Stephen Gold's S.C.A. Publications
From 1984 to 2003, I participated in the Society for Creative Anachronism (S.C.A.) under the names "Juls Siwaldsen" and "Iulstan Sigewealding." I served as an announcer, archer, award artisan, dance instructor, entertainer, event organizer, and tournament clerk, but my greatest love proved to be "book heraldry," the study and creation of heraldic designs such as "coats of arms."
From 1993 to 2000, under the auspices of Free Trumpet Press West, I published a series of databases and reference books for S.C.A. heralds, some of which are still in print. Thanks to the web, a few of my song lyrics and dance creations have also survived. I'm attempting to create a bibliography of my S.C.A. publications, but since much has been lost, the list is incomplete and likely to remain so.
The following will be of limited interest to anyone unfamiliar with the customs of the S.C.A.
- The S.C.A. Armorial, editions 3-9 (heraldric reference books)
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Registrations of the S.C.A. College of Arms, arranged by registrants' name.
- 3rd edition.
- 4th edition.
- The 5th edition was complete through the December 1994 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 6th edition was complete through the December 1995 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 7th edition was complete through the May 1997 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 8th edition was complete through the December 1998 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 9th edition was complete through the December 1999 Letter of Acceptances.
- The S.C.A. Ordinary, editions 3-9 (heraldic reference books)
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Armory registered by the S.C.A. College of Arms, arranged by design elements and themes.
- The 5th edition was complete through the December 1994 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 6th edition was complete through the December 1995 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 7th edition was complete through the May 1997 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 8th edition was complete through the December 1998 Letter of Acceptances.
- The 9th edition (1088 pages) was complete through the December 1999 Letter of Acceptances.
- Updates to the S.C.A. Ordinary and Armorial (heraldic reference books)
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Because new registrations took place every month, I created updates so that
researchers wouldn't need to buy a new Ordinary each year in order to keep up.
In order to keep the number of updates manageable, I also created combined updates.
I revised update #10 and was responsible for updates 11 through 25.
- 10th Update to the O&A, revised edition
- 11th Update to the O&A
- 12th Update to the O&A
- 13th Update to the O&A
- 14th Update to the O&A
- 15th Update to the O&A
- 16th Update to the O&A (January-June 1995)
- 17th Update to the O&A (July-December 1995)
- 18th Update to the O&A (January-June 1996)
- 19th Update to the O&A (July-December 1996)
- 20th Update to the O&A (January-May 1997)
- 21st Update to the O&A (June-December 1997)
- 22nd Update to the O&A (January-June 1998)
- 23rd Update to the O&A (July-December 1998)
- 24th Update to the O&A (January-June 1999)
- 25th Update to the O&A (July-December 1999)
- Combined Updates 9-11 to the Ordinary
- Combined Updates 9-13 to the Ordinary (5/1991-12/1993, 301 pages)
- Combined Updates 9-13 to the Armorial (5/1991-12/1993, 119 pages)
- Combined Updates 14-17 to the Ordinary (1/1994-12/1995, 204 pages)
- Combined Updates 14-17 to the Armorial (1/1994-12/1995, 87 pages)
- Combined Updates 18-22 to the Ordinary (1/1996-6/1998, 210 pages)
- Combined Updates 18-22 to the Armorial (1/1996-6/1998, 99 pages)
- Combined Updates 21-23 to the Ordinary (6/1997-12/1998, 141 pages)
- Combined Updates 21-23 to the Armorial (6/1997-12/1998, 60 pages)
- S.C.A. Armorial Database, various editions (heraldic database)
- Registrations of the S.C.A. College of Arms, in the form of a "flat" ASCII file. (Published by Free Trumpet Press West. The database at oanda.sca.org/oanda.db derives from this work.)
- "Format of the SCA Armorial Database" (database documentation)
- Describes the format used to record names and armory in the SCA Armorial Database. (Available online from oanda.sca.org/data_format.html.)
- "Non-ASCII Symbols in the SCA Armorial Database" (database documentation)
- Explains the encoding of ligatures and diacritics in the SCA Armorial Database. (Available online from oanda.sca.org/data_symbols.html.)
- "A Heraldic Primer" (educational website)
- An introduction to blazon, the stylized language used to describe heraldic designs. (Published online prior to completion. The website at www.sca.org/heraldry/primer derives from this work.)
- config.web Search Forms for the S.C.A. Armorial, various editions (software)
- Perl scripts for searching and formatting the S.C.A. Armorial Database via the World Wide Web. Includes a "Heraldic Glossary" and a short article "About SCA Heraldry." (The tools at oanda.sca.org derive from this work.)
- "What the College of Heralds Does" (educational article)
- Heraldic consultation as it applies to S.C.A. participants. (Appeared in various editions of The West Kingdom Heralds Handbook. Available online here).
- "Heralds in Love" (dance choreography)
- I attempt to invent a new English country dance in the style of John Playford. (Originally appeared in 1991 in issue #11 of The Letter of Dance. Available online from www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lod/vol2/heralds.html).
- "The Sangue des Goutes" (mnemonic song parody)
- A silly way to remember the heraldic names for teardrops of different colors. Based on "Do-Re-Mi" by Oscar Hammerstein II. (Available online from www.sca.org/heraldry/primer/goutes.html, among other places.)
- "Scribal-Talkie" (poem parody)
- A scribe overcomes obstacles and produces a peerage scroll. Based on "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. (Available online from www.sca.org/heraldry/scribal-talkie.html, among other places.)
- "Imperium Compound" (song parody)
- I get credit for exactly one of hundred-odd verses, the one about King Christian of the West -- and that's absolutely good enough for me. (Available online from www.textfiles.com/music/bardic3.txt, among other places.)
- Who's Who In Anglespur (collection of persona stories)
- (Self-published in 1984.)