Scribe's Guild

The Scribal Arts are not only an art, but also an important service. They are the means by which scrolls are made to recognize achievements in our Kingdom.

Our Scribes are volunteers and the products of their art are given freely, often without compensation for time or materials.

They were inducted into the Order of the Falcon's Heart by TRM Logan and Ylva at Kingdom Heraldic Scribal and Dance Symposium 2022.

Officers

Scribal Guild Head

• ScribalGuild@calontir.org
• Seathrún Brock as of 1/28/24

Former Guild Heads

• Zafara Baabur - (?) - Dec 2021
• Violet Sinclair - 2/18/23 - Sept 2023
• Seathrún Brock - 1/28/24 - current (as of July 2024)

Falcon Signet, the official Kingdom Scribe:

The position of Falcon Signet has changed over the years. Sometimes the Guild Head and the Falcon Signet were the same person. At one point the Falcon Signet was a fully warranted deputy of the Minister of Arts and Sciences. It has been stated that the Falcon Signet used to handle the duties of the Royal Scribe, and that the Royal Scribe was split off into a separate position sometime in the late '90's.

• FalconSignet@calontir.org
• Seathrún Brock as of 5/20/24
• Job description - http://www.calontir.org/files/pdf/artsci/handbooks/sca-calontir-falcon-signet-job-description-2013.pdf
  • Encourages scribal education
  • Particularly responsible for GOA and POA scrolls
  • Helps the Heirs find their Royal Scribe (interested parties can let Signet know they are interested a month before Crown Tournament so she/he can give a list to the combatants ahead of time as their contemplate their potential retinues)

Former Falcon Signets

• Fionnghuala inghean Fhearghuis - during reign of Lorell and Cadfael (AS 41)
• (?)
• Elynor of Glastonbury - (?) (at least Sept 2016) - June 2018
• Zafara Baabur - June 2018 - Dec 2021
• Seathrún Brock - 5/20/24 - current (as of July 2024)

Royal Scribe/s:

The current scroll wrangler/s on the Royal Retinue, the ones to contact to help with pre-prints and such.

• Database of Scribes (Google Docs spreadsheet, maintained by HL Violet Sinclair?) - not linked here because contains personal emails. The link is "pinned" on the Falcon Scribes FB group (see below).
• Database of Scribes on the CalontirScribes Yahoo Group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CalontirScribes/database/8/edit (need to be Signed In as a member to view)

People interested in helping with pre-prints can contact the Royal Scribe as soon as the Heirs make their choice known, esp. for those who want to help create (not just paint) pre-prints before the new reign begins.

See:

• Their Majesties' Household at https://www.calontir.org/their-majesties/
• Their Highnesses' Household at https://www.calontir.org/their-highnesses/
• List of previous Royal Scribes

Backlog Scroll Coordinator:

• In charge of keeping track of who is owed scrolls from past awards and recruiting scribes to do them.
• Aia Gold-Bearer (As of 6/25/2024)
• Backlog Scroll Request Form: http://artsci.calontir.org/backlog-scroll-request-form.php

Former Backlog Clerks

• Jehanne Bening - (?) - (?)
• Julia de Brescia - (?) - (?)
• ?
• Neathery de Safita - Dec 2015 - (?) (at least June 2018)
• Katherine Von Heilige
• ?
• Helena Soranzo - (?) - May 2024
• Aia Gold-Bearer - 6/25/24 - current (as of July 2024)

Resources:

Calontir Scribes Handbook:

• Broken link - http://www.calontir.org/files/pdf/artsci/handbooks/guilds/sca-calontir-scribes-handbook-2004.pdf
• Internet Archive Version - https://web.archive.org/web/20170109045210/https://www.calontir.org/files/pdf/artsci/handbooks/guilds/sca-calontir-scribes-handbook-2004.pdf
• It is also available in the files of the Falcon Scribes Medieval C&I Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalonScribes/permalink/520159321393181

Calontir Scribal Gallery:

• http://gallery.calontir.org/artsci/scribal/scribal-0001.php (broken) and
• https://www.calontir.org/scribal-gallery/ (broken)

Period Sources:

• https://archive.org/details/companiontomanua00lain/page/n10 A companion to Manual of illumination : containing borders, capitals, texts, and detail finishings, etc.] - traceable line drawings
• http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp - Project Avalon is a resource listing dozens of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance documents from a variety of Western European sources.

Mailing Lists:

• CalontirScribes Yahoo Group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CalontirScribes/info
• Falcon Scribes Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalonScribes/
• Scribal postings on the Falcon Banner: http://falconbanner.com/tag/scribes/
• Society Scribal Mailing List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Scribes_and_Illumination/

The Scribal Arts/scroll-making community:

Category:Scribes
Category:Writing and Poetry
Category:Calligraphy
Category:Illumination

Writing Cultures/Periods:

• Anglo-Saxon
• Middle English
• Russian

Calligraphy Hands:

• Uncial:
• Gothic:
• Cyrillic:

Makers Marks:

Artist	Mark	Alternate Marking
Aline Swynbroke	small bat
Demetra Hanson	black swan
Konstantia Kaloethina	two Greek letter Kappas, back to back
Jibra'il `Attar	red shepherd's crook