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[[File:SofyaRisingWings.png|thumb|Gules, an owl rising wings displayed argent]]
[[File:Lilies07_3037.jpg|214x329px|right|Photo]]
 
=Mistress Sofya la Rus=  
[[File:Lilies07_3037.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sofya la Rus smiling in a red pillbox hat, white veil, and printed red dress with amber beads. Photo by Sifrid von Eichelborn]]
 
[[File:SofyaHeartBadge.png|thumb|Badge of office for Nobis Herald Extraordinary.  Gules, an owl rising wings displayed argent impaled with "Purpure, a beehive with no bees within a double tressure Or.]]
 
=Maistres Sofya la Rus, OL, OP, Nobis Herald Extraordinary=  


*''Sofya is pronounced SOF-yah (like sofa only prettier).''
*''Sofya is pronounced SOF-yah (like sofa only prettier).''
*Pronouns: she/her
*''Alternate names (none registered): Sofya Jakovleva Kliuchenova (Russian), Sophia Sifridin (German), Sofia Medica (occupational)''
*Alternate names (none registered): Sofya Jakovleva Kliuchenova (Russian), Sophia Sifridin (German), Sofia Medica (occupational)
*Calontir Armorial - http://armorial.calontir.org/Pages/SofyaRous.htm
*Calontir Armorial/Order of Precedence: http://calontir.org/persona/3456
*Calontir Order of Precedence: http://op.calontir.org/persona.php?p=3456
*In Case of Court: no special physical accommodations needed, surprises are fine


=Persona:=  
=Persona:=  


*14th Century Novgorodian
*14th Century Russian
*Sofya Jakovleva Kliucheneva was born in 6780 (1272) in the city of Nizhny Novgorod at the junction of the Volga and Oka Rivers. Her parents are Iakov Kliuchen and Iudita Beretina doch.
*Sofya Jakovleva Kliucheneva was born in 6780 (1272) in the city of Nizhny Novgorod at the junction of the Volga and Oka Rivers. Her parents are Iakov Kliuchen and Iudita Beretina doch.
* After the destructive Mongol raid of 6801 (1293) when Andrey Alexandrovich enlisted Tatar help to try to remove his older brother Dmitry from the Grand Princely throne, Sofya's family re-located west to Novgorod the Great. Her father became a sexton for one of the churches, and there she learned about painting icons.
* Sofya began to learn about medicine as way of showing Christian charity to the many foreigners involved in international trade out of Novgorod. The German merchants were particularly active through the Hanseatic league outpost there. In 6812 (1304), she was married to a Thuringian merchant, Sifrid von Eichelborn, of a woad-trading family out of Erfurt.


> After the destructive Mongol raid of 6801 (1293) when Andrey Alexandrovich enlisted Tatar help to try to remove his older brother Dmitry from the Grand Princely throne, Sofya's family re-located west to Novgorod the Great. Her father became a sexton for one of the churches, and there she learned about painting icons.
> Sofya began to learn about medicine as way of showing Christian charity to the many foreigners involved in international trade out of Novgorod. The German merchants were particularly active through the Hanseatic league outpost there. In 1304 (6812), she was married to a Thuringian merchant, Sifrid von Eichelborn, of a woad-trading family out of Erfurt.


[[File:http://armorial.calontir.org/Devices/Sof-Rus2.gif|215x248px|right|Gules, an owl rising wings displayed argent]]
=History in the SCA:=  
=History in the SCA:=  
==Timeline:==  
==Timeline:==  


*fall 1997 - Started in the SCA in Shadowdale (because I thought I should simplify my hobbies!)
*Started in the SCA fall 1997 in Shadowdale
*1999 - First event, "Our Favorite Vices" in Shadowdale in the reign of Luther and Lenore of blessed memory, made bread for the first time (sourdough!) thanks to Master [[Gawain of Miskbridge|Gawaine]]'s recipe for Fine Cheate Bread
*1999 - First event, "Our Favorite Vices" in Shadowdale in the reign of Luther and Lenore of blessed memory, made bread for the first time (sourdough!) thanks to Master [[@Gawain of Miskbridge|Gawaine]]'s recipe for Fine Cheate Bread
*1999 - First event in Heraldshill, "Black Harvest" with the cow launched from the tower and snow (had melted before I got there)
*1999 - First event in Heraldshill, "Black Harvest" with the cow launched from the tower and snow (had melted before I got there)
*2000 - Attended Midrealm Spring Crown Tourney in Dark River. met Master Mordak Timofeeivich Rostovskogo, OL, in person.
*2000 - Attended Midrealm Spring Crown Tourney in Dark River. Met Master Mordak Timofeeivich Rostovskogo in person.
*2001 - moved to Heraldshill
*2001 - moved to Heraldshill
*2003 - Taught first RUSH classes - Being Rus in these Current Middle Ages & Intro to Clothing of Early Rus, at St. Augustine's Faire in Hampton.
*2003 - Taught first RUSH classes - Being Rus in these Current Middle Ages & Intro to Clothing of Early Rus, at St. Augustine's Faire in Hampton.
*2004 - Attended first Lilies.
*2004 - Attended first Lilies.
*2005 - Became Shire Webminister, got '''AoA''' at Lilies
*2005 - Became Shire Webminister, got AoA at Lilies
*2006 - Accidentally inducted into the Midrealm's Order of the '''Williow''' (AoA Arts), site boss at St. Augustine's Faire, taught at Known World Costuming Symposium in Jararvellier, Northshield
*2006 - Acccidentally inducted into the Midrealm's Order of the Williow (AoA Arts), site boss at St. Augustine's Faire, taught at Known World Costuming Symposium in Jararvellier, Northshield
*2007 - went to Gulf Wars for the first time, received '''Leather Mallet''' for Russian research, taught at Slavic University of the Midrealm
*2007 - went to Gulf Wars for the first time, received Leather Mallet for Russian research, taught at Slavic University of the Midrealm
*2008 - co-autocrat for Ages of War, became group herald, received '''Silver Hammer''' for Russian research
*2008 - co-autocrat for Ages of War, became group herald, received Silver Hammer for Russian research
*2009 - judged for first time at Queen's Prize, event steward for St. Augustine's Unfaire and Ages of War, judged at Kingdom A&S and invited into the Order of the '''Laurel''', vigil at Cattle Raids, taught at Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium in Lonely Tower, elevated at King's Company of Archers
*2009 - judged for the first time at Queen's Prize, event steward for St. Augustine's Unfaire and Ages of War, judged at Kingdom A&S and invited into the Order of the Laurel, vigil at Cattle Raids, taught at Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium, elevated at King's Company of Archers
*2010 - received '''Torse''', volunteered at Heralds Point at Gulf Wars for the first time
*2010 - received Torse
*2012 - started the Unofficial SCA Heraldry Wiki
*2014 - received '''Cross of Calontir''' at Toys for Tots after driving through an ice storm to speak at Esther bat Moshe's elevation to the Pelican, started the Unofficial Calontiri Wiki, became Habicht Herald (Kingdom Heraldic Education Deputy)
*2015 - coordinated Heraldic Consult Table at Lilies, event steward for "Hunting for the Greatest Treasure in All the Land" (Gwyn and Gobban's wedding), named a '''Herald Extraordinary''' (year?) by Konstantia Gold Falcon at the Heralds Retreat at Aine's Manor
*2016 - finished editing the 4th Edition of the Calontir Heralds Handbook
*2017 - coordinated Heraldic Consult Table at Lilies, event steward for the "Battle for Thora" (to keep Northshield from stealing Mistress Thora, Gida invited into the Order of the Pelican)
*2018 - hosted spring and fall Calontir Heralds Retreats, had to move SCA Heraldry and Calontiri wikis to new servers with new wiki code
*2019 - made Caps of Maintenance for William and Juliana's elevations, had to step down as Shire web minister because served more than 2 years (actually 14), continued as deputy web minister
*2020 - hosted an UNofficial outdoor physically-distanced Heraldshill Unfaire picnic when Covid cancelled the real event, started monthly virtual Heraldic Consult Table/Farble
*2021 - hosted an official outdoor Heraldshill Unfaire, when we couldn't find an alternate site, partially due to Covid
*2022 - coordinated Heraldic Consult Table at Lilies, co-autocrat for St. Augustine's Fair: The Search for St. Expeditus, invited into the Order of the Pelican at Kingdom Heraldic Scribal and Dance Symposium
*2023 - elevated into the Order of the '''Pelican''' at Gulf Wars, stepped down as Habicht Herald and agreed to be Gold Falcon's Drop-dead Deputy
*2024 -


==Groups and Affiliations:==  
==Groups and Affiliations:==  
[[File:JointBadge2thumbnail.gif|right|Household Badge]]
 
*<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Current Group: Heraldshill</span>
*<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Current Group: Heraldshill</span>
*Past Group: Shadowdale
*Past Group: Shadowdale[[File:http://www.heraldshill.org/Devices/SofyaBadge.gif|184x180px|right|Household]]
*Other Affiliations:
*Other Affiliations:
**married to Lord Sifrid von Eichelborn,
**married to Lord Sifrid von Eichelborn,
**former protege of Master Mikhail Kramolnikov
**former protege of Master Mikhail Kramolnikov
**apprentice: Lady Jutte Roose van der Brugghe, RIP
**Apprentice: Lady Jutte Roose van der Brugghe


==Offices:==  
==Offices:==  


*Local Service:
*Local Service:
**Deputy Webminister (2019-present), Webminister (2005-2019)
**Webminister (2005-present)
**Herald Pursuivant (2008-present),
**Herald Pursuivant (2008-present),
**Event Steward, Site Boss - multiple Shire events
**Event Steward, Site Boss - multiple events
*Kingdom Service:
*Kingdom Service:
**Drop-dead Deputy Gold Falcon Herald (2023-present)
**Habicht Herald (2014-present)
**Habicht Herald (2014-2023)
**ran Heralds Point at Lilies War 2013, 2015, 2017
**ran Heralds Point at Lilies War 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022
**keeper of the unofficial Calontir Google calendar - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.35px;">Calendar ID: 58kvund2c5kj43duhkh2hlf948@group.calendar.google.com</span>
**keeper of the mostly-defunct unofficial Calontir Google calendar - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.35px;">Calendar ID: 58kvund2c5kj43duhkh2hlf948@group.calendar.google.com</span>
**keeper of the unofficial Calontiri Wikispace - http://calontiri.wikispaces.com/Home
**keeper of the unofficial Calontiri Wiki - http://calontiri.info
**web administrator for Master Mathurin's CalonSound and Falcon Banner Projects (2018-2022)
*SCA-wide service:
*SCA-wide service:
**external commenter for the College of Heralds on Russian/Calontir issues
**external commenter for the College of Heralds on Russian/Calontir issues
**out-of-Kingdom heraldic consulting: via social media, at Gulf Wars Heralds Point since 2010, virtual Heralds Point spring 2021
**perennial work at Gulf Wars Heralds Point
**keeper of wikis: http://scaheraldry.info, http://medievaldogs.info, and http://slavicinterestgroup.info
**keeper of http://scaheraldry.wikispaces.com, http:<span style="line-height: 1.5;">medievaldogs.wikispaces.com, and http:slavicinterestgroup.wikispaces.com</span>
 
[[File:calontiri/Sofya1a.GIF|190px|right|Former]]


=Interests:=  
=Interests:=  


*Rus, German, English, Native American cultures, but mostly Rus (all aspects)
*Russian, German, English, Scandinavian cultures, but mostly Russian (all aspects)
*Costuming
*Costuming
*Heraldry, esp. names and armory
*Medicine
*Medicine
*Architecture
*Architecture
*Knitting and card weaving
*Knitting and card weaving
*Singing
*Cooking
*Cooking
*Heraldry, esp. names and armory
*Scribal Arts
*Scribal Arts
*Singing


===Scribal Portfolio:===  
===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5;">Scribal Portfolio:</span>===  
 
{|
|[[File:CristinaScroll0640.jpg|320x424px|Cristina]]||[[File:CristinaScroll0644.jpg|320x424px|Cross]]
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{|
|[[File:CristinaScroll0640.jpg|320x424px|Cristina]]
|[[File:CaoimhinExtraordinary.jpg|357x277px|Herald]]||[[File:GawaineExtraordinary.jpg|352x282px|Herald]]
|[[File:CristinaScroll0644.jpg|320x424px|Cross]]
| Calon Cross Scroll for HL (now Mistress) Cristina l'Ambuler.  Text by Jehanne from  various parts of Rigord (1145/50-1209): Deeds of Philip II Augustus, trans Paul Hyams. Karactere = monogram. The safe travel comment is an homage to her travels during her military service.  Calligraphy and illumination based on the Grandes Chroniques de France.
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{|
! ''Image''
|[[File:Invitations1b.gif|240x302px|Russian-style]]||[[File:Invitations2b.gif|254x315px|Russian-style]]
! Notes
|-
|-
|[[File:GawaineExtraordinary.jpg|352x282px|Herald]]
|Research on period Russian scroll wording: http://www.sofyalarus.info/Russia/scrollwording.html
| Herald Extraordinary Scroll for Master Gawaine of Miskbridge
|-
| [[File:CaoimhinExtraordinary.jpg|357x277px|Herald]]
| Herald Extraordinary Scroll for HL Caoimhin McKee
|}
|}


{|class="wikitable"
|[[File:CristinaScroll0640.jpg|320x424px|Cristina]]||[[File:CristinaScroll0644.jpg|320x424px|Cross]]
|}


Russian-style Event Invitation Borders:
 
{|class="wikitable"
|[[File:Invitations1b.gif|240x302px|Russian-style]] || [[File:Invitations2b.gif|254x315px|Russian-style]]
|Research on period Russian scroll wording: http://www.sofyalarus.info/Russia/scrollwording.html
|}


=Other Information=  
=Other Information=  
My website - <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.sofyalarus.info</span>
My website - <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.sofyalarus.info</span>


     
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