Taawi Suomainen
Curriculum Vitae

Honors

Order of the Laurel (OL), 5/3/75 (X), Paul and Carol of Bellatrix, West
Order of the Pelican (OP), 9/7/79 (XIV), Radnor and Shannon-Morgan, West
Order of the Leaf of Merit (OLM), 4/20/74 (VIII), Andrew and Salome, West
Award of Arms, 1/5/74 (VIII), Andrew and Salome, West
Order of the Golden Trident (OGT), 12/21/73 (VIII), Talanque and Rowan-Lynn, Calafia
Order of the Tower (OTD), 6/4/76 (XI), Wäldt and Alison von Markheim, Dreiburgen

Arms and Badges

My current arms:  Ermine, a lion passant guardant between three battle axes Sable.
Device registered March 1985.  The name "Däwyd Suomalainen von Markheim" was changed to "Yrjö Kirjawiisas" April 1981.

My former arms, no longer used or registered:  Ermine, a bend sinister Or, overall a battle axe Sable.

Domus Aurelius/House Beltane:  Sable, scaly Or.
"Domus Aureli" name and badge registered March 1975.  "House Beltane" name registered and badge transferred March 1981.

Shu Gerh:  Vert, an Egyptian phoenix counterstatant proper (Ardea purpurea) between three ankhs Or.
Alternate persona and badge registered May 1980.

The Lion's Library:  Per pale Sable and Or, a vair bell throughout counterchanged.
Badge registered March 1981.

Order of the Elephant:  Sable, an elephant statant bearing on its back a tower Or.
Registered June 1980; transferred to Kingdom of the West November 1980.

Households

House Markheim, 1972 to present
House Beltane, 1981 to present

Offices

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Calafia
Marshall (Calafia, Dreiburgen, West)
Assistant Master of the Sciences, Calafia
Master of the Sciences, Calafia
Master of the Sciences, Dreiburgen
Master of the Sciences, Caid
Librarian of the Sciences, SCA
Librarian of the SCA
Lion Librarian
Poet to the Prince of Caid
Assistant Seneschal, Dreiburgen
Sergeant of the Baronial Guard, Calafia
Pursuivant, Calafia
Order of Precedence pursuivant, Caid
Pheon Pursuivant, Dreiburgen
Golden Gate Pursuivant, St. Andrew
Herald at large, West
Staff herald, Laurel King of Arms, SCA
Guildmaster, Order of the Elephant, West

Personae and Names

Sos Karth of Aatu of Can — original parallel-world persona
Ioseph of Didiacus
Shu Gerh — Egyptian, 18th Dynasty
Taawi Suomainen — Finnish, 12th Century.  Variously known as David von Markheim, David the Finn, and Yrjö Kirjawiisas, all names for the same person(a)

Papers and Publications

Poems and songs about the SCA:

• See the SCA section of my poems.  (If I list them here, the list would get out of date the first time I wrote a poem and forgot to add it to this list.)  There are also poems and songs inspired by my being in the SCA, but not directly about the organization; for example, The Shield.

Stories and novels about the SCA:

• Hired Gun (Not written yet)
• The Last-Minute Queen, a complete novel.
• Seneschal without a Clue (Not written yet)
• Romulus and Iulianna (Not written yet)

• The SCA (or rather, the SGU) also appears in one scene of "Werewolves Are Bunk."

• See also "Taddeusz and the Magic Fish: A fractured fairy tale."  Set in the Middle Ages, it's a story we used to tell live at tournaments.

Papers for the Lion's Library:

• A.  "Index to Papers Available from the Lion's Library"
  B.  "Handbook of the Lion's Library"
  C.  "Books of Interest"
  G.  "Index of All Items in the Data Base of the Lion's Library"
  21.  "Armor for the Tourney"
  23.  "Bibliography for Heraldry"
  24.  "Catching Up"
  25.  "A Chronological List of the Popes"
  27.  "Classical and Medieval Latin"
  28.  "De Orbe Annorum"
  29.  "Discoveries About Swords"
  30.  "Further Latin Bibliography"
  32.  "Index to Scientific American, January 1957 to February 1981"
  33.  "Index to Tournaments Illuminated, #1 to #38"
  34.  "The Kite in the Current Middle Ages"
  35.  "Latin Names"
  36.  "The Origin of the Rosary"
  37.  "Papelonne"
  38.  "Pavilions for House Markheim"
  39.  "Percussion Flaking"
  40.  "Prehistoric Finland"
  41.  "Report on a Damaged Sword"
  42.  "Runic Alphabets"
  43.  "SCA Branches: June XVII"
  44.  "Tempest in a Teacup"
  45.  "Tempus Clamando"
  46.  "Tourney Axes"
  47.  "Tourney Maces"
  125.  "Some Modified Uncial Hands"
  132.  "A Badge for the Library"
  154.  "Further Heraldic Bibliography"
  176.  "Chronicles Index to T.I., #39 to 43"
  220.  "Indexing Magazines for the Lion's Library"
  221.  "Reviewing Books for the Lion's Library"
  247.  "Index to Elf Hill Times, #1 to #8"
  248.  "Index to Scientiae Dracones, #1 to #8"
  266.  "Current Computer Programs of the Lion's Library"
  274.  "Simple Rules for Medieval Chess"
  284.  "Songs of Love and Praise"
  335.  "Arts and Sciences in the SCA"
  336.  "Index to Kudzu Wreath"
  337.  "Index to Tournaments Illuminated, #39 to #56"
  390.  "Charter of the Guild of the Elephant"
  619.  "Death in the SCA"
  633.  "Comments on Thorgeirr Gunnarsson's 'A Chess Primer'"
  634.  "A Computer Data Base for Awards"
  635.  "Figuring Dimensions for Byzantine Chess Boards"
  636.  "Getting It Right: The SCA and Medieval Heraldry"
  714.  "Complementary Nature of the Elephant and the Knight"
  715.  "The KSM Live Chess Game"
  716.  "People, Not Places!"
  823.  "An Index to Chess Pieces before the 17th Century"
  919.  "Index to From the Skin Out"
  974.  "The Mujannah in Medieval Chess, Especially When Used by Both Sides"

Articles in Tournaments Illuminated:

• "Tempus Clamando" (#31, Summer 1974) [LL 45]
• "The Kite in the Current Middle Ages" (#36, Fall 1975) [LL 34]
• "Latin Names" (also in #36, Fall 1975) [LL 35]
• "Italian Lace of the Middle Ages" (with Faye of ye Farther Glenne) (#44, Fall 1977)
• "The Origin of the Rosary" (#45, Winter 1977) [LL 36]

Second Bienniel Ysgithrian Heraldic Symposium,
January 30 to February 1, 1976,
Barony of Tir Ysgithr (Tucson, Arizona)

• "Papelonne" [LL 37]
• "A Bibliography for Heraldry" [LL 23 and 154 combined]

Caerthan Heraldic Symposium,
August 29 to 31, 1981,
Barony of Caerthe (Denver, Colorado)

• "A Computer Data Base for Awards" [LL 634]
• "Getting It Right: New Directions in SCA Armory" [LL 636]

Kirjasto
I edited and published Kirjasto (which means "library" in Finnish), the magazine of The Lion's Library.

• Kirjasto #1, June 1982
• Kirjasto #2, September 1982
• Kirjasto #3, December 1982
• Kirjasto #4, March 1983
• Kirjasto #5, June 1983
• Kirjasto #6, September 1983
• Kirjasto #7, December 1983
• Kirjasto #8, March 1984

The Elf Hill Times
I also edited and published one issue of The Elf Hill Times for the Alfarhaugr Society.

Branches

I joined the SCA in Calafia, A.S. VI
Barony of Calafia, 1970-1973?
Barony of Dreiburgen, 1973?
Shire of Silvae Magnae, 1974?
Baronies of Calafia and Dreiburgen, 1974?-1976
Santa Rosa, California (not yet the Shire of Wolfscairn), 1976
Province of St. Andrew/Shire of Alia, 1977-1982?
Principality of the Mists (Union City), 1983
Province of Southern Shores, 1984-1992
Barony of Adiantum, 1993-1998
Barony of Calafia, 1999-2000
Stronghold of Warriors Gate, 2000
Barony of Calafia, 2000-present