Completed Scrolls for October

Greetings,

the scrolls announcement for this month is a bit late as it was
difficult trying to make sure that all recipients knew of their scroll
before the announcement went out.

The scrolls completed for this month are;

Aine Rudad Ingean Cillin- AoA
Berenger of Nancy- County
Brennan Halfhand- AoA
Emma Lastone- AoA
Kathern Rischer- AoA
Rainald FitzRenyard- LCA
Susannah of Locksley- AoA

The scribes who have completed these scrolls are;

Caristiona nic Beathain
Katerina de Brescia
Katherine Alicia of Sarum
Kathern Rischer
Maeve ni Iasachta

You can see these scrolls and many of the others that have been
completed over the last year at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48016044@N02/


Caristiona nic Beathain
Provost of Scribes
http://www.sca.org.au/scribe/index.htm

Writs for their Royal Highnesses Gabriel and Constanzia

Greetings,

Their royal Highnesses Gabriel and Contanzia have asked for Writs with an early 16th Century Spanish theme. So far I have found only one document that was written at this time to give the College of Scribes an idea of what sort of documents were written at that time and what they looked like.

The document that I have found is a partial payment from Her Majesty Queen Isabella of Spain for a tapestry. The document is signed "Yo la Reyna" and is dated 1501 which is a little bit earlier than preferred but gives us an idea of what to be looking for. Here is the document.

I would love to see other options here so that everyone can have a look at the sort of documents that we should be aiming for during the next reign.



Caristiona

New stuff on webpage

Long time no see everyone....

I've added a few things to the webpage and made a few updates. The big change is to add the Grant of Arms blank instructions here. It's not complete but I'll add the images and instructions as I get them.

Just in case you weren't aware, the Award of Arms blank instructions are here.

Both links can be found in the Model Book section of the webpage.

DUCTUS

Newsletter of the Royal College & Confraternity of Scribes & Illuminators of the Kingdom of Lochac
http://www.sca.org.au/mailman/listinfo/scribes
http://lochac.sca.org/scribe/index.htm
http://lochacscribes.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48016044@N02/
Volume 10 Issue 4 September 2010

Greetings all and welcome to the September issue of Ductus.

My apologise that this issue is late. Unfortunately the real world has taken precedence for the last couple of months. That is almost over for the year so hopefully I will be more up to date for the foreseeable future.

Our AoA competition is going extremely well. We have only six remaining AoA's not assigned on my database. I know this is more than the two that we had a while ago but people keep getting their names and devices registered. However the important thing is that we are keeping up so this is wonderful.

Not only have kept going with the AoA's but we have now started work on the GoA blacklog. Mistress Branwen has produced two GoA blanks and I have produced one so we are currently working on getting some of the GoA scrolls completed. As people finish the scrolls they are currently assigned they will either be given additional AoA's or be moved onto GoA's depending on their experience, abilities and willingness.

Old Scrolls
Of the scrolls that were placed in Ductus in June to be assigned because they have been on the backlog for so long the three scrolls that have been assigned are:

Eric Ravn KSCA Stephan & Niobe (West) 30/04/1994
Kane Greymane OP Valgard & Megan (West) 27/08/1994
Muirghein ni Ghrainne GA Fabian & Cyneswith (West) 9/04/1995

Thank you to those who have taken on these scrolls. I look forward to seeing them completed.

At this stage I will not be asking anyone else to take on assignments other than the AoA's, GoA's and RP scrolls that are part of the competition.

Competitions
Our competition ends at Canterbury Faire, on the 29th of January and we still have close to 50 scrolls to assign and many more to complete so I would like to encourage everyone to keep working.

Once the AoA scroll competition is completed we will be starting the Pelican Scroll drive. This will officially take off as of Festival 2011 but I would like to encourage people to get a head start. This time I will take Pelican scrolls that are completed later than Festival, but they do not need to be started later than Festival to be part of the competition.

Missing Scroll
A scroll was done for Milborough Aldaway in 2004 by Keridwen the Mouse. The scroll is listed in the database as having been given out but was never received by the recipient. If anyone has any idea where this scroll may be can you please contact me as it has a home to go to.

Newly Warranted Scribes
A number of recent scribes have sent me their first piece of work so that they can be warranted to produce work for the College. I would like to congratulate;

Alessandra de Florenza illumination only
Arlette Mortimer illumination only
Catherine d’Arc calligraphy and illumination
Celestria Ashwood calligraphy and illumination
katherine kerr calligraphy and illumination
Katherne Richer calligraphy and illumination
Iuliana Morosini illumination only
Margarete Engelhardtz calligraphy and illumination
Tatiiana Kalinin calligraphy and illumination
As you can see we are fast growing the College of Scribes with new members. This is wonderful to see.

Awards for Scribes
I would like to congratulate Katherine Alicia of Sarum for her admittance to the Order of the Silver Pelican for her work in the Scribal arts both as a teacher and as one of our most prolific scribes. Katherine has done a huge amount of work this year helping others get started and producing scrolls

Writs
The first of the new Writs have gone out and have been well received by both their Majesties and those who have received them. We have still not obtained a scribes seal although we are currently in the process of sorting out quotes and hopefully getting the work done. I hope that this will be done relatively soon. In the mean time the Writs are going out with the Kingdom seal done in green. This seems to be working well.

County and Duchy Scrolls
After having discussed options with many of the scribes over the Scribal list it seems that the preferred option is to have a scroll for the K&Q done by the end of their Reign as either a blank or an original, depending on what the scribe prefers. For those who reign and do not have a registered name and device it seems that the consensus is that we give them a Writ similar in style to the AoA Writs that are given out in their Reign.

If there are any further comments on this I would like them to be either sent to me or put up on the list. The the big question is, do we get this ready for the current Reign or do we wait for the one after it, remembering that neither of their current Majesties have a registered name and device.

Caristiona nic Beathain
Provost of Scribes
provost@lochac.sca.org

Luttrell Psalter

Well it has been a while since anyone posted anything. I have been working very hard at getting my Masters finished but this doesn't mean that I have not done any scribal work while I have been studying.

One scroll I have finished is a Laurel scroll based on the Luttrell Psalter. This is a rather amazing book that shows lots of small scenes of country life as well as a huge number of weird and wonderful animal/ monster type things.

As I was researching for the scroll I came across a set of YouTube clips that cover a documentary on the Luttrell Psalter. So here is a copy of the scroll I have been working on and here is the documentary that I watched. It is only about 30-40 minutes if you watch the whole thing and it is well worth it. There are a couple of others to watch once you have watched this first one but the links should come up I hope at the end of this one.

Caristiona

Writs- the Beginning

Hi everyone,
as you know Their Royal Highnesses step up this coming weekend. At the same time we will move on from the Instant AoA system to the new Writ system.
Due to some problems with delivery of equipment the new Scribal seals are not quite ready for this change over, so until we get the proper Scribal Seal we are using the Kingdom seal with the green wax.
The first Writ has been designed and the first Writs in general have been made up and sent to Ildhafn for the Coronation of their Majesties King Edmond and Queen Leonore. At this stage only 12 of these Writs have been made up but as we get the Seals made the pdf's will go to all the Wardens and new Writs can be made up when needed.

The first Lochac Writs getting folded and ready for being sent out.

Have you seen this scroll? - Milborough Aldaway

Cairistiona recently painted Ulfrikr's scroll and when he came over to pick it up, asked when his wife, Milborough, might get hers. As you can see, that scroll was completed some time ago and is listed in the database as 'given out'. This is a colour photocopy of the scroll I painted in 2004.

We are now asking around to see where it has gone. Chances are that it didn't leave the Rowany area, but so long ago, who can tell. It might have gone to Rio for all we know. Most likely is that someone collected it for her and forgot to pass it on.

If you have any info, let us know. Thanks heaps.