From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V8 #85 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Sunday, November 17 2002 Volume 08 : Number 085 ======================================================================== 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. [scribes]: Gilding on book edges Re: [scribes]: Gilding on book edges Re: [scribes]: ANother source for digital Manuscripts [scribes]: Re: ANother source for digital Manuscripts [scribes]: Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:52:42 -0500 From: "Judith Kirk" Subject: [scribes]: Gilding on book edges Anyone have experience with gilding the page edges of a hand-bound book? I'm very interested in finding out how others may have approached this...please respond to me privately (you can copy in the list), since I get this list on digest and I sometimes just delete.... Thank you in advance! Siobhan judith.a.kirk@wmich.edu "What?? Those aren't horns, that's my Halo Infrastructure!" =================================================================== 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, 14 Nov 2002 11:16:16 -0500 From: Randy Asplund Subject: Re: [scribes]: Gilding on book edges I watched a professional book binder do this once. He placed the book in a vice, brushed glair onto the end and gilded that. OT Shameless plug: I just made "Magic Wands" to sell on Ebay! What a fun way to fool around in the spare time. RanthulfR Judith Kirk wrote: > > Anyone have experience with gilding the page edges of a hand-bound > book? I'm very interested in finding out how others may have > approached this...please respond to me privately (you can copy in > the list), since I get this list on digest and I sometimes just > delete.... > > Thank you in advance! > > Siobhan > judith.a.kirk@wmich.edu > > "What?? Those aren't horns, that's my Halo Infrastructure!" > =================================================================== > 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: Original Art & Prints for sale! 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: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:12:19 -0800 (PST) From: Karen Kasper Subject: Re: [scribes]: ANother source for digital Manuscripts - --0-1088075331-1037290339=:61062 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii These are fascinating. I looked at one ms. that had rather amateurish illumination combined with exquisite calligraphy, but the most interesting thing was the imperfections. Check out Medeltidshandskrift 16, folio 70v, at http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/volumes/Mh_16/8.html. At first I thought the page had been ripped, but then I realized that the calligraphy follows the irregular left-hand edge of the sheet. How thrifty, to use an imperfect sheet. Obviously this book was not for a *really* important personage... :-) Arianna Fionnseach du Lochielle wrote: This came across one of my other lists....thought others here might like to know about it (if you didn't already :) The Manuscript Department of the University Library, Lund, in collaboration with NetLab of Lund University Libraries, is digitizing and making accessible on line its collection of Medieval manuscripts. http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/ Your servant, Sister Fionnseach - -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- ~=Sister Fionnseach du Lochielle=~ Not to have, but to give; Chronicler/Web - Shire of Dernehealde Not to take, but to receive. Combat Scribe - Barony Middle Marches Pursuivant-at-Large - Middle Kingdom Protege of Master Brusten de Bearsul =================================================================== 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. Karen Kasper "Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater." Gail Godwin "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." Mary Pettibone Poole, A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, 1938 - --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site - --0-1088075331-1037290339=:61062 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

These are fascinating.  I looked at one ms. that had rather amateurish illumination combined with exquisite calligraphy, but the most interesting thing was the imperfections.  Check out Medeltidshandskrift 16, folio 70v, at  http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/volumes/Mh_16/8.html. 

At first I thought the page had been ripped, but then I realized that the calligraphy follows the irregular left-hand edge of the sheet.  How thrifty, to use an imperfect sheet.  Obviously this book was not for a *really* important personage... :-)

Arianna

 Fionnseach du Lochielle <judi@frognet.net> wrote:

This came across one of my other lists....thought others here might like to know about it (if you didn't already :)

The Manuscript Department of the University Library, Lund, in
collaboration with NetLab of Lund University Libraries, is digitizing
and making accessible on line its collection of Medieval manuscripts.

http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/

Your servant,
Sister Fionnseach

-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
~=Sister Fionnseach du Lochielle=~ Not to have, but to give;
Chronicler/Web - Shire of Dernehealde Not to take, but to receive.
Combat Scribe - Barony Middle Marches
Pursuivant-at-Large - Middle Kingdom Protege of Master Brusten de Bearsul


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Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site - --0-1088075331-1037290339=:61062-- =================================================================== 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, 14 Nov 2002 11:36:30 EST From: RenScribe@aol.com Subject: [scribes]: Re: ANother source for digital Manuscripts - --part1_148.28c491a.2b052b0e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/14/2002 11:17:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, arianna_wyn@yahoo.com writes: > At first I thought the page had been ripped, but then I realized that the > calligraphy follows the irregular left-hand edge of the sheet. How > thrifty, to use an imperfect sheet. That's really neat. I have seen examples of holes in the middle of pages and the calligraphy flows right around them, but never a page where the whole corner was missing like that. Yvianne - --part1_148.28c491a.2b052b0e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/14/2002 11:17:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, arianna_wyn@yahoo.com writes:


At first I thought the page had been ripped, but then I realized that the calligraphy follows the irregular left-hand edge of the sheet.  How thrifty, to use an imperfect sheet. 


That's really neat. I have seen examples of holes in the middle of pages and the calligraphy flows right around them, but never a page where the whole corner was missing like that.

Yvianne - --part1_148.28c491a.2b052b0e_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: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:04:05 -0800 (PST) From: Crystal Cartwright Subject: [scribes]: Thank you Hello everyone! I just wanted to express my deep thanks for all your responces to my questions. I haven't had the chance to read all of them yet, but everyone has been so kind and helpful. I was quite surprised at the overwhelming responce! Of course I should have known scribes would be wonderful people :) In service to the King of kings, Crystal __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com =================================================================== 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 V8 #85 ****************************