Ki no Kotori
Photo by Lord Alfgeirr skytja
Ki no Kotori 紀小鳥
aka Tace of Foxele, Maria Katerina von Adlerhof
Persona:
- Ki no Kotori 紀小鳥 is a 10th century (Heian Era) Japanese courtier who has taken Buddhist vows（Heian Era). She is my primary Persona.
- Tace of Foxele is 12th century Anglo-Saxon lady living in Norman-occupied England, at Foxele (modern Foxholes), in Yorkshire, 9 miles south of Scarborough.
- Maria Katerina von Adlerhof is a 16th century Austrian, in the service of the Habsburg Imperial Court in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
- Link to Calontir Armorial - http://armorial.calontir.org/Pages/KiTorame.htm
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History in the SCA:
- Timeline:
I started in the SCA in 1991, in the Barony of the Flame (Louisville, KY), Middle Kingdom Originally I was a heavy-weapons fighter. Injuries have sidelined me. AOA awarded by King Jafar and Queen Catherine, Midrealm 3/12/1994 for Service as Chronicler and at Demos. Became Squire to Sir David Dragonhawk, 9/24/1994 Baronial award: Order of the Flamberge by Baroness Cordelia Tichy, Barony of the Flame, 1995, for Service >> at Demos. Moved to Calontir after I met my husband, Alfgeirr skytja. We lived in Coeur d'Ennui from 1998-2001. We moved to Dubuque in 2001 and started the Riverwatch contact group in mid-2002. It disbanded in 2006. After that, we were honorary members of the Shire of Deodar. Golden Swan awarded by King Valens and Queen Susannah for Calligraphy & Illumination 5/24/2003 Torse awarded by King Joe-Angus and Queen Phaedra for service to the Riverwatch contact group 1/31/2004 We moved to the Kansas City metro area in December 2012 and live in the Shire of Cum an Iolair. First event: Summer's End Tournament, Barony of the Flame, Middle Kingdom, Sept. 1991. Link to Calontir OP -http://op.calontir.org/persona.php?p=2986
- Groups and Affiliations:
Current Group: Cum an Iolair Previous Groups: Shire of Deodar, Riverwatch contact group (Dubuque, IA), Barony of Coeur d'Ennui, Barony of the Flame (Midrealm) Guilds, Households, etc: Scribal guild, Bardic guild, squired to Sir David Dragonhawk (Midrealm) 1994-present, House Drachenstein (Midrealm) 1992-1994.
- Offices:
Local Offices: Talon Herald, Deputy Exchequer (Shire of Cum an Iolair); Past: Chatelaine (Shire of Cum an Iolair) Deputy Seneschal, Chronicler (Barony of the Flame); Contact person, Herald, Knight's Marshal, Exchequer (Riverwatch) > Regional Offices: Assistant Signet (Southern Oaken Region, Midrealm, 1994), Lanner Herald Committee (Calontir 2016-2018) Kingdom Offices: None SCA-wide Offices: None Other service: Autocrat of five events: Summer's End (1993), Collegium (1994), Christmas Tourney (1993, 1994) in Barony of the Flame, and Triskelion at Riverwatch (2004)
- Classes Taught:
Basic Calligraphy: Carolingian, Insular Majuscule, Insular Minuscule, Half-Uncial, Shodo (many times) Scroll layout (many times) The Medieval Middle East (Collegium, Barony of the Flame, 1994) How to do Documentation (Riverwatch, 2002) T-Tunic Tutorial (Riverwatch, 2002, 2003) Let's Renga! (Riverwatch, 2003) Let's Tanka! (Riverwatch, 2004) Successful Event Planning (RUSH, Le Grande Tent, 2003; Flynthill 2005) Panel: Design Elements of 16th Century Japanese Clothing (Clothiers, 2017) Kosode Construction: Stitches, Tips, and Tricks (Clothiers, 2017)
Other Information:
- My SCA blog is Foxeholly
- Some Scribal Examples
- Documentation for past projects:
Song: The Iowegia Song 2003 Akikawa Nikki (A Poetic Diary) 2005 Notes from Successful! Event Planning (2005) Wimples and Zukin 2008 20 Poems from the Shōyōshū (小葉集 Small Leaf Collection) 2015 Song: Kestrel's Lullabye 2015 Poems from Daisougen Nikki 大草原日記 The Great Prairie Diary 2016 An Examination of Zukin 2016 Kosode Construction: Stitches, Tricks, and Tips 2017 Song: The Falcon's Cry 2017 Composing and Designing a Japanese SCA Scroll 2017
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