Roana Aldinoch

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Contents 1 Persona 2 Modern Info 3 Offices & Positions 4 Peerages 5 Arts & Sciences 6 Calf to Codex Project 7 Community Affiliations

Persona

Early 13th-century minter's daughter from Totnes, Devonshire, England.

Modern Info

A midwestern girl who tried the PNW life for a few years before deciding that cornfields and tornadoes are just fine. Roana lives with her two dogs and a cat in Peoria, IL, spending a lot of time with friends and family, and when home, she's usually working on her 90-year-old house.

Offices & Positions

Kingdom A&S Fair Coordinator - May 2023 to present
Baronial Herald (Barony of Illiton) - May 2023 to present
Baronial Seneschal (Barony of Three Mountains, An Tir) - December 2017 to June 2018
Regional Seneschal (Midlands) - December 2014 to January 2017
Herald at Large - January 2016 to January 2017
Deputy Regional Seneschal (Midlands) - September 2013 to December 2014
Shire Seneschal (Shire of Wurmwald) - March 2010 to August 2013
Shire Chronicler (Shire of Wurmwald) - December 2015 to January 2017
Deputy Shire Seneschal (Shire of Wurmwald) - June 2009 to March 2010

Peerages

Order of the Pelican - May 2017 by the hand of William I and Isolde I
Order of the Laurel - March 2024 by the hand of Wigthegn I and Neassa I

Preferred Honorific: Dame

Dependents:

• Gianna Vettori became my dependent on her path to Pelican and Laurel at Pennsic 51 - Elevated to Pelican at Grand Day of Tournaments A.S. 51 (2024)
• Claricia de la Mere became my student on her path to Pelican and Laurel shortly after Pennsic 51 (2024)
• Magnus Eriksson Whitehair became my student on his path to Laurel at Fall Coronation A.S. 51 (2024)

Apprentice to Meisterin Katarina Helena von Schoenborn & Laureate Aveline
At Pennsic 39, Meisterin Katarina Helene von Schoenborn kindly offered to take me under her wing to teach me the art of Bookbinding, a great passion of mine. She has been a wonderful guide through the many trials and tribulations of this art and the many others that tempt me, and I am eternally grateful for the time, energy, and experience that she's willingly shared with me.

On September 10, 2022, Laureate Aveline became my second laurel, a second guide and voice of reason to help me through finding the best research and methods for all that I love. She has been an incredible resource and friend, and I am so grateful that she is willing to be a second voice in my ear.

Protege to Master Wilhelm Mihalik
At Festival of Maidens on January 30, AS 50, Baron Wilhelm Michalik formally took Lady Eva Wurster and me as his first proteges. I had asked him to formalize a long-standing relationship that we had already had where he was my mentor and guide as seneschal first for Wurmwald, and then for all of the Midlands. His advice has always been on-point, useful, and given with not a small amount of snark. (That's my favorite language.) We received a yellow belt and a ring as a sign of his patronage in a ceremony seen by many of my friends and family.

Arts & Sciences

Classes Available to Teach:

Brewing Classes

• Brewing Beer: Then and Now
• Brewing for Beginners: A Four-Part Class
• Brewers Round Table
• History of Hops
• Brewing 101: Mead making
• Brewing Beyond the Basics
• Beer Brewing from a Kit
• Making Malt from Whole Grains
• Period Mead Brewing
  

Illumination/Bookbinding

• The Golden Ratio: How to apply to your illumination
• Bookbinding All-day Play
• Romanesque Bookbinding - A Herringbone Stitch
• Sewing Endbands in Bookbinding
• Indian Palm Leaf Book
• Bookbinding Sewing Frame Made from Stuff from the Hardware Store
• What Style of Book would Your Persona Have?
  

Miscellaneous Classes/Workshops/Round Tables

• A&S Documentation Made Easy
• Seneschal Round Table
• Equestrian Event Etiquette for Non-Horse Owners
• Bookbinding Salons
• Advocating for Peerage

Arts & Sciences Competitions:

April 2011 Constellation Regional A&S Competition

Division	Item	Score (Regional)
Division II - Textiles	Woven Belt	Third
Division II - Textiles	White sun Cap	Second
Division III - Technological Arts	Pewter Buttons	First
Division IV - Studio	Illuminated Page	Second
Division V - Domestic Arts	Short Mead	First

March 2015 Midlands Regional A&S Competition & Kingdom A&S Competition

Division	Item	Score (Kingdom)
Division II - Textiles	St Birgitta's Cap	First
Division III - Technological Arts	Badger head pewter buttons	Second
Division IV - Studio	Molded leather bottle	First
Division IV - Studio	Romanesque book	First
Division V - Domestic Arts	Herbal Mead	First

May 2023 Middle Kingdom A&S Competition

Division	Item	Score
Made Object #1	8th Century Book	27
Made Object #2	15th Century Book	27
Made Object #3	Leather Dyeing Project	22

August 2023 Pennsic A&S Competition

Division	Item	Score
Made Object	15th Century Book	27

Calf to Codex Project

During the Spring of AS 50, I assisted my Apprentice sister, Arianwen, and a friend, Isobel, with the binding of the Calf to Codex book. The book was conceptualized by Master Johannes von Narrenstein as a Book of the Midrealm. The pages were parchment made by hand over the course of several years by multiple artists, led by Master Ranthulfr Asparlundr . The pages were then drawn, caliged, and illuminated by a dozen different artisans with stories, songs, and lists of the Midrealm. Through the guidance of our Laurel, Meisterin Katarina Helene von Schoenborn, Arianwen, Isobel (another wonderful binder who is not apprenticed to anyone as yet), and I bound the pages together into a Gothic binding. Arianwen and Katarina completed the binding before sending it on to be decorated and later have the bosses and clasps added. Finally, a box was made in which the book will reside. This book will be presented at SCA 50 Year, and then shown around the Kingdom.

Community Affiliations

Hus gyldenbrocc, est August 2024: Head of the household, which is a service household dedicated to spending time supporting the Kingdom and Society.

House Fox Rose: Member of this household, led by Sir Guerric and Mistress Acelina.