Aspasia Bevilacqua

Photo December 2022, AS XLI Information Resides: Hartwood Date Started: 2005 OP Entry: [An Tir OP] Offices: Chief Scribe Device Intreccia la fiducia con la verità. Azure, a rabbit salient and an owl respectant Or, on a chief dovetailed argent a stick shuttle threaded gules. Badges Perched upon the back of a coney courant azure, an owl contourny Or A stick shuttle fesswise reversed gules threaded argent Persona Background My name is Maestra Aspasia Bevilacqua and this is my story. My father, Nicolas Antonopoulos married Sofia Marfisa and brought her to Cyprus in the early 1400’s. He made a name for himself, plying the seas to bring, at first, supplies, and eventually luxuries such as spices and cloth. He was known to made a good bargain but never cheated. I was born in the month of June in the year of 1440 in the city of Nicosia, the place of the Lusignan dynasty. My mother made sure that I was schooled in the arts of running a household. I became an accomplished weaver of linen. My father loved me very much and spared no expense to make sure that I was educated, believing that I should be able to work alongside any husband that he chose. In the year 1460, he found just that. Marco Bevilacqua, a merchant of the Venetian family of fine velvet cloth, was a good match for our families. The Bevilacqua family had property and dealings with Firenze and so Marco and I moved there and Marco became a Rigattieri. I produced two healthy daughters and a son. Our son has joined the Bevilacqua family in Venezia, weaving velvet. We continue to create and sell our wares. I weave for the people near me while my husband is well respected and has worked on many inventories. Aspasia of the Known World I am a member of the Embellisher's Guild as a Journeyman, working on my Craftsman. I am interested in spinning, weaving, dyeing with natural dyes, cooking, sewing, illumination and calligraphy, and archery. Former Apprentice to Tangwystl d'Courci now a Laurel. Offices I was the Chief Scribe for my branch, as of Feb 2019 to Yule 2022. Services beyond Office Event Steward: Champions Favour E-Vent 2020 Event Steward: Medieval Market Day Demo 2022 Event Steward: Mid Summer's Champions 2022 Event Steward: Medieval Fall Fair and Demo, Sept 2023 Feast Chef: Daffodil 2023 Facilitator: Historic Arts Workshop; a mostly weekly A&S gathering Event co steward: Court d'Argent, November 2023 Event Co Steward: Medieval Fall Faire and Demo, Sept 2024 Event Steward: Hartwood Revel, November 2024 Event Steward: Medieval Fall Faire and Demo 2025 Feast co ordinator: Hartwood Spring TUTR, Feb 2025 Personal Growth Atheneaum, From Fibre to Cloth 2021; an online event. Kingdom A&S Feb. 2023; From Fleece to Gown, The Making of A late 15th C Gamurra Spinning and weaving linen into cloth Recognitions Award of Arms, Christian and Heléne, Hartwood Yule, Nov 25, 2017 (AS LII) Swan Tag, Hartwood Yule, Nov 25, 2017 (AS LII) Scribal Favour, Vikingr and Lishinia, February Investiture, Feb 17, 2017 (AS LII) Sable Hound, Hartwood Yule, Nov 24, 2018 (AS LIII) Rock, Edward and Lucy of Seagirt Seagirt Yule, Dec 1, 2018 (AS LIII) Scribal Favour, Kjartan and Sha'ya, July Coronation, Jul 20, 2019 (AS LIV) Raven Tag, Hartwood Champions, Aug 17, 2019 (AS LIV) L'Etoile d'Argent, Kheron V and Kenna the III, Hartwood Yule, Nov 23, 2019 (AS LIV) Exemplar, Hartwood Yule, Nov 23, 2019 (AS LIV) Baron & Baroness's Favor Seagirt, Edward Holgrove, Lucy Holgrove May 18, 2021 (AS LVI) Jambe de Lion , Sven Fallgr Gunnarsson, Rauokinn Eyverska Starradottir Feb 19, 2022 (AS LVI) Bountiful Hand ,Sven Fallgr Gunnarsson, Rauokinn Eyverska Starradottir Feb 19, 2022 (AS LVI) Rock, Wulfgar Bradax, Melyes Aniko Seagirt Jul 23, 2022 (AS LVII) Pillar, Stein and Gemma, August 26, 2022 (AS LVII) Goutte de Sang, Octamasades Skuthikos, Achaxe Ek Auchatae, August 26, 2022 (AS LVII) Cornucopia Saif ibn Owain, Alessandra Luciana Giancomo Dec 3, 2022 (AS LVII) Scholar of An Tir Athanasios Belisarios, Alianora Greymoor Feb 25, 2023 (AS LVII) Beacon of Insula Magna Wulfgar Bradax, Melyes Aniko Mar 18, 2023 (AS LVII) Silver Wing Arkill MacMillan, Bernadette Ebhilín Árd Jul 22, 2023 (AS LVIII) Sable Scrivener Ulfgar Hjartar Bani Thorvaldsson, Juahara al Azin Feb 17, 2024 (AS LVIII) Laurel Ulfgar Hjartar Bani Thorvaldsson, Juahara al Azin Feb 17, 2024 (AS LVIII) Baronial Favour Wulfgar Bradax, Melyes Aniko July 27, 2024 (AS LVIII)