nikkiverse.net

Insert standard blather about self, universe, and everything.

After a year or two of owning this domain, I'm finally moving in. I'm an amateur medievalist and onomasticist, or naming practices scholar.

Projects in Progress

An article on primary sources, and how SCA members and other re-enactors/living history folk can find them and use them
A series of short biographical articles on important figures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, based on a survey of the knowledge of the members of my local barony
An article on the armory in King René's Tournament Book (This link has the text and a translation, but not the actual illustrations.)
An analysis of the names in a 1541 lay subsidy of London
An analysis of the names in the papers of the London Masters of Defense
An analysis of the naming and gifting practices as reflected in the wardrobe and privy purse accounts of Edward IV and Elizabeth of York
Some reviews of various brands of gummy bears

Future Projects

A survey of armorial styles from different cultures and time periods
Felting experiments

Other Studies

I'm currently studying the costume of the 16th century, with a focus on the clothing of non-noble English women. This probably won't turn into an article, although I do feel there is a knowledge gap in this area.

I'm constantly working to increase my knowledge of medieval heraldic practices and medieval documents, particularly those granting arms, land, or privileges.

I have a casual curiosity about fairy tales, particularly as modern authors continue to tell old and new ones.

Subsidize Me

I have an Amazon wishlist — who doesn't? If someone were to buy me stuff from it out of nowhere, well, I'd be tickled. :) It's also a good way for you to get an idea of the sort of media that interests me, if you want to know that sort of thing.

E-mail

I can be reached at ws (at) nikkiverse (dot) net. You know what to do.

3 April 2005