Education – College of Scribes

Adminstrative Handbook for the College of Heralds (note: Links off site)
College of Scribes Handbook by Mistress Honour du Bois – current as of July 2014

Reference Materials for Scrolls

Ansteorran Scroll Text Size Standards, by Mistress Hillary Greenslade
Ansteorran Scroll Constitutions (note: Links off site) edited by Mistress Serena Lascelles
Approved Scroll Text in the Kingdom of Ansteorra, Edited by Mistress Serena Lascelles
Approved Achievements Text in the Kingdom of Ansteorra (note: Links off site), Edited by Mistress Serena Lascelles
Starting and Maintaining a Scribal Guild, by Mistress Hillary Greenslade
Charter Design Release Form (May also be used for Posting Originals on the Website)

Educational Articles

Miscellaneous

The Travelling Scribe, by Chiara Francesca Arianna D’Onofrio
Ansteorran Award Insignia, by Mistress Stella Silvana

All original articles are property of and copyrighted to the artist, unless otherwise noted, and are used here with permission, and can be removed from this site by request.

Links

Ansteorra.org Links

Please note that all linked sites below this point are external to Ansteorra.org.
Scribal rules and procedures vary widely from kingdom to kingdom, so information found on these sites does not necessarily apply to charter painting or scroll creation in Ansteorra.

SCA Scribes Mailing List

Other Kingdom Scribal Websites

Historical Reference

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, England: Western manuscripts to c. 1500
The British Library, Manuscripts Collection
The British Library, Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Cambridge University’s Digital Library
Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis (Note: Website published in German)
Princeton University Shahnameh Project (Note: Some broken links on their site make navigation difficult.)
Manuscripts of the Universite de Liege (Note: Website published in French, very slow loading.)
The Schøyen Collection of biblical works
Dartmouth College Western Manuscripts Collection (Note: Several examples of Antiphonals)
The University of California at Berkeley’s Digital Scriptorium
The University of California at Berkley: Images of Catalan Manuscripts
Brigham Young University Digital Scriptorium
University of Oxford, England: Digital Collections (Notes: including plates from Dante’s Inferno)
National Gallery of Australia: The Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination
Gallica Anthologie (Note: Website published in French.)
Leiden University Library: Hebrew illustrated manuscripts
University of Illinois Library at Urbana: Medieval Studies Program Library Resources
The Institute of Ismaili Studies (Notes: Click on ‘Gallery’ on the menu bar – linking directly to the gallery images does not function correctly.)
Columbia University: Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Cartographic Images Illustrating Maps of the Early Medieval Period
University of Scotland, Edinburg: Islamic Art collection
University of Scotland, Edinburg: Masterpieces from Research Collections
Prof. Frances Pritchett, Columbia University : Calligraphy from the Islamic Tradition
Additional Image Links from Dr. Prichett’s collection
Christus Rex website, maintained by Michael Olteanu, MS: Images from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (note: This is the website of a religious organization.)
University of Notre Dame: Medieval Manuscripts in Facsimile
National Library of The Netherlands: Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
Rochester Institute of Technology, Cary Collection: 51 Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts
Bilkent University: The Koran Collection At The Topkap Palace Library
Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library: Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections
Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library: List of Manuscript Fragments and Books
The Chester Beatty Library : Islamic image Gallery
The University of Aberdeen: The Burnet Psalter
Illuminations from the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Note: This appears to be an SCA member’s personal image collection.)
Princeton University: Charrette Project – Chretien de Troyes’s Le Chevalier de la Charrette
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux
Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit
Medieval Writing: Index of Scripts

Links to Scribal Supplies

Caution!! Some Pigments are Highly Toxic. If you wish to mix your own paints the resources for dry pigments and binding mediums are available below, however please use extreme caution when handling dry pigments.

General Art Supplies

Specialty Suppliers

Alchemist Incorporated – Period Glazes and Varnishes
Kremmer – Pigments, Resins and other hard to find resources
Ebonex – Bone black and other carbon based pigments
Kama Piments – Dry Pigment
Icon Arts – Dry organic and mineral pigments
Iconofile – Dry organic and mineral pigments
John Neal, Bookseller – Parchment, Vellum and other caligraphy supplies
Book Makers Supply – Parchment and Vellum
American Science and Surplus – Cheap Porclain Morter and Restel and other odd things
Pergmena – Parchment Vellum (dyed and natural)
Paper and Inks Arts – calligraphy and illumination supplier