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Baroness Jervisa Wainwright, OP, CDH, CE, CW is an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and a member of House Ironwolf* and is a very talented artist, an extremely gifted and generous scribe, a fiber artisan and seamstress, a teacher, and a friend.
Persona: Jervisa is a Danish name, however, her persona developed as a Tudor era (c. 1535) German lady who married a successful English wagon maker, hence the surname Wainwright.
She later learned that her actual ancestry was from the Jutland area of Denmark and became interested in Viking history and arts. Jervisa now often presents herself as a Danish woman.
current area of research
current area of research
Six (6) Viking Age Art Styles
Oseberg (c. 775/800 - 875 CE, Norway)
Borre (c. 850 - 975 CE, Sweden)
Jelling (c. 900 - 975 CE, Denmark)
Mammen (c. 960s - 1000/1025 CE, Denmark)
Ringerike (c. 990 -1050 CE, Denmark)
Urnes (c. 1050 - 1125 CE, Norway)
A Pelican in Her Piety
Mammen Era Style Art - Designed by Jervisa
Based on the Arms of the Order of the Pelican
Horse and Wolf Mirrored
Mammen Era Style Art - Designed by Jervisa
More artforms to come - Currently being created!
Clay Spindle Whorls
Another ongoing project is clay drop spindle weights. Evidence of these is from Birka and Gotland archeology finds. She has already made one, but wants to make several more to compare fired vs not fired and see if it changes the way they function relative to the fibers being used.
Clay Spinning Whorl
Made by Jervisa
sca service & recognitions
sca service & recognitions
1988
February 13th: first Award of Arms under the name of Jarvia Halfida Wainwright
1993
January 9th: Barony of Andelcrag Companion of the Salient Hart (Arts Award)
January 16th: Award of Arms
June 8th: became student to Mistress Dulcinea Maria Magdalena von Muhlberg y Aguilar (Order of the Laurel)
June 26th: Order of the Willow
1994
February 12: became a Calligraphy & Illumination Apprentice to Mistress Dulcinea
1995 July - 1999 April
Served as the Pentamere Regional Signet
1996 Jan - 1997 June
Held the office of Seneschal for the Barony of Andelcrag
1996
February 10th: Purple Fret
July 20th: Dragon's Heart
1999
October 30th: Put on Vigil for Order of the Pelican
2000
February 12th: Order of the Pelican
2001
March 25th: Order of the Evergreen
2012 July - 2014 June
Held the office of Seneschal for Canton of Three Hills
2017
September 23rd: Augmentation of Arms (A Quill Or - a gold feather pen)
(The reign of King William and Queen Isolde was an incredibly busy one for a great many of the Middle Kingdom scribes as Their Majesties attempted to clear a backlog of awards caused by a technology glitch. Mistress Jervisa was among those scribes who served extensively in this endeavor.)
2018
February 10th: Award of the Purple Fret (Twenty-two years to the day after the first Purple Fret)
2023
January 7th: Baroness of the Court (for her continued work in the Arts and Sciences and continued service to the Midrealm)
Jervisa became the first House Ironwolf A&S Champion in 2018 and has succeeded in capturing that honor three years running (excluding the shutdown years from 2020-2022). In 2024 Jervisa was named the House Ironwolf Service Champion.
The SCA is a non-profit 501c(3) educational organization that re-creates the best of the Middle Ages. For more information or to find a group near you click on the link above. Jervisa resides in the Middle Kingdom (Midrealm) in the Barony of Andelcrag, she is also an adopted member of the Barony of North Woods.
*House Ironwolf is the household of Sir Osric Eisenwulf who became a knight of the SCA in 1993. Households are unofficial subgroups within the SCA and may be designated by various titles such as House, Clan, Family, Company or other such group descriptives. A typical SCA household consists of a leader / head / founder and their followers. There is no size limit to a houshold and households form for any number of reasons, including but not limited to: fighting units, mutual interests, geography, friendships, and even SCA-lotics (politics within the SCA).
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