Ulveflokk
Celtic, clan, combat, cooking, craft, Elizabeth (Hlif), Gall-Ghà idheil, Galloway Bay, games, The Happy Viking, Hiberno-Norse, logo, Maleny, Norse, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, ring-knot, Scotland, trade, Viking, Ulf, Ulveflokk, website.
Ulveflokk are a Viking re-enactment group based in Maleny, Queensland. It was established by Elizabeth (Hlif) of The Happy Viking store and Ulf. The group concentrate on the period 800-1100 and the interaction between Norse/Viking and Scottish Celtic culture in Galloway Bay (Galloway derives its name from the Gall-Ghàidheil or foreign(Norse)-Gaels) which led to a hybrid culture often referred to as Hiberno-Norse. The group, or clan, re-create all aspects of daily life, including craft, cooking, trade, combat, and games. Ulveflokk is Norwegian for ‘wolf-pack’. Their logo features the heads of two wolfs joined by a Norse-style ring-knot. Information is available at http://ulveflokkvikings.webs.com and http://thehappyviking.com.au/2012/07/19/viking-re-enactment-ulveflokk/
Ulveflokk
2012
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The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age
Braid, Celtic, craft, Elizabeth (Hlif), The Happy Viking, The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age, jewellery, leatherwork, Maleny, pottery, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, store, Sweden, Valsgärde, Viking, weaving, website.
<p>The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age is an online store which opened in 2012. It is owned by Elizabeth (Hlif), a re-enactor from Maleny, Queensland. The hand-made Australian products include leatherwork, pottery, jewellery, weaving, braiding, and cards. All of the products feature medieval-inspired motifs, including Viking ring-knot motifs,Celtic spirals and crosses, and images derived from medieval artefacts, such as the eighth-century helmet from Valsgärde, Sweden. The range includes both medieval – braids, knife sheaf, pouches – and modern – laptop and mobile phone cases – products.</p>
<p>The page also includes information on re-enactment and and Viking-related facts and stories.</p>
<p>The store is available at http://thehappyviking.com.au/</p>
Elizabeth (Hlif)
2012
Elizabeth (Hlif), The Happy Viking
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St Luke’s Church interior, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, George Arthur, Bothwell, Celtic, Celtic cross, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, pointed arch, Presbyterian, St Luke’s Church, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, Uniting Church.
<p>St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government under the direction of Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854), St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians, before the Anglicans built their own church in 1891. It is now a Uniting Church. It was designed in 1828 by John Lee Archer (1791-1852) and was opened in 1830. Apparently the building was supposed to have Romanesque semi-circular windows but George Arthur directed Archer to change them to the pointed Gothic style as he considered rounded windows unchristian (!). The simple interior of the church shows these Gothic windows, consisting of two lancet windows parallel and more recent stained glass. Some of the stained glass feature ring-headed ‘Celtic’ crosses that originated during the early medieval period in Ireland. The design is more commonly found in Catholic churches but such stylistic barriers between the denominations are now less common.</p>
<p>For the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146</a></p>
<p>For the Celtic heads see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147</a></p>
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McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
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St Luke’s Church ‘Celtic’ heads, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, George Arthur, Bothwell, Celtic, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Daniel Herbert, parapet, pointed arch, Presbyterian, sculpture, St Luke’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, Uniting Church.
<p>St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government under the direction of Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854), St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians, before the Anglicans built their own church in 1891. It is now a Uniting Church. It was designed in 1828 by John Lee Archer (1791-1852) and was opened in 1830. The pointed arch molding around the doorway ends in two heads reputedly carved by the convict sculptor Daniel Herbert (1802-1868). The heads possibly depict a Celtic god and goddess.</p>
<p>For the church exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
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Celtic Blood, James John Loftus
Advertisement, Anglo-Norman, Celtic, Celtic Blood, Highlanders, knights, literature, James John Loftus, MacBeth, novel, Scotland, William Shakespeare, witchcraft.
<p><em>Celtic Blood</em> is the debut novel by Australian author James John Loftus, published in July, 2011. The novel is set in 13<sup>th</sup> century Scotland and the conflict between Anglo-Norman-influenced royal knights living in the lowlands, and independent Highlanders. Witchcraft and the powers behind the powerful are sub-themes of the plot. The novel was in part inspired by William Shakespeare’s play set during Scotland’s medieval period, MacBeth.</p>
<p>For an advertisement for the novel see <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://youtu.be/ggy-p6VtPrs" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/ggy-p6VtPrs</a></span></p>
Loftus, James John
July 28, 2011
James John Loftus
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‘Celtic’ Cross, Longford, Tasmania
James Appleyard, Celtic, Celtic cross, Christ Church, churchyard, Longford, memorial, Tas, Tasmania.
This memorial cross can be found in the churchyard of Christ Church in Longford. It is a ring-headed ‘Celtic’ style cross. The 1899 cross commemorates James Appleyard who designed the churchyard and planted its trees. Free-standing ring-headed high crosses were common in medieval Ireland, and also occur in Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, and northern England, primarily between the 8th and 12th centuries before the style became popular again in the 19th century. For Christ Church, Longford, see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1027">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1027</a>
McLeod, Shane
August 31, 2012
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‘The bride wore… a sword’
Celtic, costume, Hobart, Hannah Martin, Medievalist wedding, The Mercury, newspaper, Port Arthur, re-enactment, SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism, sword, Tas, Tasmania, The bride wore… a sword, torc, wedding.
<p>The article ‘The bride wore… a sword’ by reporter Hannah Martin appeared in the online version of the Tasmanian newspaper The Mercury. The article reports on a medieval ‘Celtic’-style wedding of two members of the Society of Creative Anachronism. The Hobart couple were married at Port Arthur wearing specially made medieval costumes and brandishing a sword each. The also wore torcs, or neck-rings, an item occasionally found in the medieval period but more common earlier. Many of the guests also wore medieval costumes.</p>
<p>For the article, including photographs, see <a href="http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/06/17/337741_tasmania-news.html">http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/06/17/337741_tasmania-news.html</a></p>
Martin, Hannah
The Mercury
The Mercury
June 17, 2012
The Mercury, Hannah Martin
‘Heraldic’ domestic pattern window, Front entrance, Longerenong homestead, Longerenong, Victoria
Celtic, Ferguson & Urie, floral grid pattern, flowers, harp, heraldry, John Lyon, Longerenong homestead, medieval design, Samuel Wilson, Stained glass, Victoria, VIC, window
This ‘heraldic’ pattern transom hangs over the doorway at Longerenong homestead in Victoria. Central to the design is a golden Celtic harp on blue shield (c. 13th century) representing owner Samuel Wilson’s Irish roots. This is flanked by his initials (S W), and the year (AD 1862). A ‘diapered’ medieval floral grid pattern dominates the background, and alternate blue and white flowers attached to golden stems and leaves, occupy the red outer borders. Beverley Sherry points out that, “The nineteenth-century pioneers of Victoria’s pastoral districts had a strong sense of family pride and this was [often] expressed in stained glass†(Australia’s Historic Stained Glass, Sydney, Murray Child, 1991, p.37). The colourful ‘Longerenong’ window provides an excellent example of such expression.
Lewis, Miles (digital image)
2009 - 2011
© Miles Lewis and University of Melbourne
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