2 8 25 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/5376704bc3382c8498cb965a54b1a1c6.JPG 1bf23bd18983fd5d963b9003e1979e73 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 640 Width 436 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed ‘in plain view’ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australia’s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australia’s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph; JPEG Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statue of St. George and the Dragon, State Library of Victoria Subject The topic of the resource bronze, Centennial International Exhibition, chivalric tradition, crusades, dragon, exhibition, Golden Legend, hagiography, international exhibition, Jacobus de Voragine, knight, legend, Melbourne, mythology, sculpture, Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890), spear, Speculum Historiale, St George, Saint George, St George and the Dragon sculpture, State Library of Victoria, statue, sword, Victoria, Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-1264) Description An account of the resource Image of the St George and the Dragon bronze statue at the entrance to the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. The statue is the work of Viennese-born sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. It was purchased by the State Library of Victoria for the sum of £1000 following the Centennial International Exhibition in 1888, and was installed at the entrance to the library in 1889. With the exception of some repositioning to accommodate Frémiet’s Jeanne d’Arc statue in 1907, this is where it still stands. The Boehm statue depicts St George, sitting astride his horse wearing a cape and a helmet bearing the distinctive St George cross, in the action of inflicting the dragon’s deathblow by means of a large spear. The legend of St George slaying the dragon is Eastern in origin. It is thought to have been brought back to England by crusaders and was popularised and incorporated into hagiographies of St George in the medieval period in works such as Vincent of Beauvais’ Speculum Historiale and Jacobus de Voragine’s Golden Legend (c.1260). As with most early Australian images of St George and the Dragon, the statue features the knight and dragon fused in combat, and there is no sign of the maiden who was being saved in the original tale. For more on the St George legend in Australia, see Andrew Lynch, “‘Thingless names’? The St George Legend in Australia”, The La Trobe Journal, vol.81, Autumn 2008, pp.40-52: http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lynch, Andrew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9 September 2004 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Photograph; JPEG bronze Centennial International Exhibition chivalric tradition Crusades dragon exhibition Golden Legend hagiography international exhibition Jacobus de Voragine knight legend Melbourne mythology Saint George sculpture Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890) spear Speculum Historiale St George St George and the Dragon sculpture State Library of Victoria statue sword Victoria Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-1264) https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/d4356edcb51374afbe111abf475a00c7.pdf 8ffe1b3144723449851d18a6255adaea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Article; Poem; PDF Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Viking Song Subject The topic of the resource Viking, vikings, poem, poetry, poet, poems, Adelaide, Freya, Thor, Norsemen, Odin, legend, legends, raid, The Register, SA, saga, ships, skald, South Australia Description An account of the resource A poem included in the ‘Poems and Rhymes’ section on page 4 of the Adelaide newspaper ‘The Register’ on August 31, 1918. The poem evokes the Norse gods Odin and Thor in its imagery of shipbuilding, specifically modern steel ships being built in Australia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anon. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Library of Australia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Register Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 31 August 1918 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Article; Poem; PDF Language A language of the resource English Adelaide Freya legend legends Norsemen Odin poem poems poet poetry raid SA saga ships skald South Australia The Register Thor viking vikings https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/ed3e43619ac78c915ad38e7fcfe0b947.pdf 30aa5ae8c7cb23b2f52261855c6449ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Poem; PDF Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘The Viking’ poem Subject The topic of the resource Viking, vikings, poem, poetry, poet, poems, Adelaide, Freya, J.A. Fort, Norsemen, Odin, legend, legends, raid, The Register, SA, saga, ships, skald, South Australia, The Spectator, Thor, Valhalla Description An account of the resource A poem by J.A. Fort published in the UK magazine The Spectator and reprinted on page 5 of the Adelaide newspaper The Register on September 25, 1926. The poem describes the attraction of going on a Viking raid by ship, including the knowledge that if you are killed you will go to Valhalla and meet Norse gods such as Odin, Thor and Freya, as skalds sing and tell sagas. The poem was presumably reprinted as it was considered of interest to the readers of the newspaper. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fort, J.A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Library of Australia; The Spectator Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Spectator; The Register Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 25 September, 1926 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Poem; Newspaper Article; PDF Language A language of the resource English Adelaide Freya J.A. Fort legend legends Norsemen Odin poem poems poet poetry raid SA saga ships skald South Australia The Register The Spectator Thor Valhalla viking vikings Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism in the Classroom Description An account of the resource This Collection traces the development of academic medievalism in Australia’s universities, and explores the discipline’s complex ideological affiliations. In this Collection you will find items relating to: the medievalist content of educational programmes, such as examples of university unit outlines; the teaching of the medieval through processes of medievalism, such as in demonstrations of medieval cooking or fighting techniques; and references to the medieval in modern educational debates and contexts. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/engl/engl2238" target="_blank">http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/engl/engl2238</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medieval in the Modern World Subject The topic of the resource Arthur, Arthurian, Beowulf, Jorge-Luis Borges, Robert Bresson, cinema, fantasy, mythology, myth, legend, legends, myths, films, film, Neil Gaiman, John Gardner, Guy Gavriel Kay, Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill, literature, Andrew Lynch, Monty Python, Perth, poetry, Randolph Stow, Alfred Tennyson, Mark Twain, UWA, university, universities, University of Western Australia, WA, Western Australia, Robert Zemeckis Description An account of the resource A second and third year undergraduate unit taught at The University of Western Australia. The unit was created by Andrew Lynch and features novels, poetry and film from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reinterpreted medieval literature and themes. Texts include Tennyson’s ‘The Passing of Arthur’, the film ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’, Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’, Gardner’s ‘Grendel’, the Zemeckis/Gaiman film ‘Beowulf’, poetry by Borges, Hill, and Heaney, Bresson’s ‘Lancelot du Lac’, and Gavriel Kay’s ‘A Song for Arbonne’. Of particular note is the inclusion of works by Australian authors: Kate Forsyth’s ‘Morgan of the Fay’, Maggie Hamilton’s ‘Merlin’, Juliet Mariller’s ‘Son of the Shadows’, ‘The Girl Green as Elderflower’ by Randolph Stow, and Jules Watson’s ‘The White Mare’. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lynch, Andrew Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The University of Western Australia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The University of Western Australia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 2009 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Andrew Lynch, the University of Western Australia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Link to UWA Undergraduate Handbook Language A language of the resource English Alfred Tennyson Andrew Lynch Arthur Arthurian Beowulf cinema fantasy film films Geoffrey Hill Guy Gavriel Kay John Gardner Jorge-Luis Borges legend legends literature Mark Twain Monty Python myth mythology myths Neil Gaiman Perth poetry Randolph Stow Robert Bresson Robert Zemeckis Seamus Heaney universities university University of Western Australia UWA WA Western Australia https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/5387244df91ddc650f29d8b7e6f9c756.pdf a745646ebb437c132b71223b0fabc082 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Streets Description An account of the resource This Collection analyses popular medievalism in material and public culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on popular medievalist theatre, parades and public spectacles, as well as recreational, literary and political associations. It explores the ways in which medievalism was not simply derivative but also local and disctinctive. In this Collection you will find items relating to medievalism in public contexts and popular culture, and the revisitation or reenactment of the Middle Ages by groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data PDF; Digitised Newspaper Article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rescue of an Austrian Nazi: Medieval Incident Re-enacted Subject The topic of the resource anthem, Austria, Blondel, capture, cell, chivalry, chivalric legend, confinement, deception, dupe, Dürnstein Castle, Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204), escape, folklore, Franz Hofer (1902-1975), imprisonment, legend, Leopold V of Austria (1157-1194), medieval folklore, minstrel, Nazi, page, prison, ransom, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard I (1157-1199), Richard the Lionheart, ruse, song, Third Crusade (1189-1192), troubadour, Tunsbruck gaol Description An account of the resource In this report from Munich in 1933, an ‘amusing story’ about the escape of Nazi leader Franz Hofer from an Austrian prison is recounted for WA readers. Not long before his escape in August 1933, Hofer said, he heard one of the Austrian warders singing the Nazi anthem with the additional line “Bondage will only last a short time now”. This he correctly interpreted as a sign that he would soon be rescued. The article likens the incident to a legend concerning the imprisonment of Richard the Lionheart in the twelfth century. In 1192, Richard I of England was captured by Leopold V of Austria on his return from the Third Crusade. He was held for a significant ransom, which Richard’s mother - Eleanor of Aquitaine - raised. Richard was eventually released and returned to England in 1194. A popular chivalric legend emerged that a faithful troubadour named Blondel travelled from castle to castle after Richard was captured singing a song that would be recognisable only to him, in order to discover the place of Richard’s imprisonment. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anon. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Library of Australia <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33326172" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33326172</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The West Australian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9 October 1933, p. 9. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The West Australian Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Newspaper Article; PDF Language A language of the resource English anthem Austria Blondel capture cell chivalric legend chivalry confinement Dürnstein Castle deception dupe Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204) escape folklore Franz Hofer (1902-1975) imprisonment legend Leopold V of Austria (1157-1194) medieval folklore minstrel Nazi page prison ransom Richard Coeur de Lion Richard I (1157-1199) Richard the Lionheart ruse song Third Crusade (1189-1192) troubadour Tunsbruck gaol https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/673ec6a47fbeb84cac550c72a7bbfb8b.jpg f4d32a80d1fbab1e3c2899c876f4263b Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 691 IPTC Array a:1:{s:7:"caption";s:31:" ";} IPTC String caption: Width 922 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed ‘in plain view’ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australia’s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australia’s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph; JPEG Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St George Statue, St George’s Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia. Subject The topic of the resource Anglican, Anglicanism, Anglican Cathedral, cathedral, religion, religious, carving, Cathedral, chivalric tradition, dragon, hagiography, knight, knights, knighthood, legend, myth, mythology, Oberammergau, Perth, saint, saints, Saint George, St. George, dragon, St George, St George and the Dragon, St George’s Cathedral, statute, WA, Western Australia, Christian, Christianity Description An account of the resource Images of the St George woodcarved statue in St George&rsquo;s Cathedral, Western Australia. The statue was purchased from Oberammergau in 1970. Oberammergau is a town in Bavaria known for its woodcarvers and, perhaps more famously, it&rsquo;s production of a passion play. The legend of St George slaying the dragon is Eastern in origin. It is thought to have been brought back to England by crusaders, where it was incorporated into the chivalric tradition. For more on the St George legend in Australia, see Andrew Lynch, &ldquo;&lsquo;Thingless names&rsquo;? The St George Legend in Australia&rdquo;, The La Trobe Journal, vol.81, Autumn 2008, pp.40-52: <a href="http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html" target="_blank">http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html</a>). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lynch, Andrew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12 March 2008 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Photographed with permission of the Dean, St George's Cathedral Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Photograph; JPEG Anglican Anglican Cathedral Anglicanism carving Cathedral chivalric tradition Christian Christianity dragon hagiography knight knighthood knights legend myth mythology Oberammergau Perth religion religious saint Saint George saints St George St George and the Dragon St George’s Cathedral St. George statute WA Western Australia https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/7e1d167f11e9c02204f54ce325f149f4.jpg 68f56e98abf9acc71e15b9cb378c5704 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 700 Width 467 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed ‘in plain view’ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australia’s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australia’s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph; JPEG Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statue of St George, St George’s Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia. Subject The topic of the resource Anglican, Anglicanism, Anglican Cathedral, cathedral, Christian, Christianity, religion, religious, carving, Cathedral, chivalric tradition, dragon, hagiography, knight, legend, myth, mythology, Oberammergau, Perth, saint, saints, St George, Saint George, St. George, St George and the Dragon, St George’s Cathedral, statute, WA, Western Australia Description An account of the resource Images of the St George woodcarved statue in St George&rsquo;s Cathedral, Western Australia. The statue was purchased from Oberammergau in 1970. Oberammergau is a town in Bavaria known for its woodcarvers and, perhaps more famously, it&rsquo;s production of a passion play. The legend of St George slaying the dragon is Eastern in origin. It is thought to have been brought back to England by crusaders, where it was incorporated into the chivalric tradition. For more on the St George legend in Australia, see Andrew Lynch, &ldquo;&lsquo;Thingless names&rsquo;? The St George Legend in Australia&rdquo;, The La Trobe Journal, vol.81, Autumn 2008, pp.40-52: <a href="http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html" target="_blank">http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html</a>). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lynch, Andrew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12 March 2008 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Photographed with permission of the Dean, St George’s Cathedral Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Photograph; JPEG Anglican Anglican Cathedral Anglicanism carving Cathedral chivalric tradition Christian Christianity dragon hagiography knight legend myth mythology Oberammergau Perth religion religious saint Saint George saints St George St George and the Dragon St George’s Cathedral St. George statute WA Western Australia https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/711c410eb6bf180a60cb872c9ba54e48.jpg e4bc4f754bdb2ede912db0a7164e9015 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 804 Width 354 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Photograph; JPEG Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gandalf at the Perth Medieval Fayre Subject The topic of the resource Arthurian legend, legend, Arthur, Arthurian, Costume, fantasy fiction, Gandalf, J. R. R. Tolkien, Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, medievalism, Merlin, Norse mythology, Norse, mythology, myth, Perth, Perth Medieval Fayre, Peter Jackson, power, re-creation, recreation, popular culture, sage, Sir Ian McKellen, Western Australia, wisdom, wizard, wizards, wizardry Description An account of the resource A member of the public dressed as the iconic wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings at the Perth Medieval Fayre. Like the Merlin figure in Arthurian legend, the character of Gandalf is a sage. He harbours power through wisdom and knowledge. The name ‘Gandalf’ was taken from Norse mythology. In Peter Jackson’s 2001-2003 screen adaptation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gandalf was played by Sir Ian McKellen. The Perth Medieval Fayre is organised and run by the Western Australian Medieval Alliance. In 2011 it was held at Supreme Court Gardens on 19 March. Enthusiasts and vendors showcased a range of medieval arts and crafts, from dancing, calligraphy and lace-making to demonstrations of the techniques, weaponry and apparel of medieval combat. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McEwan, Joanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19 March 2011 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Photograph; JPEG Arthur Arthurian Arthurian legend costume fantasy fiction Gandalf J. R. R. Tolkien legend Lord of the Rings medievalism Merlin myth mythology Norse Norse mythology Perth Perth Medieval Fayre Peter Jackson popular culture power re-creation recreation sage Sir Ian McKellen Tolkien Western Australia wisdom wizard wizardry wizards