Calontir Scribes' Handbook
Table of Contents
Part I:  Making A Beginning
1.1 Welcome
1.2 The "Calontir Way"
1.3 Preprints 101
1.4 Glossary
1.5 Badges of the Orders of Calontir
Part II: Taking Things A Step Farther
2.1 How to Make a GOA Scroll
2.2 Scribe Equipment List
2.3 Calligraphy Basics
2.4 Gouache G-What? A Modern Substitute for Period Paints
2.5 Medieval Manuscript Production: Scribes, Illuminators andTheir Methods of Work
2.6 Whitework in Medieval Manuscript Illumination: A Brief Overview
2.7 Heraldry for the Scribe
2.8 Helpful Hints
Part III: Advanced Techniques
3.1 Vellum Preparation
3.2 Gold Leafing
3.3 Making Your Own Quill
3.4 Walnut Ink
3.5 Going Back in Line
3.6 A Collection of Diaper and Bar Patterns
3.7 To Be a Royal Scribe
Part IV: Miscellaneous
4.1 The SCA Calendar
4.2 Royal Lineage
4.3Practice Sheet
4.4 Calontir A&S Criteria for Calligraphy and Illumination
4.5 Color Insert
The Calontir Scribes' Handbook is a publication of the Scribes' Guild of Calontir of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. It is not a corporate publication of the Scoiety for Creative Anachronism, Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies. The individual sections are copyrighted by their specified authors as indicated, 2004.
Dedicated to the Calontir scribes who willingly give their time and skills for the Kingdom's glory.
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