Iglesia's Makin' it - Medieval Style

Attendant type service Truchsess / Head Wrangler (Head of King's House) - 2023 Prince then King Ratbot Service to Prince Ratbot at March Crown 2023, photo credit to Nathan Blacktower Personally mentored and Head of House 2023 Elizabet Hunter - future Head of house (now Pelicaned - Festival 2025)  Head of Court for- 2021 - 2022 (festival reign) King Leofric and Queen Sabine  Setup Mentor arrangement 2024 Steward of House Dytryk Lehrer, and Mistress of House Elizabet Hunter (with Duchess Engelin) Attendant for- 2022 - 2023 Prince then King Jayne 2017 - 2021 Baroness Tova and Baron Rufus (Saint Florian De la Riviere) GNW 2018 photo credit to Brooke Perkins 2011 Prince then King Gabriel II and Princess then Queen Constanza II 2010 - 2011 Prince then King Edmund and Princess then Queen Leonore 2010 - 2013 Baroness Bianca and Baron Bain (Saint Florian De la Riviere)  2008 - 2010 Baroness Maud and Baron Giles (Saint Florian De la Riviere) 2008 - 2010 Campsite Service 2023 and 20...

Hi All, I submitted this into the St Florian De La Riviere Baronial Arts and Sciences competition held September 2013.  A very fast doco, but served the purpose.     15 th Century Writing Slope Collaborative effort of Earl Sir Edmund of Shotley and Lady Iglesia Delamere Multiple portraits inspired this project including all those shown in this article.   Our aim was not to construct a writing slope using period techniques, but to construct a writing slope that had the appearance of the writing slopes of the period and could have been used in period.   It was also important for it too look presentable, as it was going to mostly be a show piece (for demo’s etc).   Finished look was more important than period techniques in construction.   Brief Research and Design Choices From looking at the portraits and research of others I tend to agree that writing slopes in the form we have built probably did not exist until later in the...