From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V4 #51 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Tuesday, November 7 2000 Volume 04 : Number 051 ======================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with unsubscribe scribes-digets in the body of the message. Leave the subject line blank. Do not include any additional text. [scribes]: Oh, NO!!! Now another problem!! [scribes]: Demos [scribes]: Demos [scribes]: Interesting book Re: [scribes]: Demos Re: [scribes]: Interesting book ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 20:41:08 -0500 From: "Sally Burnell" Subject: [scribes]: Oh, NO!!! Now another problem!! I've been reading and savouring my beautiful hardbound copy that I just got of the 2nd edition of Christopher deHamel's "A History of Illuminated Manuscripts", and just now found that my copy is missing nearly 20 pages, apparently through what appears to have been a printer error. I am distressed because I ordered it through abebooks.com and now I don't know what to do except see if I can return it and get another WHOLE copy of it! Does anyone else have a hardbound 2nd edition? Was this an error in every copy or something, or did I get a fluke copy? Anyone know if I can return this book for a refund or something? I've cared for it well and even plastic cleared it to protect the cover, as I do with all of my good art books. (Sigh) To quote the old Saturday Night Live character that Gilda Radner used to do, "It's always somethin'!" Saradwen Midrealm =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 21:44:50 -0600 From: Mary Haselbauer Subject: [scribes]: Demos I agreed to do C&I at a demo at an Art Museum. While this seemed like a good idea at first I'm begining to get intimidated. I've done many, many demos but never quite like this. Has anyone done this sort of thing before? What kind of questions do people ask? I'm trying to decide if I should do tempera or just put gouache in my shells since I don't know how many people will be around me or exactly what the environment will be. This show that the demo is supporting is kinda neat. It's about Northern Renaissance stained glass windows and includes some surviving cartoons. More info at the following address under exhibitions. http://www.slam.org/ Thank you for your help, Slaine =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 22:05:36 -0600 From: Mary Haselbauer Subject: [scribes]: Demos I agreed to do C&I at a demo at an Art Museum. While this seemed like a good idea at first I'm begining to get intimidated. I've done many, many demos but never quite like this. Has anyone done this sort of thing before? What kind of questions do people ask? I'm trying to decide if I should do tempera or just put gouache in my shells since I don't know how many people will be around me or exactly what the environment will be. This show that the demo is supporting is kinda neat. It's about Northern Renaissance stained glass windows and includes some surviving cartoons. More info at the following address under exhibitions. http://www.slam.org/ Thank you for your help, Slaine =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 00:40:27 EST From: Luiseach@aol.com Subject: [scribes]: Interesting book OK, I actually was looking for something else at the UC Riverside library tonight, but I came across this interesting book called The analysis of pen flourishing in thirteenth-century manuscripts by Sonia Scott-Fleming. Ms. Scott-Fleming has dissected and analysed all the hooks, loops, swags and whatchamacallits that decorate the minor (i.e. got some fancy linework flourishing but no miniature or diaper background or gold) initial letters in English and French manuscripts in the thirteenth century. This book is not the most exciting read on the planet, but it looks like it's going to be useful when I want to construct or reconstruct some fancy letters to start out the different sections of a scroll text. Luighseach =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 22:26:25 -0800 From: "MThomson" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Demos First off - RELAX! Take a deep breath and say "I can do this!" Museum demo's are always intimidating at first, but if you recall that They asked You to come and do it, - you'll realize that they are asking you for a demonstration of both your expertise and your genuine enthusiasm in performing your craft. As far as what questions people will ask - that really depends on who your audience is likely to be. Is this a special demo for artists and similar professionals, or a demo for a general public audience? If the former, they will likely be as interested in materials as well as the steps in the process in getting the results you get, and if the general public - probably a bit less of this, and more of "how long did it take you to do all that?" and then some polite interest in the process itself. I've done a number of professional demo's over the years, (not in scribing, but the styles the same) and find that most people who attend are a mixture of the pro and the newbie. Alt Andreas von Sohren, PCS Baron Jaegersberg sent by Sonicnetmail __________________________________________ Go Postal! Get free email from http://www.sonicnetmail.com Music + Free Email = Double Happiness =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 23:38:47 -0800 From: "MThomson" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Interesting book Luiseach: UC Riverside Library did you say? Hmmmm, right in my backyard! Now if I can only hop over there to see it when you don't have it checked out already....*g* Alt Andreas von Sohren Baron Jaegersberg sent by Sonicnetmail __________________________________________ Go Postal! Get free email from http://www.sonicnetmail.com Music + Free Email = Double Happiness =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V4 #51 ****************************