http://tinyurl.com/2qefup Hi all. I have been lurking for a while and researching on the internet and I came across this interesting site that talks about 14th...
My understanding is that what we know as the "heart shape" wasn't known in the middle ages as such. There are some places that the curls come out to look like...
bummer. well that explains why I cant find any I guess :0P pren ... known in the middle ages as such. There are some places that the curls come out to look...
Not so, there are hearts in Heraldry as well as at least one heart shaped book. "Songs from the Heart" from the "Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu" Savoy, 1475....
There is a manuscript in the Rare Books Collection of CU Boulder which is a period certificate for a doctor and behind the text is a pale valentine heart. The...
Check out King Rene's "Book of Love" [ISBN 0-8076-0989-7, George Braziller Inc] and you'll find winged hearts all over the place :o) The God of Love himself...
Re: hearts in illumination How about heart-shaped books, aka "livres du coeur/books of the heart". I can point you to a couple of paintings, two extant...
www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk There is a pic of a 13th C seal matrix (I guess it was used to stamp a seal onto documents?) with a man and a woman and a...
Besides the King Rene book, and the others listed above, I recently did a piece with a heart shape at center (carbuncles expanding from it). Try taking a look...
I can't think of any bookmarked web pages with hearts on them, but I have a couple of book references. If you can get hold of a copy of "The Medieval Art of...
I'm working on a Latin/English parallel text for an Award of Arms. I have a Latin translation, but I'm wondering if the Latin scholars could have a look and...
... Overall I think it is quite good: Some obvious typos: Scant / sciant mos / nos testificare / testificari Insignisconstituto insignis constituto obauxilium...
Can someone get ahold of Mistress Gwenhwyvar Nocturnal of the Midrealm and have her contact me at Panzer8462 at yahoo dot com? I lost her email address. I...
Ladt Catte McGuffee sent this article link and message to you from the ArcaMax Publishing website: Speed Bump http://www.arcamax.com/speedbump/s-157573-588100 ...
Master Jon Blaecstan, The message has been forwarded. :-) In Service, Akiko (Just the messenger) _____ From: SCA_Scribes_and_Illumination@yahoogroups.com ...
Greetings, Does anyone know of a source for a calligraphic font that looks like Persian (or a similar culture) but reads as English? I have looked on the...
Master Cristofano of Aethelmearc(?) had a handout he mailed to me once on doing pseudoscripts. I don't know if he ever put it online and I don't think he's on...
I have developed a pseudo Persian hand. I started with the one Mahee did and then spent some more time looking at various period hands and branched out with...
... How to create your own: Find a copy of the Persian Alphabet- I think Farsi and Arabian use the same alphabet. And find a couple of samples of some text in ...
Greetings from Keterlin: I too have one with a full ductus with months and numerical dating. I would be happy to send it to anyone that would like it...
From another list (sorry for the bandwidth to non-Midrealmer's <grin>)... but, this is a great way to get other's interested in the scribal/book arts... ...
trying to get ready for classes at Estrella. I can't remember which book I got this style border from. Can anyone tell me where I might find it or what ...
Motley, I did a border like this when Phelan & Mariana were King & Queen, but I'll be darned if I can find it in the book I thought I got it from. If I find...
Looks very similar to some of the borders in the Hours Catherine of Cleves. Catriona ... ============= trying to get ready for classes at Estrella. I can't...
