From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V8 #36 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Friday, August 2 2002 Volume 08 : Number 036 ======================================================================== 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]: Gilding the Lily [scribes]: ADV: 40%-50%-60% off debt NOW! [scribes]: Scribal Gathering at Pennsic [scribes]: Monthly Administrivia Mailing [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 06:58:00 -0400 From: "Dianne and Greg Stucki" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Gilding the Lily Yes, but do you like your elbow gilded? Laurensa congrats on getting so many done! - ----- Original Message ----- . Tonight, I > was applying gold leaf and managed to gild my left elbow. Time to quit > for the night, I would say. > > Graidhne ni Ruaidh > > P.S. The gold leaf (raised gilding) looks the best it ever has for > me! So far, I'm very happy with this piece! =================================================================== 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: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:00:56 -0700 From: lennd@americandebtsettlement.com Subject: [scribes]: ADV: 40%-50%-60% off debt NOW! Untitled Document
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=================================================================== 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: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:22:54 -0500 From: "Amy L. Hornburg Heilveil" Subject: [scribes]: Scribal Gathering at Pennsic Unto the Scribes of the Known World (yes, that means please pass this email around to every scribal list you know about that I haven't done so or you haven't see it on yet) does the humble servant of the Crown of the Middle Kingdom, Despina de la Brasov, send greetings and warm wishes. For those attending Pennsic War this year, a Known World Scribal Gathering (Tea, if you will) will be held on Wednesday, August 14th from 10 in the morning until 12 noon. By the Kindness of Her Most Wise and Gracious Majesty of the Middle Kingdom, Alys Katharine, this gathering will be in the Middle Kingdom Royal Encampment. Please bring your portfolios and your works in progress since we all love to drool....er, view - yeah, that's it, view - the works of others! If you are only beginning in the scribal arts, please come by and ask questions, meet people, or just grab a quick drink. There will be tables set up for work to be placed on and viewed. There will also be some snacks and drinks - please bring your own beverage container. It's nothing fancy but something to nibble on or sip while you're discussing the finer points of how to make a paintbrush, etc.... My sincerest of apologies to those who will not be able to attend due to conflicts; however, conflicts are difficult to avoid. I look forward to meeting many of you; as well as a chance to oggle your work. Smiles, Cu Drag, Domina Despina de la Brasov, AoA, CW Apprentice to Master Wolfgang von Roessler In Fealty to TRM Alys and Valharic of the Middle Kingdom - ---------- Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best. - --David O. McKay =================================================================== 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, 1 Aug 2002 00:00:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Lee Damon Subject: [scribes]: Monthly Administrivia Mailing This is the monthly mailing of the administrivia information for the scribes mailing list. [Last updated on: Thu Jul 8 21:26:10 PDT 1999] This is the scribes mailing list. It is open for discussion of scribal arts including illumination, calligraphy, paper making, etc. The posting address for scribes is "scribes@castle.org". 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Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:24:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cecelia M. Hughes" Subject: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Well, I got up this morning to discover the pelican scroll that I had been working on was an irretrievable mess. Sometime during the night, the cat had dumped an entire 16 oz. glass of water on it, and the vellum had soaked it up like a sponge. My last good piece of vellum now needs to be scraped and restretched, and I'm starting over with hot-press. It really was the very best my gold leaf has ever looked, too... My choices are now: Re-scrape, stretch, and use it as a palimpsest at a later date, or cut it up and give the parchment to the recipient to use as fletches on his arrows (Connor Bowsplitter is getting his pelican for his service in/through archery; this is a very period method of fletching). Send me sympathy! I'm finished with the weeping and gnashing of teeth, but I still feel really bad about it. I think it happened because I was congratulating myself just last night that all of my scribal stuff would be done before I left for Pennsic. Graidhne ni Ruaidh =================================================================== 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, 1 Aug 2002 22:01:27 EDT From: KMcWhyte@aol.com Subject: Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! - --part1_73.2379b60f.2a7b41f7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cats... gotta love those furry balls of chaos. I hope you didn't punt the kitty into next week.... As an owner of 2 fluffballs, I can sympathize. Last night the older one knocked an empty glass off my desk while hopping down and while I was barefoot. Nothing cut, and no scroll or computer damaged, but I've been paranoid about leaving open containers or wet pallets out on my table when I know the younger one loves to sleep on that chair by the desk.... And after all the tales about cat-astrophes. I wonder if an animal (a *live* one) has actually _helped_ anyone in the process of making a scroll? - --Lady Kayleigh McWhyte, "Mercenary Scribe" (East) Elizabeth Frank, Long Island NY 5 more days...... - --part1_73.2379b60f.2a7b41f7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cats... gotta love those furry balls of chaos.

I hope you didn't punt the kitty into next week.... As an owner of 2 fluffballs, I can sympathize. Last night the older one knocked an empty glass off my desk while hopping down and while I was barefoot. Nothing cut, and no scroll or computer damaged, but I've been paranoid about leaving open containers or wet pallets out on my table when I know the younger one loves to sleep on that chair by the desk.... And after all the tales about cat-astrophes.

I wonder if an animal (a *live* one) has actually _helped_ anyone in the process of making a scroll?

--Lady Kayleigh McWhyte, "Mercenary Scribe" (East)
Elizabeth Frank, Long Island NY

5 more days...... - --part1_73.2379b60f.2a7b41f7_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: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:30:55 -0400 From: "Laura Peskett" <2rozakii@attbi.com> Subject: Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! This is one of the things I fear with my cats! Both love to sleep on the dining room table (us being typical Americans, no one eats at the dining room table, it's more of a work table than anything :-). I have a special spot to put wet scrolls that the cats can't get to, and I have to move anything with water in it (the older one will drink it! gross!). I wish you luck on your new endeavour! Tzitzakion - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecelia M. Hughes" To: "Scribes" Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! > Well, I got up this morning to discover the pelican scroll that I had been > working on was an irretrievable mess. Sometime during the night, the cat > had dumped an entire 16 oz. glass of water on it, and the vellum had > soaked it up like a sponge. My last good piece of vellum now needs to be > scraped and restretched, and I'm starting over with hot-press. It really > was the very best my gold leaf has ever looked, too... > > My choices are now: Re-scrape, stretch, and use it as a palimpsest at a > later date, or cut it up and give the parchment to the recipient to use > as fletches on his arrows (Connor Bowsplitter is getting his pelican for > his service in/through archery; this is a very period method of > fletching). > > Send me sympathy! I'm finished with the weeping and gnashing of teeth, > but I still feel really bad about it. I think it happened because I was > congratulating myself just last night that all of my scribal stuff would > be done before I left for Pennsic. > > Graidhne ni Ruaidh > > =================================================================== > 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. > =================================================================== 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: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 00:41:57 -0700 From: "Brandeen McDonald" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! On 1 Aug 2002 at 21:24, Cecelia M. Hughes wrote: > Well, I got up this morning to discover the pelican scroll that I had > been working on was an irretrievable mess. Sometime during the night, > the cat had dumped an entire 16 oz. glass of water on it, and the I am definitely what my friends would call paranoid, but this is what I do: I never leave any water type things on any surface with a scroll on it. If I go to the washroom for a second, I put the water container on the floor. If I am going to leave the scroll for more than two seconds I not only completely dispose of the water container, but I put the scroll on the very top of one of my bookcases where nothing will get at it. I do this consistently since I know that the one time I don't do this will be the one time that something bad will happen. Anyway, I really feel for your loss. Who knows though, the next one might be even better! Morag inghen Peadair Mare Amethystinum House Embyreset =================================================================== 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: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:55:16 +0200 From: merlyn@virulent.de Subject: Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! > On 1 Aug 2002 at 21:24, Cecelia M. Hughes wrote: > > > Well, I got up this morning to discover the pelican scroll that I > > had been working on was an irretrievable mess. Sometime during the > > night, the cat had dumped an entire 16 oz. glass of water on it, and > > the > Oh goodness you have all my sympathies and more! we don't have any cats but the cat next door , (Poopsie) who comes to visit via the roof every day and is allowed in for cuddles and play once hopped up on my desk and gaily walked all over a scroll, no pelican scroll or anything but still he was whisked off the desk very unceremoniously and is now banned from the study at all. I wish I could send hore than hugs and sympathy..... Bridget Greywolf - lover of cats and other small destructors of scrolls! - --- "Trust in God, but tie up your camel." --Indian proverb =================================================================== 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: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:36:45 +0800 From: Jean-Paul Blaquiere Subject: Re: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! > On Aug 01, Cecelia M. Hughes illuminated : > My choices are now: Re-scrape, stretch, and use it as a palimpsest at a > later date, or cut it up and give the parchment to the recipient to use > as fletches on his arrows > All you need to do now is use your cat as the replacement vellum. Stretched and prepared the skin might be just enough to get a page out of him. *duck* 101 Reasons why I don't have a cat. Scrolls and the desecration thereof. Though, I do plan on getting one, or maybe two sometime in the future. *shudder* after seeing all the stories that come past here, I will endeavour to never leave paints or water near an unattended cat or works in progress! Or, heaven forbid, works completed. ./Jehan, thankful his puppy has never learnt how to climb - -- Jean-Paul Blaquiere || Avatar of Computational japester@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au || Thaumaturgy http://japester.ucc.asn.au || verum ipsum factum Questions are dangerous, for they have answers =================================================================== 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: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:47:41 -0500 (EST) From: john j cash Subject: [scribes]: Cat-astrophe! Graidnhe's Blues -- annotated by johannes v.n. Well, I got up this morning, to find my scroll was a mess. Yeah, I got up this morning, I found that scroll was a mess. The cat dumped all that water on it; Got to start over now on hot-press. Now, My last good piece of vellum, has to be scraped and restretched, Yeah, my last good piece of vellum, Needs to be scraped and restretched. Last night it look so fine, And this morning it looks like Loch Ness. Now you Loch Ness kitty, Don' you treat me like that; Now you Loch Ness Monster kitty, Don' you treat me like that. It was the very best my gold leaf ever looked, Done in by that Monster cat. Gonna give that scroll to Connor, He can cut it up fletch ar-rows; Gonna give that vellum to Connor, Use it to fletch his ar-rows; Gonna give him that kitty, too, Use that cat-gut to string his bow. - --- johannes v.n. =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. 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