Scolastica Capellaria

Photo
Scolastica and HRM Margarita at Bhakail Yule
Information
Resides: Barony of Bhakail, Philadelphia PA
Status: Active
Awards: This individual may not have an entry in the Order of Precedence, or may not have added their OPID yet. Volunteer editors may add it in the future.
Heraldry
Heraldry Needed
Award & Office Badges

Introduction

My name is Scolastica Capellaria. I have been involved in the SCA since May of 2019. I was once a medieval art history student, fascinated with art objects that sat on museum shelves undocumented, unseen and often unloved. I wrote my undergraduate Honors Thesis on Ivory Mirror cases from the fourteenth century and explored the topics of courtly love, chess, and ivory carving production which exploded during this period. Fast forward six years, a carrier change, and a move across the country, I was watching costume making videos on youtube and stumbled across Morgan Donner making a medieval cotehardie. For the first time, I realized I could not only do the things that I loved, making historical costumes, researching medieval artwork, and eating delicious foods, but I could do those things with other like minded people.

In the SCA I am most interested in the arts and sciences and I dabble (and I mean dabble) in archery. I specialize in historic garb research and patterning and to say I do embroidery in my free time is an understatement. Something about stabbing the needle through fabric gives me great joy. I don't know what it is.

I am a member of the Black Boot Company,the newcomer household in Bhakail.

Persona

Scolastica is a lady from no particular time or place. Her greatest joy in life is learning new things, researching very old things, and discussing these things with others. She loves to make things. Her favorite thing to research is garb, and she has a fondness of hats, mainly because she has to hide from the sun. She often can be found embroidering in the shade, eating cubes of cheese wherever they can be found, and smiling and waving at her favorite combatants on the field. She is a lover of games, and if you ask nicely she will gladly play Nine Man's Morris, Chess, or her favorite: fox and geese. Like many a medieval lady she enjoys sport on occasion and will try her hand at archery (though she is quite terrible at it, she does her best to have fun and enjoy the sport). Scolastica is a lover of poetry and the songs of troubadours and does very much enjoy discussing the rules of courtly love. After spending her life indoors among her books, Scolastica has recently found great joy in camping and being outside, though her constitution is often weak and causes her to seek shade and refreshment frequently.

Projects & Publications

Scolastica has a blog! The Inevitable Scadian

• 14th century Shift, Cotehardie and overdress 05/11/2019
• Pair of Bodies (still in progress), won award at Novice Day arts and sciences competition
• Landsknecht "Apple Pie" Wams, (entered into Iron Bog Baronial Arts and Science competition) 10/18/2019
• Opus Anglicanum embroidery (in progress)
• Blackwork stitchalong (in progress)
• Landsknecht waffenrock (in progress)

Academic Publications:

• A Game of Love and Chess: A Study of Chess Players on Gothic Ivory Mirror Cases

In Case of Court

Scolastica does not like surprises. A nudge to tell her to pay special attention during court is a welcome warning. Pronouns: She/her/hers. Her name is pronounced phonetically.

Offices & Positions

• Name of Position, Location, mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy
• List in Chronological order, oldest to newest

Event Staff

• Name of Position, Name of Event, mm/dd/yyyy
• List in Chronological order, oldest to newest