Articles

This page contains some of the articles that I have written - either for Storm Tidings (ST) - the Adamastor monthly newsletter - or for other presentations. The Adamastor website will also have links to other articles written for Storm Tidings over the years.

Medieval Crests
I gave a talk on medieval crests in preparation for our crested tournament at Here Be Dragons 2007. That talk was followed by the below artical in Storm Tidings.

• Medieval Crests

Pewter Pendant Documentation
The following zip file contains my documentation for my Cowshed A&S competition entry in May 2007. The end result can be see on the pewter page.

• Tudor Pendant in Pewter

Tents
The attached is a ZIP file of my personal notes for a discussion on Medieval Tents that I presented at the April 2007 Arts and Science afternoon. It is a Zip file as there are a lot of embeded images. A slightly modified version appeared in two consecutive STs.

• Medieval Tents

Boot Camp
I attended the Drachenwald Boot Camp III in the UK. The following a ST article on the event.

• Boot Camp III - A Bridge Too Far

Islamic Food
Here Be Dragons in 2006 had an Islamic theme. Below is an article on Islamic food that I wrote for ST before the event.

• Islamic Food

Islamic Arms and Armour
In May 2006 I gave an Arts and Science talk on Islamic Arms and Armour. The below article came out of that talk. This is zipped due to the embedded images.

• Islamic Arms and Armour

Leather Box Documentation
This is my very simple documentation for my A&S entry into our local competition. Unfortunately the images are not embedded. The box to which it refers can be found under the leather work page.

• Basic Leather Toolbox documentation

Court of Love
Every year we have a St. Valentine's Picnic at which a Court of Love is run. Below is a Court Report for the 2005 Court of Love.

• Court of Love

The History of al-Andalus
Below is an article I wrote in 2004 on Islamic Spain - called al-Andalus by those that lived there.

• al-Andalus Article

Article Memory Dump / Todo List
Some articles I really should write...