Thomas the Green
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Persona
Thomas the Green, called "Brother Thomas" was born in the small village of Portswood outside of Southampton England in 1118 AD as the bastard son of a nobleman during The Anarchy, a period of political unrest in England between the years 1135 and 1154. He later joined the Order of Saint Benedict and traveled widely as a chronicler, scribe and occasional herbalist.
Major Inspirations
Fictional
- Brother Cadfael of Shrewsbury, Cadfael Mysteries
- Brother William of Baskerville, The Name of the Rose
- Prior Phillip of Gwynedd, The Pillars of the Earth
Real
- Robert of Torigni, (c.1110-1186) Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel
- Roger Bacon, (c.1214 – 1294) Franciscan Friar
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, (c. 1100 – c. 1155) Chronicler of the Authurian Legends, Oxford
Offices & Positions
Shire of Drakelaw
- Seneschal
- Pursivant
- Fencing Marshall
- Prior, Drakelaw Scriptorium
Miscellany
- Brother Thomas is apprenticed to Mistress Katerina Helena von Schoenborn
- Brother Thomas uses a green quill as a form of colophone in his scribal work.
- He maintains a webpage to document his projects (both scribal and other) where he provides a number of tutorials. The Verdant Quill
Interests and SCA-related hobbies
The book arts, including:
- Calligraphy and Illumination
- bookbinding
- other monastic arts and sciences such as brewing, carpentry, pottery, etc.
Awards
- Order of the Evergreen (AS 39)
- Order of the Silver Oak, (A.S. 37)
- Order of the Willow, (A.S. 38)
- Award of the Purple Fret, (A.S. 36)
- Award of Arms, (A.S. 32)
