From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V5 #66 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Thursday, March 8 2001 Volume 05 : Number 066 ======================================================================== 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]: Erasures on Vellum [scribes]: Sealing with candle wax [scribes]: paint questions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 18:14:50 From: "Elyse Boucher" Subject: [scribes]: Erasures on Vellum Greetings. Julie, one reason that you might see residue is simply because of the property of ink; the ferrotannic ink used on vellum is, essentially, dye, and so even scraping might not be enough to completely remove all traces of previous words without causing severe damage to the page. The erasure may have been made in the usual, scaping way, and the ink simply too penetrating to be completely removed. As for alternatives, well, I think Cennini has the bread crumb thing, but can't take the time to check for you right now--Cennini is online, but my time at the terminal is limited today, alas. There is also a period book that mentions using ashes to remove ink, IIRC, but since it was something I glossed over at the time, best not to take my word for it and research it yourself. Sorry I can't offer better direction. :'-( Your Servant, Merouda _________________________________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 15:20:47 EST From: CarynvnK@aol.com Subject: [scribes]: Sealing with candle wax Greetings, everyone! Someone mentioned once having played with making seals with candle wax. I have to say, if you've thought of it, DON'T put candle wax (paraffin) on scrolls. I received a scroll that had a red paraffin seal on it many years ago. The paraffin rapidly created a large pink grease spot on the paper, which then seeped through several other papers and scrolls which were in the box with it. Just a thought. Caryn Artemisia =================================================================== 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: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 15:13:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Pixel, Queen of Cats" Subject: [scribes]: paint questions So, I replaced my Savoir Faire gouache with Graham, because the Savoir Faire does not, will not, neener-neener-nyah-nyah-nyah can't make me rehydrate. [This does have potential for whitework, but that's another question altogether.] Anyway, while I was perusuing the vast array of choices available, I remembered having read, somewhere, that one of the lines of gouache, most likely W&N, had a color that was basically the same purple as Roman/Carolingian imperial purple, but I did not remember what I should be looking for. The style I would like to try next is of the partially-dyed page with gold writing, and for this I need a purple wash to color the paper. So, in short, what color should I look for, if there is a single color available, for Tirolean purple? Thanks. Margaret FitzWilliam =================================================================== 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 #66 ****************************