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scribes digest         Saturday, June 27 1998         Volume 02 : Number 117



In this issue:

    Re: [scribes]: beginning calligraphers (long)
    Re:  Re: [scribes]: Calligraphy fonts
    Re: [scribes]: Award Medallions for AOA(was R.E. Scribes...)
    [scribes]: Technical Pen vs. Crowquill
    [scribes]: Scroll on the net

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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:03:27 -0400
From: Donna Kenton <donna@dabbler.com>
Subject: Re: [scribes]: beginning calligraphers (long)

Whatever I teach (needlework, sewing, callig, etc.), I ask my students to
pick out something they'd really like to do.  It doesn't matter what it is,
but it *must* be something they really *want* to make.  And no, it doesn't
necessarily have to be medieval to start with.

Motivation is the key.  If they really want it, they're more likely to
stick with it long enough to learn something.  I once taught a brand new,
beginner knitter how to make a fisherman knit sweater.  More than anything
else, that's what she wanted.  Yes, she knit the back and one of the
sleeves twice because she'd gotten so much better, but the important thing
is -- *she* FINISHED *it!  

Now, it's usually not something quite that grand, but I've had the same
experiences with other arts I've taught.  A young lady wanted to write a
thank you note in calligraphy.  We gave her the exemplar she wanted, and
she's well on her way to learning the hand by writing letters to people,
not doing scrolls (we'll convert her eventually <evil grin>)

This was true in my case, too.  I still don't know Gothic.  It just doesn't
appeal to me.  Nor does Uncial.  It wasn't until I found a hand that
grabbed me (hmmm...) that I started to learn calligraphy.  And I hadn't
intended to do scrolls.  I simply decided that my persona was literate, so
I ought to know a hand.  I didn't have to be good at it, but I ought to
know one.  So I went "shopping" and found Bastarde.


Rosalinde
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Lady Rosalinde De Witte/Donna Kenton * donna@dabbler.com *
http://www.dabbler.com

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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:19:14 EDT
From: EowynA@aol.com
Subject: Re:  Re: [scribes]: Calligraphy fonts

In a message dated 6/27/98 3:31:06 AM, brownwell@home.com wrote:

<<Luxeuil Minuscule just to show him what easy is>>

But Luxeuil is so much fun!  Maybe not easy, but definately overdecorated fun

Eowyn Amberdrake

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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:44:40 -0400
From: Yllaria <yllaria@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: [scribes]: Award Medallions for AOA(was R.E. Scribes...)

Message text written by Lady Mylisant
>This thread seems interesting to me because here in Meridies a person
with an AoA or GoA is recognizable because we don't allow just anyone to
wear a circlet. Receiving an AoA entitles the recipient to wear an
unadorned circlet of no larger than a 1/4 inch and a GoA recipient is
now entitled to wear an unadorned circlet of no greater than a 1/2
inch.... Is Meridies the only Kingdom that does this? <

We have the same sumptuary custom in Caid, with the exception that a
circlet holding on a veil is a fillet, and therefore jewelry, and anyone
can wear a fillet.  So  it's not always a good indicator of whether a wom=
an
has an AoA or not.

Lady Yllaria of Wildewode =

Barony of the Angels, Caid

Dana Theis
Glendale, California

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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:21:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: hollis@slic.com
Subject: [scribes]: Technical Pen vs. Crowquill

Dear Scribes,

        I was just looking at some of the work that people have put up on
the web, and wondering a little about their methods of generating fine
straight lines.  Do most people use tech pens, or crowquills? I know my
first exposure to outlining was done with a Pilot Razor-Point nylon-tip pen...

Secondly, I'm wondering how these people get their nice long straight even
lines. I've tried doing it with a ruler (and yes, I have a cork-backed
ruler) but I still can't get the ink to stop bleeding.  I don't think I'm
overloading my pens or anything like that. Anyone have suggestions for me?

Hammurabi
Ian Snowowl in days of yore when I was a SCAdian.
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Hollis Easter
hollis@slic.com
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
	-- Margaret Mead, anthropologist

Yes, I did get a perfect score on my SAT-I's... See the picture at:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2436/SAT52698.gif
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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:43:48 -0400
From: "Kenton and Dorinda White" <Cygnus@madbbs.com>
Subject: [scribes]: Scroll on the net

Hi all,

	I may have figured out how to post a scroll.  Please check out

www1.madbbs.com/~cygnus/sycamore3.jpg


and let me know if it works.  If it does work, let me know what you think
of it.  Thanks!


Dorinda  (writing from Cygnus's account)

I can be reached at   dorinda@jep.cummins.com

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