

From Major Competitions

Crescent Artisan 2018

I entered in the first Crescent Artisan, which I think was also my first really serious competition. I furthered my Elizabethan costuming with a loose gown.

Blatand Artisan 2021

Blatand was held during the pandemic, it was similar to Crescent Artisan, but online.

• I made a replica of the 7 Pence Isham Lace (got a 78 out of 100 and some excellent feedback)

• Which I then applied to an Elizabethan smock (though at this time, I can’t recall what this one was entered in but) here is the documentation and pictures for the final project

Pentathlon 2022

• The documentation for the illumination project, which is pictured below under Scribal Projects: Processional page from the 1500s. This took 1st Place Artisan.

• The documentation for the costume review entry, Elizabethan woman (lower upper class), which placed at 1st Journeyman, including a summarized table version of the high points

• I wrote two topic papers, one of which took 2nd place Journeyman. The first one on Renaissance Trim (based on my trim class): Overview of Renaissance Trim 1490 to 1650

• And one on dog collars: Dog Collars in History

• To round out my entries, the final project was a pourpoint, created for baroness Arwen McBaird: 14th Century Pourpoint. This won 1st Place Apprentice.

From Minor Competitions

Besides the quite structured, Kingdom Arts and Science competitions, I also entered items in some other competitions:

• My first Elizabethan, entered at a Festival of the Rose (2017 I think), that was worn for Agrippa and Bridget’s second stepping down (Summer Coronation 2017).

• A very early project, probably one of my first attempts at documentation (which is much more a basic description, looking back). I think it’s the only weaving project I’ve done documentation on the Oseberg Variant

• My first illumination for a competition; Gospel of Luke Carpet page from the Echternach Gospels for Lyondemere Art and Archery 2018. Three items had to be entered to compete for champion. This is one of them: Echternach Gospel of Luke

• Once upon a time (2018), the Laurels did an Arts Challenge, and I entered 2 of the challenges:

• One was the Crescent of Caid scroll for Master Paul fitz Denis (below). The challenge was from Mistress Aliskye Rosel to try to replicate a page accurately.

• The second one was from Mistress Whilja de Gothia, to recreate an article of clothing by hand. I made the Lendberg bra with attached skirt

• At a more recent Festival of the Rose (summer 2024, I think) a small Pyx (box that held Communion for the Church) as Reliquary. This was quite fun to make.

• For the Great Western War XXVII 2025 Artisan Showcase, I wanted a few pages of some very basic documentation for some of my clothing, in case I was talking with someone else and someone had some questions. The clothing was: the Garderobe and the gown made in the Herjolfnes style

Projects & Publications

Scribal Projects

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	Poem the Hillsides of Dunn Or, illuminated by Lady Emma Cardingshire, composed by Lord Ceallach mac Uilliam, calligraphed by Lord Danniell de Hartfield, gifted to Dun Or. Done in the style of a 16c Burgundian processional, Cod. Sal. VIII, in the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
	Pentathlon 2022 entry for Illumination. Page done as if it was part of the 16c Burgundian processional, Cod. Sal. VIII, in the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.

Scrolls

Image Preview	Award	Recipient	References
	Argent Blade	Nikolaos Phaistios	S. Basilius episcopus Caesariensis 1r & 95r
	Detail of Argent Blade	Nikolaos Phaistios
	Detail of Argent Blade	Nikolaos Phaistios
	Award of Arms	Apel von Mülln	Book of Hours 62r
	Award of Arms	Gemma Rosalia
	Detail of Award of Arms	Gemma Rosalia
	Award of Arms	Logan Black Rune	Book of Hours, use of Rouen, from Biblioteca Nacional de Espana
	Detail of Award of Arms	Logan Black Rune
	Detail of Award of Arms	Logan Black Rune
	Award of Arms	Lydia Crickett	Utopia, Armarium codicum Bibliophilorum, 93r & 9r
	Detail of Award of Arms	Lydia Crickett
	Award of Arms	Mattea Morelli
	Detail of Award of Arms	Mattea Morelli
	Detail of Award of Arms	Mattea Morelli
	Chiron	Hugh ap Rhys	Burgundian Processional 16c. 31v
	Chiron	Miguel de Granada	Book of Hours 15r, 15v, 70r
	County	Katherine of Hornechurch	Book of Hours 62r
	Detail of County	Katherine of Hornechurch
	Crescent of Caid	Amicia Sennet de Bruges	Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne 27r
	Detail of Crescent of Caid	Amicia Sennet de Bruges
	Detail of Crescent of Caid	Amicia Sennet de Bruges
	Crescent of Caid	Briana MacCabe	Black Prayer Book of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
	Detail of Crescent of Caid	Briana MacCabe
	Crescent of Caid	Paul fitz Denis	Troilus and Criseyde 1r
	Detail of Crescent of Caid	Paul fitz Denis
	Detail of Crescent of Caid	Paul fitz Denis
	Detail of Crescent of Caid	Paul fitz Denis
	Dolphin	Arianna Foxford
	Harp Argent	Raven of Heronsmarsh	Book of Hours 8r
	Detail of Harp Argent	Raven of Heronsmarsh
	Knight	Skaf Oken Bear	MS 34890, at the British Library, fol: 11r
	Laurel	Janay d'Aquitaine	Burgundian Processional 16c. 30r
	Legion of Courtesy	Avicia de Na Baiona
	Legion of Courtesy	Tahira al-Fahida
	Lux Caidis	Eowyn Amberdrake
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Eowyn Amberdrake
	Lux Caidis	Fu Ching Lan
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Fu Ching Lan
	Lux Caidis	Rutilia Fausta
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Rutilia Fausta
	Mark	Cecilia Medici

Associates

• Sister in Flaxen Abbey
• Apprentice to Aliskye Rosel
• Apprentice to Adelheit Schwarzenkatze