From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V7 #2 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Wednesday, September 5 2001 Volume 07 : Number 002 ======================================================================== 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. Re: [scribes]: Craft Vellum [scribes]: AoA Latin question and Illumination samples Re: [scribes]: A.S. 36 in Latin? [scribes]: wanted, middle english guru! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 12:11:46 -0400 From: Randy Asplund Subject: Re: [scribes]: Craft Vellum Gee, without seeing it, it's pretty hard to give any advice. However, it may be worth mentioning that if you are happy with the color and texture of the surface, then the hair side should be just fine for working on. You may or may not get anything off the flesh side. The flesh side may still be suede like. If it is, then you won't do any fine work there. If it is white, then it is probably well enough processed and the oils may be sufficiently out of it, but you won't know until you actually so some tests and paint some layers of paint over each other. Also, a discolored skin may work when the discoloration is from the coloring of the hair on that creature influencing and adding skin pigmentation, or it may be from half-assed preparation, like failing to bleed it correctly. If the discoloration is from not being stretched, then it will suck because it is just rawhide instead of parchment (the stretching and scraping being the difference). On the other hand, some discolorations are altered by coloring the skin with pigments. If in doubt, test it out! RanthulfR Patresha Zeoli-Roehre wrote: > > greetings all > > Im going to be doing a project for a friend and he supplied me with that > he wanted his illumination to be painted on. Craft Vellum. He got this > from a leather store that he use to work at. Its actual hide. Huge > pieces and I get to keep the scraps for smaller projects. anyway, is > there anything special I need to do to it before I start, any advice, > warnings etc.... > > I did do a small sample on a scrap of it and it took the gouache just > fine and held the color beautifully including gold and silver. > > Thanks in advance! > > GenRose > -- > Lady Geniveve Rose D'Glendalough (AKA GenRose) > Deputy to Pentamere Regional Minister of Children > Baronial Childrens' Guild Leader of Andelcrag > Canton of Three Walls - Middle Kingdom > Head of House Shadow Dragon > ICQ# 51429722 (LadyGenRose) > AOL LdyGenRose > Yahoo IM LadyGenRose > =================================================================== > 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. - -- VISIT RandyAsplund.com To see a Universe of art ranging from Magic: The Gathering to Star Trek and Medieval Manuscripts Randy Asplund (734) 663-0954 Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustration 2101 S. Circle Dr., Ann Arbor, MI. 48103 =================================================================== 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, 3 Sep 2001 03:53:25 EDT From: HRAFNASDOT@aol.com Subject: [scribes]: AoA Latin question and Illumination samples - --part1_8b.bebb4a3.28c490f5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A while back, someone requested a Latin translation. I posted it to my Yahoo briefcase - but have never heard back from them. When I went back my briefcase, it was erased, so I was wondering if they got it and if so, was it adequate for what they were using? Also, I have just worked on my webpage (such as it is) and have included some art work and illuminations as well as a link to my briefcase with 8 more samples - I could use some feed back if anyone was so inclined. I am still a rank novice, so I'm trying to find a comfortable style. You can locate the webpage at : http://geocities.com/cal3260 Thanks for the bandwidth and any comments/advise in advance. Lady Asa Hrafnasdottir Loch Ruadh Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis. Speech is given to many, intelligence to few. - --part1_8b.bebb4a3.28c490f5_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A while back, someone requested a Latin translation.  I posted it to my Yahoo
briefcase - but have never heard back from them.  When I went back my
briefcase, it was erased, so I was wondering if they got it and if so, was it
adequate for what they were using?

Also, I have just worked on my webpage (such as it is) and have included some
art work and illuminations as well as a link to my briefcase with 8 more
samples - I could use some feed back if anyone was so inclined.  I am still a
rank novice, so I'm trying to find a comfortable style.  You can locate the
webpage at :
                                          http://geocities.com/cal3260


Thanks for the bandwidth and any comments/advise in advance.

Lady Asa Hrafnasdottir
Loch Ruadh
Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis.
Speech is given to many, intelligence to few.     - --part1_8b.bebb4a3.28c490f5_boundary-- =================================================================== 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, 03 Sep 2001 12:01:07 -0400 From: John Stracke Subject: Re: [scribes]: A.S. 36 in Latin? Lyle H. Gray wrote: >we find that we aren't sure what the Latin would be for A.S. 36. > >Does anyone know what would be appropriate? Our first guess is >_anno societatis triginta et sext_. > While I don't know the right answer, I think I see one problem here: I think you're using cardinal numbers ("thirty-six years") instead of ordinal numbers ("the thirty-sixth year"). - -- /==========================================================\ |John Stracke | http://www.thibault.org |HTML OK | |Francois Thibault |=====================================| |East Kingdom |A mime is a wonderful thing to waste.| |francis@thibault.org| | \==========================================================/ =================================================================== 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, 6 Sep 2001 00:38:29 +0800 From: Jean-Paul Blaquiere Subject: [scribes]: wanted, middle english guru! I want to do a few pieces of poetry I've found in carolingian miniscule (cause that's what I *can* do) but haven't been able to find a good picture of the odd characters ie, thron, the funny z etc. anyone have any ideas where I could find some? /Jp... - -- Jean-Paul Blaquière || Avatar of Computational japester@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au || Thaumaturgy http://japester.ucc.asn.au || IHTFP Hell is other people =================================================================== 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 V7 #2 ***************************