From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V5 #34 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Sunday, February 25 2001 Volume 05 : Number 034 ======================================================================== 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]: Indian art Re: [scribes]: Whimper Re: [scribes]: Whimper ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 03:46:06 -0500 From: "K. Reinhart" Subject: [scribes]: Indian art Someone was looking for Asian Indian art & I found some images at the following sites (not everything is period): Salar Jung Museum "slide show" http://www.salarjungmuseum.com/ Prince of Wales Museum of Western India http://www.indiawatch.com/bombaymuseum/ Indian Miniature Paintings http://www.rossuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Indian Miniature Painting http://www.indianminiaturepaintings.com/ The Theme of Love in Indian Miniature Painting http://www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collection/special/exhib/indian.html Bayley Art Museum Realms of Heroism: Indian Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum of Art http://www.virginia.edu/~bayly/realms.html About the Miniature Paintings http://home1.gte.net/ajayati/abtpntg.htm Dial India.com http://www.dialindia.com/arts_and_literature/art_gallery/index.shtml I used HotBot as a search engine. Don't know if they'll help. Keran Roslin Shire of Sterlynge Vayle http://www.servtech.com/~thegeorg/sca/ =================================================================== 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: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:58:42 -0500 (EST) From: john j cash Subject: Re: [scribes]: Whimper Dear Aliskye, there was A practice during the Renaissance (yes, uncial Isn't the best eXample, being somewhat out of period, but Still) of highlighting letters within the teXt to spell out the date in roman numerals; as this eXemplar shows. The capital letters above read AS XXIX. Cute, huh? I suppose underlining or little dots around the letters would work as well. You'll need X's too... - -- johannes v.n. On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Laura F. Jenkins wrote: > I just finished the calligraphy for an award scroll and > as I was congratulating myself for only making 3 > mistakes (two of which can be fixed easily) I realized > I left the year off. There is room above and below > the line to write the year in with a really small nib, > but it will look weird. > > Any suggestions? I really do not like doing calligraphy > and hope not to have to do it all over. Oh...it's an uncial > hand. > > grumpy aliskye > lyondemere, caid > > > =================================================================== > 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. > > "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -- Cathering Aird =================================================================== 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: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 15:08:55 -0000 From: "Russell mahee of acre" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Whimper ...I left the year off....Any suggestions?... 1. Write the date top center 2. put a pendent or other ornament some place on the scroll and put the date in it. 3. Treat it like a paper in class and put the date on the top left hand corner of the paper 3. If there is any illumination, include it in that. just some ideas, your servant, mahee _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com =================================================================== 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 V5 #34 ****************************