Information for Scribes
The Royal Scribe's Webpage
The Royal Scribe's Guidebook
The An Tir College of Scribes - Charter Guidebook
- BIG - 3.25 MB
The Charter - from Conception to Presentation
Design Guide - for Kingdom "Charter Masters"
Designer's "Art Release Form"
"Artist's Release Form" for Multiple Works
Tools and Materials:
Basic Designer's Kit
Design Elements:
Charter Texts
An Tir's Great Seal & Signet Ring Seal
Layout Examples - Portrait
Layout Examples - Landscape
Heraldry on Charters - Do's and Dont's
An Tir Grant Award Badges
Technique:
Basic Charter Construction
- by Carla Sans Question
Charter Construction
- by Elisabetta Annisa Gabrielli
Process for Charter Masters
- by Eleanor de Sackville
Calligraphy:
Charter Calligraphy Basics
Ruling off Guidelines for Calligraphy
a Digital Guideline Generator!
Using the Correctly Sized Pen Nib
Foreign Hands:
pseudo-Arabic ductus
pseudo-Cyrillic ductus
pseudo-Greek ductus
Elder Futhark
- Germanic - 2nd to 8th CE
Younger Futhark
- Scandanavian - 8th to 12th CE
Glossing a Foreign Text
Illumination:
Charter Illumination Basics
Charter Master Examples:
Gothic Style "AoA"
- by Wynn Constantine
Norse Style "AoA"
- by Ragnar Haerulangr
Russian Style "Goutte de Sang"
- by Bronwen Elgars
Tools and Materials:
Basic Painter's Kit
Special Element Painting Requirements:
Heraldic Colors
Goutte de Sang
Grey Goose Shaft
Hastae Leonis
Jambe de Lion
Lion et de la Lance
(no badge registered)
White Scarf
Technique:
Color Theory
Claude Boutet's 12 Color Wheel - circa 1708
Ignaz Schiffermueller's Color Wheel - circa 1775
Owen Jones' Color Tips - circa 1856
Charter Painting - The Basic Two Dimensional Technique
Charter Painting - The Basic Three Dimensional Techniques
Charter Painting - The Basic Detailing Techniques
Charter Painting - Technique Examples
The Gottingen Model Book - by Johannes Gutenburg
Painted Examples:
Novice
(coming soon)
Intermediate
(coming soon)
Advanced
(coming soon)