that was unexpected . . .

[ursula]

As of final court at Kingdom Arts & Sciences, I'm on vigil for membership in the Order of the Laurel (the SCA's highest arts and sciences honour, if you're not familiar with this stuff). glasseye and I had already checked out of the hotel, so aelfgyfu had to lure us to court ("It's just in fifteen minutes! We're only waiting for Her Majesty to make a phone call, no, you probably don't want to walk past her right now . . .") and thrust a tunic at me.

Now I have to plan a ceremony. I'm thinking I will research actual induction ceremonies for fifteenth-century knightly orders. Things to do:

• Talk to Their Majesties and choose a date for the ceremony between now and July Coronation. (June Faire?)
  
• Write a poem for Their Majesties.
  
• Get my hands on a copy of the statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Boulton says they discuss the induction of a new member at some length), and translate the relevant sections.
  
• Think about clothing. (Some women wore the regalia of the Order of the Garter; can I find a picture?) Anyone want to help me sew a mantle?
  
• Scroll? (As a "copy of the statutes of the Order"?)
  
• Talk to glasseye about "admission fee" (part of admission to the Orders of the Garter, Golden Fleece, etc.)
  
• Party!
  

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That's fantastic! Do you know when the elevation is? Is it for a particular field of study, or does An Tir do general proficiency laurels?

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Oops, that was me, I'm sharing LJ with xrian this weekend and had forgotten to sign back in.

[ursula]

From what ornerie says below, it sounds like research, particularly onomastics. I know Her Majesty really liked the Latin math lecture :)

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

antirian laurel here, piping in....

in general, we recognise people for their leadership in the arts and sciences, and their mastery of their chosen medium whatever that is.

Ursule is well known throughout the known world (especially heraldic types) for her mega uber research skillz in all kinds of fields, but especially heraldic name stuff. she came VERY highly recommended :)

the council here in AnTir is delighted that their majesties saw fit to grant us the favor when we recommened her to them :) (OK, thats a goofy sentance, but you know what I mean :))

ETA: I personally couldnt be more pleased :)

[ursula]

Thanks for the summary, and, y'know, yay. aryanhwy is my compatriot in grad-student-ness (she does logic in Amsterdam) and awesome onomastics.