[Regia-NA] Standard?

[J K Siddorn]

Hi,

Glad you like our standard. It is made of  21SWG sheet brass, hand riveted
and polished to outshine the sun. The tail and wings are of fine silk, the
tail of a quantity of concentric circles of silk tubes pressed flat and
attached at four points to the ones either side of it so the wind will
readily pass between them.

Re-enactment mirrors the world in small. There was a time when the Eorldom
of Wessex WAS Regia Anglorum and for many years we remained the largest,
most active group in the UK. We had 36 men in mail at York in 1994, plus
others without.

Now we are but a distant memory with which the aging minds of the Nine bait
each other - like Guthrum, sometime member of Wessex, Lawspeaker,
Authenticity officer and still leader of Galpaeg, a dispersed and scattered
body of archaeologists that meet occasionally to recall the days of their
greatness.

All things in their season ...................

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

Bacon is a friend
in the salad bowl of life


----- Original Message -----
From: "Maerwynn of Holme" <maerwynn@cox.net>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:40 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] Standard?


Wes thu hal--

I'm not sure that I've ever posted here. I am Maerwynn of Holme, I'm from
the central US (Nebraska), and I've been lurking around here for quite
awhile. My center of interest has been early A-S, but several things are
dragging me later and later...

I've just returned from Lilies War, and decided I want to make some banners
for next year. I love this photo:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/67972241/67973276GOBZsV

And wonder what the background is on the standard. Is this kind of thing
something Regia uses regularly? I've been looking for banners and war-flags,
etc. But haven't been incredibly sucessful finding sources for what they
actually looked like. I've found the ones on the BT (is that where this one
comes from--from the panel where Harold is killed?) and what seem to me like
a late, late MS.

Can anyone point me toward anything I'm missing? Is the person who made the
one in the photo available for comment? :)

I've also been bitten (again) by the geteld bug. Þora, any chance your
article will be ready anytime soon? ;-)

Thanks,

Maerwynn

PS--How did the thing at Lilies go?

---
Maerwynn of Holme
Lonely Tower, Calontir
Maerwynn@cox.net
Hwæt! Ic swefna cyst  secgan wylle...

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