From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V5 #89 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Saturday, March 17 2001 Volume 05 : Number 089 ======================================================================== 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]: scroll backlogs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 11:24:00 -0500 From: Reinhart Subject: [scribes]: scroll backlogs As a no longer new scribe, I agree. It isn't intimidating in AEthelmearc. Our environment is encouraging and inspiring. Every scribe seems willing to explain how they did what they did. Just one example - More than a year ago, our present Queen taught a class in white work. The class was very useful and it was really nice to listen to several Laurels who said - Oh, you do it that way? I'll try that. I've been doing this. Have you tried using this brush, paint, etc. The class was helpful & the exchanges fascinating. Students learned what didn't work as well as what did. A combination of inspiration and instruction is a wonderful thing. Lest you think that I am not easily intimidated, which is probably true, there were other new & newish scribes there. :-) We were all happy for the chance, because we talked about it after the classes. It is also comforting to hear some Laurel wail - Oooooo I just can't do that. That's why most of my scrolls are done in ... style. I avoid those pesky little... When we have several classes to choose from, you can also ask for advice. - Oh go to so and so's class on ... You haven't tried that style yet have you? If you grow new scribes and nurture them, your kingdom benefits. I see it as a responsibility which falls on all of us. As an aside, I discovered on the EK backlog list that Duchess Sedalia is owed a scroll. It is proof to me that a backlog is no respector of station. I became a scribe to try something new and because a friend in another kingdom had been owed a scroll for three years and there was no sign that it wouldn't be still owed in 10 years. (The scroll and medallion have now been completed and given to the recipent.) I must admit that I consider a scroll which is backlogged for more than a year to be a slight to the good gentle who should have been properly honored. This is my humble opinion and I do not mean it as criticism. I am well aware that circumstances may intervene between the assignment and the finished scroll and that rules may be cumbersome rather than facilitating. I joined the list of AE scribes so that I could help with the solution, rather than just being part of the problem. (I will now step down from my soap box. Sorry, I didn't mean to go on & on, but as you can read, backlogs bug me.) Keran Roslin also of AEthelmearc Scribes are recognized in all courts, and frequently the scroll gets as much applause as the award itself. The signet's office also does and excellent job of teaching and nurturing new scribes with a twice yearly scribes and heralds symposium, and Eibhlin (wonderful lady!) has been doing scroll blank workshops at academies and scholas within the kingdom. So, Malcolm, I disagree that the level of expertise is intimidating here, mainly because of the nurturing environment that I see around us. Graidhne =================================================================== 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 #89 ****************************