Sigga kausi Geiradotter

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Full Name and Style: Lady Sigga kausi Geiradotter

Branch: the Shire of Midhaven

Persona

(1) Previous to assuming her current identity, Lady Sigga had gone by the name of Fatima al-Zahra bint Khalid.
(2) Sigga kausi (meaning “kitten”) Geiradotter.

Interests

  • Fiber-craft: embroidery, blackwork, sewing, spinning, dying, weaving, silk painting and banner making
  • Scribal arts: calligraphy, illumination, cartography, and scholarly pursuits, as well as writing poetry, songs, and folk tales
  • Plant-lore: herbs, incense, and gardening
  • Archery
  • Repoussé
  • Heraldry: specifically book heraldry
  • Pottery: though this is has been an interest for some time, she has yet to dabble in this art

Awards

Order of the Snapdragon, Barony of Dragons Laire, 3 June 2006
Award of Arms, Kingdom of An Tir, 16 July 2006

Affiliations

- Student to Lord Michael FitzGeoffrey, GdS, 26 February 2014-(current)

Positions Held

- Deputy Herald to the Midhaven Pursuivant, 14 August 2013-(current)
- Chronicler, Shire of Midhaven, 2013-(current)

Heraldry

Lady Sigga is preparing to submit her name, a device, and a badge for registration. The proposed blazon for the device is: Per bend sinister sable and argent goutty de larmes, an open book argent, scribed with the words QUAERE SCIENTIA sable. The proposed blazon for the badge is: (Fieldless) Three cats courant reguardant conjoined in annulo vorant of their own tails sable.