Zaneta Baseggio

Image from Calontir Online Armorial

Siora Zaneta Baseggio

Pronounciation Hint: Zaneta rhymes with Anita.

Persona and Interests:

Persona:

• Zaneta is a 15th-16th century (1490 - 1510) Venetian woman living in Murano and the daughter of a master glassworker.
• Sometimes Zaneta plays around with being a 10th century woman from Vestfold, Norway.

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Interests & Skills:

• Heraldry
• Glasswork - especially lampwork beads
• Embroidery and needlework
• Garb and sewing - especially Italian and Viking
• Cooking
• Tablet weaving
• Illumination
• Archery and Thrown Weapons

History in the SCA:

Timeline:

• 1997 - 1998: Found the SCA through a friend and played a little in the Canton of Axed Root as a teenager. Left for various reasons - mostly, being a teenager.
• 2011 - present: Returned to the SCA

Groups:

• Current Group: Shire of Axed Root

Associations:

• Calontir College of Heralds
• Calontir Glassworkers Guild

Offices Held:

• Seneschal of Axed Root: 2012 - 2014
• Herald of Axed Root: 2014 - 2018
• Red Hawk Herald (external commenting herald): 2014 - 2018
• Secretary for the Calontir Glassworkers Guild: 2017 - present
• Guild Head for Calontir Glassworkers Guild: 2018 - 2020
• Eyas Herald (internal submissions herald): 2019 - 2020
• Saker Herald (external submissions herald): 2020 - 2022
• Gold Falcon Herald (principal herald): 2021 - 2023

Kingdom Honors & Awards:

• 2012: Award of Arms
• 2013: Order of the Torse
• 2016: Order of the Golden Calon Swan
• 2017: Order of the Leather Mallet
• 2017: Order of the Cross of Calontir
• 2019: A&S Champion for the reign of Anton IV & Yseult
• 2019: Order of the Silver Hammer

Baronial Honors & Awards (Coeur d'Ennui):

• 2012: Baronial Archery Champion
• 2013: Bon Coeur (Service)
• 2013: Lumier du Sanglier (Teaching)
• 2015: Boar's Tooth (A&S)
• 2018: Baronial A&S Champion

Other Information

A Hat for a Herald - project for Virtual Kingdom A&S 2020

Registered Heraldry:

• Primary Device: Argent, on a pale cotised sable, a comet argent.
• Alternate/Historical Device: Purpure, on a pale cotised between two comets argent, a comet sable.

Badges:

• (Fieldless) A crab argent sustaining in its claws a key reversed sable
• (Fieldless) A key fesswise reversed sable.
• Sable, issuant from sinister base a crab's claw bendwise argent.

Alternate Name:

• Clara Brown - used in conjunction with her lord husband's alternate name, Emmett Brown.

Links and Blogs:

• Mug & Key - Personal cooking / crafting blog with a historical bent
• IRCC 6 Participant Page - Participated in the 6th Italian Renaissance Costuming Challenge put on by the Realm of Venus.
• IRCC 9 Participant Page - Participated in the 9th Italian Renaissance Costuming Challenge put on by the Realm of Venus.

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