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scribes digest        Wednesday, July 15 1998        Volume 02 : Number 160



In this issue:

    Re: [scribes]: Tools of the trade
    [scribes]: Nottinghill Collegium

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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 08:49:40 EDT
From: FITCHYBEAR@aol.com
Subject: Re: [scribes]: Tools of the trade

In a message dated 98-07-14 23:29:17 EDT, gdc@airmail.net writes:

<< 
 As for my list:
 1) somebody to do the calligraphy for me (I don't callig.)
 2) light table
 3) book containing the design and/or photocopies of the piece (I don't draw
 that well either)
 4) a range of sized black ink pens (.005 and up)
 5) good paper
 6) and last my trusty T-Square ruler
 
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As for my list:
1) my fave paper or better yet some vellum
2) mechanical pencil .005 *or smaller
3) tracing paper
4) sketch pad
5) quilting ruler
6) typesetters ruler
7) drafting triangles
8) 000 and Windsor Newton #7 paintbrushes
9) prepared sumi
10) period pigs
11) asst vessels
12) stick eraser
13) sharp xacto knife (until I get my pen knife)
14) 1 egg
15) distilled water
16) drafting table or portable drafting surface
17) crowquills and tech pens

**** Note on # 2**** I just got a 3x magnfier lamp (at the O.C. County Fair
for $22.00) and I now think that .005 is too large a diameter I was making ivy
leafs about 1/8" and I felt that the lead was too big.....JimBear

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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 08:08:32 -0500
From: Cindy Baker <cebaker@ilstu.edu>
Subject: [scribes]: Nottinghill Collegium

In a message dated 98-07-14 09:45:55 EDT, Eldred@concentric.net writes:
 
At the Nottinghill Collegium this coming weekend (7/18, Central, SC), I
will be presenting a survey of period illuminations.
...and I will be handing out notes that have some illustrations. 

>....did you say notes?  Would they be notes that you could send to the
>list...?  ;)
>
>Miri

I second the request! Notes on the list would be fabulous, even if you
don't reproduce copies of the specific illuminations you will be talking
about. There is no way I will be able to make it to your class.
Ellen

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