Silver Pegasus
This is an SCA award. The Order of the Silver Pegasus may be given to those who have distinguished themselves over time by performing outstanding service. They shall also have demonstrated chivalry, courtesy and courtly behaviour.
Star and Lily
This is an SCA award. The Order of the Star and Lily (formerly known as Golden Lily) is given for achievement in the arts and sciences. This Kingdom award has retained the token of the former Roman Lilies; a black pendant bearing the order’s badge: Three lily blossoms in triquetra.
Sulphur Spunk
A sulphur spunk is an early form of match. Unlike modern matches it is not struck but instead is lit from an ember. They are used in conjunction with a flint, steel and charcloth. Using the flint and steel to create a spark that is transferred to the charcloth with in turn starts to ember. This is then used to light the sulphur spunk which is then used to start the fire.
Tafl
Tafl games (pronounced [tavl], also known as hnefatafl games) are a family of ancient Northern European strategy board games played on a checkered or latticed gameboard with two armies of uneven numbers. Most probably they are based upon the Roman game Ludus latrunculorum. Names of different variants of Tafl include Hnefatafl, Tablut, Tawlbwrdd, Brandubh, Ard Rí, and Alea Evangelii. Games in the tafl family were played in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Britain, Ireland, and Sápmi. Tafl gaming was eventually supplanted by chess in the 12th century, but the tafl variant of the Sámi people, tablut, was in play until at least the 18th century. The rules for tablut were written down by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus in 1732, and these were translated from Latin to English in 1811. All modern tafl games are based on the 1811 translation, which had many errors. New rules were added to amend the issues resulting from these errors, leading to the creation of a modern family of tafl games. In addition, tablut is now also played in accordance with its original rules, which have been retranslated.
A steel helm from the 14th century.
The bascinet could be open faced, or visored.
When worn with an open face a Great Helm was sometimes worn over the top for additional protection. This could then be discarded for better visibility.
A common visored style was the Pig-Faced bascinet
Charcloth is used to aid in the lighting of fires. It is made from cloth, such as linen, that has been charred or burnt. The method to make charcloth is fairly simple. You either place small pieces of cloth in a metal tin, or in a pot and then cover with sand. You add this to a fire so that the cloth heats up and start to smoulder. The aim is to pre-burn your cloth. Once the holder you have the cloth in has been added to a fire you wait for it to start smoking, this is the cloth inside burning, after a while remove the pot or tin from the fire and check the cloth. Ideally it should have turned black. It will be fairly fragile, if it hasn’t charred then add it back to the fire and wait a bit longer.