Ars Caidis

History

Caid's original A&S magazines, The Arts Quarterly and The Scientific Caidan, were published in the early 1980s. In 1987, two issues of Son of the Scientific Caidan was published, and in Summer 1991, the first issue of Ars Caidis was published, under the sponsorship of HRM Adriana as the Kingdom's patroness of Arts and Sciences.

Ars Caidis is Caid's Arts and Sciences journal, published under the auspices of the Kingdom Arts office. Everyone, regardless of age and rank, is welcome to submit research articles, original art, poetry, commentary about life in the Current Middle Ages, recipes - in short, anything that involves the arts and sciences of life either in the real world prior to 1600 AD or the Current Middle Ages as it relates to re-creation and re-enactment of those times.

Ars Caidis was honored in A.S. 39 as the SCA's best Special Interest Newsletter.

Guidelines

• Observation of the cut-off date of 1600 AD for research articles although any culture existing in the world from 1600 A.D. back is acceptable. If you wish to write about the Cavalier period, please contact the prior to submission.
• Articles should be written predominantly in English although notes in other languages (with translations) are welcome. Refer to the current edition of the MLA Style Guide or the Chicago Manual of Style for footnotes and bibliography formats.
• Articles will be reviewed and editorial comments discussed with authors prior to publication. No changes will be made without the author's approval.
• Because Ars Caidis is brought into the homes of our members and may used as a public relations document, please respect the boundaries of good taste.

Previous Ars Caidis Editors

• Eadwynne of Runedun, 05/1987-Summer 1991
• Maria Theresa Ipeñarrieta
• Renata Kestryl of Highwynds
• Natalya de Foix, -Winter 2005
• Caitlin Christiana Wintour, January 2006-Summer 2010

Published Issues

May 1987 "Son of Scientific Caidan" Vol. 1, No. 1
Editor: Lord Eadwynne of Runedun

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

May 1988 "Son of Scientific Caidan" Vol. 2, No. 1
Editor: Lord Eadwynne of Runedun

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

Ars Caidis Summer 1991
Editor: Lord Eadwynne of Runedun

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

Ars Caidis 1993
Editor:

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

Ars Caidis 1994 (Issue No. 111)
Editor:

• Twelfth Night Recipes by Sir Kamal Mishwa ibn Javid 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 (Middle)

Ars Caidis January 1996
Editors:

• Letter from Ars Caidis Editors
• "Soche Wycked Fashyon" or, Sumptuary Laws and Morality in the Age of Elizabeth I by Lady Maria Theresa Ipeñarrieta
• 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

Ars Caidis April 1996
Editors:

• Letter from the Ars Caidis Editors
• Bard's Fire, Mistress Maritsa Milovich
• So You Want to Bead It, Lady Edith of Warwick
• Bard's Fire, Master Thoron Ravenoak
• Dragons: Then and Now, Lord Mornay of Montrose
• Sestina Before Spring, 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 Ipeñarrieta
• White Vine Entwining by Mistress Eowyn Amberdrake
• A Courtly Game of Intrigue by Lady Deborah the Cloth Merchant

Ars Caidis October 1996
Editor:

• Letter from Her Majesty, HRM Albra
• 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
• 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

Ars Caidis April 1997
Editor:

• 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

Ars Caidis July 1997
Editor:

• 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

Ars Caidis October 1997
Editor:

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

Ars Caidis January 1998
Editor:

• 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)

Ars Caidis July 1998
Editor:

• 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

Ars Caidis July 1999
Editor:

• 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 Highwynds
• The Quest for Research Resources on the Internet by Lord Etienne of Burgundy
• Arts & Sciences Fair and Pentathlon Winners

Ars Caidis January 2000
Editor:

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

Ars Caidis Autumn 2000
Editor:

• Editor's Note
• The Ottoman Empire, Baroness Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows
• The Decree of Union of 1439 A Failed Reconciliation, Dame Catherine Adrienne de Steele
• Zenith and Decline: The Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Order in the Late 14th and Early 15th Centuries, Baroness Fionnabhair Kyriath Inghean Uí Néill
• Trade and Commerce 1450-1500, Lord Etienne of Burgundy

Ars Caidis Autumn 2002
Editor:

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

Ars Caidis Spring/Summer 2003
Editor: Duchess Natalya de Foix

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

Ars Caidis September 2004
Editor: Duchess Natalya de Foix

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

Ars Caidis June 2004
Editor: Duchess Natalya de Foix

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

Ars Caidis Winter 2004/Jan 2005
Editor: Duchess Natalya de Foix Theme: In Memoriam

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

Ars Caidis April 2005
Editor: Duchess Natalya de Foix
Theme: The Subject of Arthur

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

Ars Caidis Summer 2009
Editor: THL Caitlin Christiana Wintour
Theme: "Period Supernatural" - In our world of celluloid horror and King novels, it is easy to think of the supernatural as a modern invention. Some things are, such as the vampire that entered its pointy-toothed glory in the 19th century. But our time period sported a rich variety of supernatural tales of the walking dead, dark dwarves, hellish dogs, haunted houses, and ghost-infested barrows. Whether we find them in England's monastic ghost stories or the rip-roaring revenants of dark Iceland. Europe was a hotbed of supernatural scary tales. In this issue we screw up our courage and poke around these dark and cobwebby corners.

Ars Caidis Winter 2009
Editor: Mistress Caitlin Christiana Wintour
Theme: "Performance Arts in Caid" - This issue celebrates Performance Arts in Caid. We will offer encouragement, how-tos, and resources for budding and experienced bards. Share and learn about music, acting, storytelling, composition, and many other aspects of the SCA bard.

Ars Caidis Spring 2010
Editor: Mistress Caitlin Christiana Wintour
Theme: "The Northmen" - This issue will cover the ever-entertaining Vikings as well as Norse beliefs and everyday life. The Northmen hugely impacted Europe from England to Russia, and left their mark in other lands too. Besides, they're just fun.

Ars Caidis Summer 2010
Editor: Mistress Caitlin Christiana Wintour
theme: "The Art of SCA Costuming" - The old adage says "Welcome to Caid, now go get dressed." This issue will explore period costuming shapes, development and techniques in the context of the SCA.

Ars Caidis has been on hiatus since Fall 2010.