[MR] SCArcheology

[Terelyn Marks]

Omigod!!  This should get some people's undies in a bunch.  Funny though,
and if you can't laugh at yourself......
Marsaili






>From: "Malone, Nicholas S." <Nicholas.Malone at VirginiaDOT.org>
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>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:04:34 -0500
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>I'm not sure who wrote this but They definitely had a clue
>
>The SCAtanic Verses
>
>or
>		Some Essential Facts about the Real Middle Ages
>		as Recreated in the Society for Creative Anachronism
>by
>
>Some Roarers, Rogerers, Gorgers and Pukers whom you don't know.
>
>DISCLAIMER:  This is not an official publication of the SCA Inc.  If it
>were, it would be so dreadfully dull that the ink would be trying to escape
>from the paper.  In addition, it would not be even mildly critical of the
>SCA.  In fact, it would likely consist only of event announcements, lists
>of
>officers (it is so vital that everyone in the kingdom be reminded every
>damn
>month just who the seneschal of the Shire of Elephant's Bottom is), and a
>letter from the king as follows:
>	Now that the snows of Winter cover Our Land, and our Populace turns
>to peaceful Pursuits we remind all Gentles that it is Important to send in
>letters of Intent for
>	those who would Fight in our Honourable Crown Tournament...
>(This practice is based on the practice of English kings, beginning with
>Hardecanute, of publishing a similar notice in The Leppards, the kingdom
>newsletter of England).  Also, the SCA Inc. forbids its newsletters to use
>the word "tits", or to depict them (even on mermaids), or to use other
>nasty
>language.  The authors believe that profane language is a prerequisite of
>artistic integrity, and that's why the imprimatur of the SCA Inc. been
>eschewed.
>INTRODUCTION:
>Since the Society for Creative Anachronism is an organization dedicated to
>the re-creation of the Middle Ages, the Authors reasoned that it ought to
>be
>possible to reconstruct what actually happened in the Middle Ages by
>observing the SCA.  Since the Authors are a bunch of old cranks that have
>been in the SCA long enough to burn out, we figured that we'd done all the
>observing anyone would want to do. Anyone who's been around longer is too
>bored and jaded to observe, and anyone who's been around less than we have
>is a bloody newbie who doesn't know a Tuchuk from shinola.  As such we
>decided to write this book.
>Some would say that we set out to be accurate in our extrapolations about
>the middle Ages.  Others would say that we set out to piss people off
>(especially the ayatollahs of SCA orthodoxy).  We leave it to the reader to
>form his own conclusions, but it is no accident that the Authors' names do
>not appear on this document.
>
>Alchemists - were just this far from discovering how to turn lead to gold.
>They were the forerunners of modern chemists, and if they had not been so
>unjustly persecuted they would have invented plastic and Velcro.
>Armour was made out of whatever was handy.  Substances like horn, which was
>just like plastic, were especially common for beginners.  Denim was often
>worn with armour, and running shoes as well.
>Arts were separate from sciences in the middle Ages, but nobody was certain
>why.  A great deal of time was spent deciding which was which.  See
>Sciences.
>Autocrats were the people who organized tournaments.  They didn't need to
>be
>polite or to wear garb.  An example was the Tsar, who was titled "Tsar and
>Autocrat of All the Russias," and who was rarely polite.  Russia was
>plagued
>with troubles and civil strife as a result, until it was revealed that the
>Tsar and the Czar were the same man.
>Awards were given by kings and queens.  Awards came with medallions,
>initials and precedence.  Awards were given at court, and courts weren't
>official unless a seneschal was there.  Every few years someone would
>publish an Order of Precedence, which is like Debrett's Peerage only
>without
>the interesting essays or the adverts.
>Backrubs were a prime form of social interaction in the middle Ages. It was
>considered very rude to refuse a backrub, no matter how repulsive the
>person
>who offered.  Foot-rubs were likewise very important, often unsolicited and
>always appreciated by everyone. Historians hark back to the Great Backrub
>Circle of 1183, when the entire court of Henry II sat in a big circle on
>the
>floor and rubbed each other's backs.
>Bagpipes were played only in Scotland, and they were primarily a military
>instrument.  All those Breughel paintings of Flemish peasants dancing to
>bagpipe music are clever forgeries.  For the edification of the reader, it
>is pointed out that a bagpipe is made by killing a goat or sheep, cutting
>off the head and hindquarters, pulling the insides out, and turning the
>skin
>inside-out.  Then you sew up the hindquarters and stick tubes in where the
>front hooves and the neck used to be.
>Bards were common in the middle Ages.  Everyone who wasn't a knight or a
>maiden was a bard.  Bards either played the harp or wished they did.
>Indeed, it is doubtful whether there were any musical instruments in the
>Middle Ages other than the harp, the guitar and the recorder (and in
>Scotland the Bagpipe). Belly dancing was common all over Europe in the
>middle Ages.  See Obesity.
>Bardic Circles were common gatherings usually after a feast, designated for
>deciding who was going to sleep in which tents.
>Beggars were cheerfully tolerated by all.  They were often ennobled and
>given money and food.  When they were abused it was all in good fun.  They
>were often baptized with Christian names like Scum.
>Bumper stickers were required by all and affixed to Carts, shields, boxes
>and vehicles alike.
>Camping was a common activity, were people left their homes for the purpose
>of socializing and interrelating with no specific purpose.
>Celts were fiercely independent persons from Scotland, Cumberland, Wales
>and
>Ireland.  They spoke Celtic and wore Celtic clothes. They, like the
>Vikings,
>only existed in Early Period.  As a matter of honour, they always
>pronounced
>Celt with a hard C. They were rarely Christians.  (The Celtic Church was a
>pernicious myth invented by mediaeval barbers in order to perpetuate an
>amusing sort of Mohawk called the Celtic Tonsure.)  Celtic women were equal
>to Celtic men because the Celts were so egalitarian, and they were allowed
>to wear pants.
>Cheers varied distinctly by kingdom.  When a new kingdom or principality
>formed, a new cheer had to be invented.  The general cheer was "Vivat!",
>but
>the cheer was varied by kingdom.  In France they yelled "Vivat France!", in
>England just "Vivat." Everyone, of course, thought of himself as the
>citizen
>of a given country like France or Germany, and never as a citizen of Paris
>or a countryman of Brandenburg.  Cheers were always yelled in three
>chorused
>barks.
>Chirurgeons were a bunch of hysterical busybodies who put leeches on
>people's veins, cupped their skin with hot glass and never washed their
>hands before surgery.  This, of course, resulted in widespread mistrust of
>the Chirurgeons by people in general, as well as an astronomical rate of
>mortality among their patients. They were all royally warranted, and they
>didn't need to wear garb.
>Chocolate is proof that some people just can't go one day without eating
>something non-period.
>Christianity was a conspiracy started by Pope Pius IX in the late 19th
>century.  Constantine never really converted, nor did Patrick convert
>Ireland, nor Augustine England.  In fact, nobody but Crusaders were ever
>Christian.  This was never really a problem, because there was no overt
>religion in the middle Ages.
>It was considered good manners just to allow others to live and let live.
>Except Christians, who invented the Inquisition to persecute witches (and
>Jews).
>Chroniclers published newsletters.  Every shire, canton, barony and kingdom
>in the middle Ages had to have a newsletter, and chroniclers were created
>by
>royal warrant.  Chroniclers never wrote chronicles.
>Clothes came in two sorts:  Field Garb and Court Garb.  Field garb (which
>was the sole sort of clothing in Early Period) was comfortable and often
>made of denim.  Court garb was uncomfortable and Late Period.  Peasants and
>beggars preferred earth tones and denim, and always tore holes in their
>clothes before putting them on.  Modern clothing was always worn under
>armour, since mediaeval clothing is unsafe.
>Confessionals (an aspect of the Middle Ages not found in the SCA, since
>they
>are forbidden by the BOD policy on religion) were a place where all sins
>were revealed and shortcomings made known. The only place in the SCA where
>all sins are revealed and shortcomings made known is the Pennsic Swimming
>Hole.  Excessive unburdening is, however, highly discouraged in such
>places.
>See Obesity.
>Cooks (a sort of fighter) were even more powerful than knights.  They were
>known to be able to wipe out massive numbers with just one remove of burnt
>barley slop.  Cooks only rarely used spices. When they did, they used a
>lot,
>and nobody ate the food.  As a result, everyone had to fill up on bread
>(see
>Obesity, q.v.). Cooks were always called into feast halls to be thanked
>after  feasts.  Sometimes cooks were called feast-o-crats or
>kitchen-o-crats.
>Cords were used as a sign of rank or affiliation.  Green and black cords
>were worn by Rangers.  Red and black cords were worn by Mongols.  Fencers
>hung their cords on their shoulders.
>Crete was where women were in charge, everyone worshipped snakes and went
>topless.
>Crusaders were a bunch of fine fellows who killed Saracens and wore coats
>with crosses on them.  They accounted for most of the Christian population
>of Europe.
>Courts were a mediaeval form of sedation and birth control.  Not only were
>courts long and dull (thus putting the courtiers to sleep while keeping
>them
>out of bed), but they also called for complicated clothing.  Courts were
>usually held after dinner (except at coronations).  The primary business of
>courts was the distribution of awards.  Courts were generally held with the
>presiding nobles facing their subjects (with a seneschal standing just
>behind and between).  The subjects sat quietly and snoozed in neat rows.
>Dancing was especially popular in Late Period.  Fighters and Vikings never
>danced.  In Early Period, dances primarily consisted of jigs and reels
>played on the violin.  Dancing did not change between 1100 and 1815, so any
>dance that was done before the Battle of Waterloo is period.
>Demigods were worshipped in the hope of future protection, patronage or
>advancement.  Often they wore white belts or medallions with leaves and
>bleeding birds.
>Dyes were generally black, and generally used on hooded cloaks.  Red was
>the
>next most common, and generally used on lining fabric for cloaks.  Other
>dyes were created by wise women.  One wonders what they were doing living
>in
>the woods and being persecuted by peasants if they were so damn wise.
>Early Period was when everyone lived in the Celtic countries or in
>Scandinavia.  Some people were Goths then.  People in Early Period all
>dressed the same, in t-tunics and pants.  Women often went in brief,
>sleeveless dresses, which they got from Greece.
>Women could do anything they liked in Early Period. Economics:  there were
>none in the middle Ages.  Everyone had a lot of money except for beggars
>and
>thieves and peasants.
>Fat Broads is an abusive and sexist term, which we will not deign to define
>here. However, there must have been a bloody lot of them in the middle
>Ages.
>Feasts were prepared by Cooks.  They generally consisted of an appetizer,
>meat with a green salad and a dessert.  These courses were called
>"removes",
>and were announced by Heralds and printed on menus.  Feasts were often
>served on plastic plates. Particularly well-organized feasts often boasted
>place cards, with the names of all the guests placed at their seats.  When
>noblemen paid for their feasts they were given "feast tokens", which were
>never consulted by the servers but were rather a sort of souvenir.
>Sometimes they were worthwhile (like key chains), but more often they were
>just wooden discs with something carved on them.  Some nobles preferred not
>to pay for feast, and they either ate off-board or went out to Ponderosa
>(or
>Tunnel Ribs in Windsor).
>Fish was never eaten in the middle Ages, especially not by ladies.
>Florentines, like all Italians, existed only in the Renaissance.  They were
>especially known for fighting with two broadswords at once. This style was
>especially favored by Kings.
>France was almost completely unpopulated during Early Period (Especially
>after most Frenchmen moved to England and became Normans in 1066).  In Late
>Period  it had a small population of noblewomen who sang and wrote poetry
>as
>well as a few noblemen.
>Every male in France was a knight, except for troubadours.  And they all
>had
>long hair.  This is not a real identifying characteristic because everybody
>in the middle Ages had long hair.  And glasses.
>Geeks (including persons lacking in social skills) were everywhere in the
>middle Ages.  Bards  were especially likely to be geeks.
>Gods! was what people shouted as an expletive.  This was because so many
>were pagans.
>Gypsies were revered by everyone in the Middle Ages (something like Bards),
>and always dressed just like gypsies in the movies of the 1940's.
>Especially the headscarves.
>Hats were worn occasionally.  They generally consisted of a piece of cloth
>and a circlet.  Broad-brimmed straw and felt hats were seen occasionally.
>Other hats were also worn, but only with court garb , and only
>occasionally.
>Gypsies wore headscarves, Scots wore Tam-o'-shanters, and Vikings generally
>wore helmets. Samurai never wore hats.
>Heralds were primarily occupied with paperwork.  Their job was to ascertain
>that no two people in Europe had similar names and coats of arms.  They
>were
>especially concerned with "Points of Difference", and wars were fought over
>how many cherubim proper could dance on a point of difference.
>Honey Butter was the primary staple food in Europe throughout the middle
>Ages.  Nobody ever sat down to feast without a good dish of honey-butter,
>and "to break honey-butter" was synonymous with sitting down to eat a meal.
>Fortunes were made in acquiring monopolies on the importation of honey
>butter to England in the sixteenth century, and some theorize that Essex's
>uprising was motivated by his losing this lucrative monopoly.  The English
>Muscovy Company, the only trading company to be established in England
>before 1600, was said to have specialized in exporting English honey butter
>to Russia in return for furs and firs.  It amazes modern historians both
>that mediaeval cooks had so little imagination in the way of butter and
>that
>everyone didn't get sick of it.
>Households all had names, usually beginning with the word "House". Most of
>them had badges as well.  Households were a device, which allowed people to
>have relatives from widely divergent times and places.
>Initials were what people put after their names, so that everyone would
>know
>what awards they had.
>Inquisition (Spanish):  Unexpected.
>Ireland was one of the most populous nations in the middle Ages, especially
>in Early Period.  The population was fiercely independent, and often wore
>tartan trousers in earth tones.  The population there primarily consisted
>of
>bards.  Irishmen were especially pagan, even after the conversion by St.
>Patrick, because they were so fierce and so clever.
>Italy did not exist until the Renaissance.  Italians loved to dance and
>hated to fight.  They often wore short tunics.  The Renaissance was
>invented
>in Italy.  It began when Petrarch wrote in his diary, "Everyone in Florence
>has begun wearing short tunics and tights.  It must be the Renaissance."
>Jews in the middle Ages often became Pagan as soon as they went to
>University.  They all had Hebrew names, primarily from the Bible-never
>Greek
>names like Alexander or Hyrcanos or Kalonymos. All Jewish men were known by
>patronymics and all Jewish women had matronymics.  Jews always dressed like
>Arabs, but other than that they were never much interested in religion.
>Their dietary laws were not important at Feasts, and they were often seen
>at
>Kingdom Twelfth Night munching on the roast suckling pig.  If confronted by
>a rabbi, their response was to point to the decorations on the pig and say,
>"Rabbi, see how fancy the goyim serve a baked apple!"
>Japan was a feudal state in the Pacific, which carried on thriving trade,
>communications and exchanges of population with Europe (especially England
>and Scotland) during the middle Ages.
>Kings were absolute monarchs in the middle Ages, except that they were
>under
>the complete control of their Seneschals (like the King of Sweden).
>Everyone (except Vikings) bowed to them all the time and called them "your
>Majesty".
>Knights (an exalted sub classification of fighters) were very powerful and
>could wear whatever they wanted.  They dated (and sometimes married) women
>young enough to be their daughters.
>Late Period (including the Renaissance) was when everyone lived in England,
>with some living in France and Italy.  This was when Court Garb was
>invented.  Also see Renaissance.
>Literacy was common, almost prevalent except among Vikings and beggars.
>Nobody but priests and scholars, however, could read Latin. Everyone else
>could read only English.  In the middle Ages, honour was always spelled
>with
>a 'u'.
>Makeup was just like modern makeup.  Even in Japan.  Perhaps women wore a
>bit more blue eye shadow than is currently fashionable.
>McDonald's did not exist in the middle Ages.  If they had had it, however,
>they would have eaten there.  A lot.  There was not an ancient tradition
>that the name "McDonalds" should never be said, and that it was just called
>"The Scottish Restaurant".
>Mongols were fiercely independent and always wore black.  Mongol women
>could
>do whatever they wanted.  Mongol headgear consisted of a piece of black
>cloth held on the head by a black band.
>Morality did not exist other than it was immoral to not be accepting and
>supportive of everyone's sexual choices, at least in loud public
>statements.
>Many people in conference were required to quietly discuss everyone's
>choice
>of sexuality and partners and to come to a consensus as to the
>acceptability
>of these social liaisons.
>Mottos were affixed to banners and badges alike. It was allowed to say
>anything, no matter how impolite or improper if it were done in Latin.
>Muslims were rare in the middle Ages.  All Muslim women belly-danced.
>Muslim
>men were short and spoke in a loud, nasal voice.  There is a widespread
>theory that Muslims were generally closet Jews with surnames like Friedman.
>Names were never duplicated.  No two people in Europe had the same name, or
>even the same coat of arms.  If a parent wanted to baptize his child John
>of
>Kent, and the local herald found an Earl of Kent who was called John, why
>they just sent the parents home from church, closed up the font and made an
>appointment for next week.  People generally had several first names, like
>"John Patrick Stephen Douglas of Skye", and when they joined households
>they
>added their household's names on.  When people got married, the woman would
>take the part of her husband's name she liked the best, and add it on to
>all
>of her names.  As a result, people in the middle Ages often had names like
>"Alicia Morgana du Val MacTaggard of House Flamingnose, the Wild Woods and
>the Smoky Rocks", don't ya know.
>Normans are English noblemen from France who hate Saxons.  It must be noted
>that Normans have upper-class English accents, rather than French accents.
>The word "Norman" comes from a French word meaning "fierce and
>independent",
>and all the Normans were descended from one Hrolf "Rollo" the Gangster, who
>became Duke of
>Normandy after being (or beating, the translation is not clear) the King of
>France twice.
>Obesity was common in the Middle Ages, especially among persons of rank and
>kingdom officers.  This was because they were all filling up on bread at
>feasts.  That and chocolate chip cookies. Obese people, like Muslims, often
>belly-danced.
>Officers were important people in the Middle Ages who wore baldrics of
>office, medallions of office and smug expressions.  The seneschal of a
>mediaeval kingdom was roughly analogous to the prime minister of modern
>Sweden:  more powerful than the King and occasionally apt to be
>assassinated
>on the way home at night.
>Oyez was what people shouted when they wanted to be heard over a din. This
>was especially done by Heralds, but an off-hand cry of "oyez" often tossed
>into an announcement if nobody was paying any attention.
>Paganism was the dominant organized religion in the middle Ages. Pagans
>worshipped a goddess instead of God and were very egalitarian and close to
>nature.  Christianity stole most of its creed and worship from the Pagans
>who had it all first. Everybody was really a pagan, except for Torquemada.
>But everyone else.  Even Henry II.
>Peasants were few in the middle ages, but they were fierce and independent,
>and always corrected people who mistook them for noblemen.  Like beggars,
>they had names like Fungus and Scum, and like beggars they were often
>ennobled.
>Populace was what the collective nobles of a mediaeval kingdom were called.
>They loved being called "The Populace", and they bowed all the time.
>Rangers were a sort of soldier first raised in British North America in
>1759.  They were especially known for fighting Florentine. They wore black
>felt hats and green-and-black Cords.
>Religion:  Except for a few priests, the people were too clever or too
>Pagan
>to be truly religious.
>Renaissance (a division of Late Period) was when everyone began wearing
>tights (men) and fancy dresses with hoops and corsets (women).  There was
>no
>Field Garb during the Renaissance.  People just wore early-period garb when
>it was hot or when they did something gross.  Women often dressed in men's
>clothing in hot weather.
>Romans were all pagan and all spoke with British accents.  Everyone hated
>the Romans.  Their primary contribution to culture was the Roman Salute,
>which consisted of thumping the breastplate with a fist, then giving the
>black-power salute.  They either wore a short tunica, a long toga or
>armour.
>They had leaves on their heads.
>Sages were people who knew everything about the mediaeval world because
>they
>had sat at High Table, and had read a book by Margaret Murray.  They were
>always right, and tended to be Kingdom Officers.
>Saints were really gods in disguise.  Everyone who was pretending to
>venerate saints was really worshipping pagan gods.  Saint Bridget, for
>instance, was really a goddess called Brigantia. Saint Patrick was really
>the Irish god of exterminators.  Saint Paul was really the patron deity of
>Thracian postmen.  Note that Paul in Greek is Paulos, and that rhymes with
>Apollos (and we all know what that proves).
>Samurai were fierce and independent people from Japan who never put their
>swords down.  Like Vikings, Samurai never dance.  Samurai wished that James
>Clavell had been born in the middle Ages.  The fiercest and most
>independent
>Samurai are called Ronin, and they were deuced proud of it.
>Saxons were fierce and independent Englishmen who spoke English and hated
>Normans.  They were essentially indistinguishable from Irishmen, except
>that
>they existed up until the Renaissance, whereas Irishmen stopped at the end
>of Early Period.
>Sciences were distinguished from arts by mediaeval scholars as follows:  If
>you can kill someone with it, it is a science.  This was always followed by
>a hearty laugh.  This is an unsuitable definition, since it is easy to
>strangle someone with embroidery floss, or to beat someone to death with a
>mandolin.  On the other hand, building a mandolin is a science.  Are
>mandolins period?
>Scotland, especially the Highlands, was heavily populated throughout the
>middle Ages, especially with people with thick Clydeside accents and belted
>plaids (which they called kilts) and kilts (which they also called kilts).
>Everyone there (and nowhere else) loved bagpipe music.  Scots danced
>Highland Dances a lot. Scots were fiercely independent, loyal to the King
>of
>Scots, and always had surnames beginning with 'Mac' as well as several
>first
>names.
>Shoes were long and pointed, and so nobody actually wore them.  They wore
>black cloth slippers, which they imported from China.  Or running shoes.
>When they fought they sometimes wore engineer boots or combat boots, but
>more generally wore sneakers.
>Songs were sung by Bards.  Songs did not change between 1200 and 1914, so
>any pre-WWI song is period.
>Taverns were bars in the middle Ages.  They were staffed by Wenches and
>everyone went to them, sometimes in disguise.  Thieves especially
>frequented
>taverns.  People in taverns often sang "Barrett's Privateers". Thieves
>admitted being thieves and belonged to guilds and observed the feast of St.
>Dismas, patron of thieves.  Nobody minded because there were no cops in the
>middle Ages.
>Tournaments were run according to elimination trees.  They lasted a few
>hours and were followed by Feasts.  They were occasionally followed by
>Dessert Revels instead, which forced everyone to eat out.  Tournaments were
>always on Saturdays, which was why Orthodox Jews were never knights.
>Twelfth Night was called such because it was held on the twelve successive
>Saturdays after the first of December.  It was always very dull, because
>there was no fighting.
>Underwear was just like modern underwear, except for two exceptions. Women
>who really needed to wear a brassiere never did, and Scotsmen never wore
>underwear at all (this was called being "regimental", from the Latin
>regima,
>which means "no shorts"). Even in the dead of winter.
>Unicorns were worshipped by everyone throughout the middle Ages.  The best
>analogy is the single, good-looking woman (or man) with intelligence and no
>history of mental disorder:  a mythical creature often sought but rarely
>found.  Not in the SCA anyway.
>Velcro did not exist in the middle Ages, but (like Spandex) if it had
>existed it would have been used widely.
>Vikings were Norsemen and all Norsemen were Vikings.  The term comes from
>the Swedish word "vik", which means "fierce and independent".  All of them
>wore fur and never danced.  They had a special fondness for earth tones,
>and
>hated bright colors and ornaments.  Vikings only existed in Early Period,
>after which Scandinavia was completely depopulated.  Vikings never bow to
>kings.  They occasionally give the Roman Salute (see Roman). Vikings were
>all pagan.
>Virginity, a quality that was restored to most ladies every 6 months or so.
>Waivers were required by all persons gathered to participate in any
>activity. No one is sure of the value of any of these things but it is
>certain that many people required more than a one of these.
>Wales was heavily populated in Early Period by fiercely independent bards
>called "Cymru", which means "fierce and independent".  In Wales nobody was
>anybody's master (It is not clear whether they were anarchists like the
>Vikings or utopian socialists like the Irish).  An exception was the
>English, and everyone hated them. Welsh people tended to have several
>hard-to-pronounce names.
>Wench:  an implement used to accomplish a task without using one's hands.
>One need not own a wench; one might borrow one from a neighbor and never
>return it.
>Whips, lashes, floggers and cat-o-nine tails were carried by a large
>percentage of the populace, but their use in legal structures is never
>noted. See Morality.
>Witches were Pagans and vice versa.  They were unjustly persecuted by the
>few available Christians who were just jealous.
>
>PROVISO:
>An important caveat to keep in mind while dealing with any of the above
>definitions is that any modern person is ten times better than any
>mediaeval
>person.  This means that any modern illuminator can paint better than the
>Limbourg brothers, any modern bagpiper can pipe like a MacCrimmon, that any
>modern poet can write better than any poxy mediaeval writer of chansons de
>geste.
>
>
>
>Nicholas S. Malone
>Information Systems Supervisor
>Virginia Department of Transportation
>Transportation and Mobility Planning Division
>1401 East Broad Street, Room 113
>Richmond, VA 23219
>P: 804.786.1124
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