From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V1 #69 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Wednesday, February 18 1998 Volume 01 : Number 069 In this issue: Re: [scribes]: Scribal Signatures -Reply Re: [scribes]: Re: Re: How to critique Re: [scribes]: Scribal Signatures -Reply Re: [scribes]: Scribal Signatures -Reply Re: [scribes]: Sketch Books (was Critique) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 08:38:26 -0800 From: "Carolyn Richardson" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Scribal Signatures -Reply >>I like the extent of the information you include for your scrolls. I remember seeing one scribe here in the Middle Kingdom had a special rubber stamp created, about 3x4 inches, with the information that wouldn't change (like her name and address) and blanks for the other info, and stamped it on the back of each of the scrolls she did. I thought it was a marvelous idea for someone who did alot of scrolls.<< I similarly use a rubber stamp on the back of my scrolls. I also sign them on the front using one of the various latin phrases, but the stamp is my "certificate of authenticity" so to speak. I designed it years ago when my ex-boyfriend and I were designing stamps for our various friends for 12th Night presents (actually we were designing wax seals but the rubber stamps were made with engraved aluminum plates that could seal wax and were a secondary consideration). They're about 1.25 inches in diameter and designed as period seals. The arms are in the center and on my stamp I have a crown on the top of the arms (for my AoA - I wasn't a Laurel when I had this made as it was over 10 years ago) and in a band around the outside it says "Sigil Tetchubah of Greenlake". I designed these as larger designs, about 8 inches around, then we reduced them to the size we wanted - - a bit tricky as you have to draw them in a manner that will keep the lines distinct when it's reduced. One word of caution I'd use on these though - I noticed years ago that on some of the rag papers you could just see a ghost of the stamp on the back if it was in a white area of the scroll, so I always take care to use the rubber stamp on the back behind either the arms or some other area where there is a lot of paint. Guess I really should redesign my seal to update my achievement, whenever I get a round tuit. Tetchubah of Greenlake Kingdom of Caid ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 08:43:59 -0800 From: "Carolyn Richardson" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Re: Re: How to critique >>Well, I have full sheets of tracing paper that are FULL of traced elements, and when I say folder, I mean accordion folder.... ;) I try to keep similar elements together- borders, plants, styles of figures....<< I do the same thing - it's very handy if later on Lord Whatisname, who you did an AoA scroll 10 years ago, gets married and he wants a matching AoA scroll for the new wife. You don't have to go track down your elements that way. But I keep mine in file folders in a notebook, labeled by category (florals, people, heraldry, etc). But I like the accordion folder idea. hmm.... Tetchubah of Greenlake Kingdom of Caid ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:38:52 +0000 From: "Ken Stoner" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Scribal Signatures -Reply Mine is my initials CAG But in place of the A I use a fir tree (pine tree) which is the primary charge from my device. Cystennin Kenneth Allen Stoner Elgar Corp (619)678-4414 Digital Eng. Dept - ------------------------------------------------------ Of course, things that *I* say do not reflect or imply the views of my employer. I.E. I think for myself. :) Pane' Sepullya ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:31:51 EST From: FITCHYBEAR@aol.com Subject: Re: [scribes]: Scribal Signatures -Reply In a message dated 98-02-18 09:34:29 EST, heather@pop.net writes: << I also put sleeping scribes over mistakes- it's a period practice, and when I saw it in several manuscripts, I felt so much better about my own level of skill! ;) Miri >> Most recently, I placed crows stealing gilded letters and putting them in their nest when I left out the Anno Societatis roman numerals-JimBear ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:31:46 EST From: FITCHYBEAR@aol.com Subject: Re: [scribes]: Sketch Books (was Critique) In a message dated 98-02-18 09:18:11 EST, heather@pop.net writes: << The problem I always have with working out colour and technique is that if I tried a practice run, I'd get it perfect, then the 'for real' run would look like junk- no joke. >> A method I used to use was in the sketchbook I would make a colour chart (especially for custom mixes) where I would paint a bar of colour, notate the colours used and proportions (i.e. I.BK.-TW 2:6) then any technique(say marbelling) 1. base as listed 2. wet surface apply midtone 3.light apply wet on wet 4. veining 5. highlight all on the bargraph next to the practise piece................I then have a comparison chart to look at when transferring the idea to the scroll-JimBear ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V1 #69 ****************************