Meave Douglass

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Meave just prior to her elevation
Information
Preferred title: Baroness, OL Their Pronouns: She/Her Resides: Gyldenholt Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Gules, in pale an escallop and a crescent and on a chief argent, five war hammers bendwise sable.
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Baroness Meave Douglass, OL joined the SCA in 1995 as a founding member of the Incipient College of Saint Ursula. She remained active in the Barony of Calafia, until the mundane world brought her to Gyldenholt. Meave and her husband, Theo van der Zee, moved in 2005 to the Shire of Caer Adamant, in the East Kingdom, and played both there and in the Kingdom of Atlantia before returning to Gyldenholt in 2008.

On 6/6/2015, Meave was elevated to the Order of the Laurel by Mansur II and Eilidh II for Research and Period Dyes.

Persona

Meave Douglass is a 14th Century Scot living in the Lanarkshire region, but she inexplicably spends most of her time studying Norse and Anglo-Saxon textiles from the 7th-10th century. Her interests include research, period dyes, weaving, and embroidery.

Hunydd Wen and Meave at Great Western War 2009

Colette de Montpellier and Meave at Gyldenholt Unbelted

Associates

• Retainer of the Abbey of Leng
• Married to Theonis de Zeeuwe (A.K.A Theo van der Zee)
• Apprenticed to Caterucia Bice da Ghiacceto until her elevation.
• Apprentice, Euginia in rauða

Theonis de Zeeuwe and Meave at Estrella War 1998 Caterucia Bice da Ghiacceto and Meave at Gulf Wars 2010

Meave at her apprenticing ceremony

Meave and Euginia in rauða at Winter Festival of the Rose 2016, and Calafia/Gyldenholt Friendship Tourney 2017

Offices & Positions

• Chatelaine for the Incipient College of St. Ursula, 1995-97
• Baronial Youth Officer for Gyldenholt, 6/11/11-6/27/15
• Kingdom of Caid Facebook Group Moderator, 2010-Present
• Kingdom of Caid Deputy Webwright for Social Media, 8/13/13-6/8/14
• Kingdom of Caid, Social Media Officer, 6/8/14-7/15/17
• Costuming Track Regent Collegium Caidis, 4/2014-Present

Court Service

• Lady in Waiting for Ursul and Colette of Gyldenholt, 6/14/08-6/16/12
• Lady in Waiting for Patrick and Kara, 11/07/09-6/5/2010
• Lady in Waiting for Edward III and Mora III, 6/4/11-11/11
• Lady in Waiting for Sven III and Cassandra, 11/17/11- 6/2/12
• Senior Lady in Waiting for Patrick II and Kara II, 6/2/12-9/3/12
• Lieutenant Chief Lady in Waiting for Sven IV and Cassandra II, 6/1/13-9/2/13
• Senior Lady in Waiting for Athanaric and Sigriðr, 6/6/15-1/9/2016

Event Staff

• Event Steward for Gyldenholt Anniversary 2008, 6/14/2008
• Event Steward for Fall Coronation 2009, 11/7/2009
• Oca Contrada Co-Leader for Calafia-Gyldenholt Friendship Tourney 2015

Competitions

• Pentathlon 2015 Arts Fair Entrant: 2nd Place Artisan, Topic Paper; 1st Place Journeyman & People's Choice Winner, Dyeing; The Root of the Madder -- Madder Documentation Available Here

Articles

• Viking Age Dyes: A Brief Overview; Tournaments Illuminated Issue #191, Third Quarter 2014; Article Available Here

Classes Taught

• Dyes through the Ages- the Vikings Great Western War 2013
• They Wore Color? Viking Age Dyes Collegium Caidis 2014; Class PowerPoint Available Here
• Research 101; or How to Find Your Google Fu Great Western War 2014
• Dyeing With Madder Great Western War 2014; Class Handout and Notes Available Here
• Research and Documentation Roundtable Collegium Caidis 2015
• Less Death, More Dyeing Highland War 2015
• Viking Age Dyes Gyldenholt Historian's Guild 11/7/2017
• Caidan Dyeworkes Demo Area in the Artisan Village at Caid 40 Year 6/23/18-6/24/18
• Renaissance and Medieval Dye Demo at the Bower's Museum 10/7/2018

Meave's Google Drive of Research materials can be accessed here. Use the search bar to navigate.

Dye Experiments

Viking Age Dyes Practice

Madder Trials

Artisan Village Caidan Dyeworkes at Caid 40 Year