REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR SCROLLS
EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES

LINKS
Ansteorra.org Links
Other Kingdom Scribal Websites
Other Links of Interest
Historical Reference
Scribal Supplies

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR SCROLLS

All original articles are property of and copyrighted to the artist, unless otherwise noted, and are used here with permission, and can be removed from this site by request.

Links

Ansteorra.org Links

• Ansteorran College of Heralds
• Ansteorran Scribal E-list
• Ansteorran Heralds E-list

Please note that all linked sites below this point are external to Ansteorra.org.
Scribal rules and procedures vary widely from kingdom to kingdom, so information found on these sites does not necessarily apply to charter painting or scroll creation in Ansteorra.

SCA Scribes Mailing List

Other Kingdom Scribal Websites

• Caid
• An Tir
• Atlantia
• Aethelmarc
• Calontir and the Calontir Web Forum
• Drachenwald
• Ealdormere
• East
• Lochac
• Midrealm
• Meridies
• Outlands
• Trimaris
• West
  

Other Links of Interest

• Kingdom of Atlantia's Windmaster's Hill Baronial Scribal WebPage
• Virtual Known World Scriptorium
• Library of Congress

Historical Reference

• Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, England: Western manuscripts to c. 1500
• The British Library, Manuscripts Collection
• The British Library, Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
• Cambridge University's Digital Library
• Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis (Note: Website published in German)
• Princeton University Shahnameh Project (Note: Some broken links on their site make navigation difficult.)
• Manuscripts of the Universite de Liege (Note: Website published in French, very slow loading.)
• The Schøyen Collection of biblical works
• Dartmouth College Western Manuscripts Collection (Note: Several examples of Antiphonals)
• The University of California at Berkeley's Digital Scriptorium
• The University of California at Berkley: Images of Catalan Manuscripts
• Brigham Young University Digital Scriptorium
• University of Oxford, England: Digital Collections (Notes: including plates from Dante's Inferno)
• National Gallery of Australia: The Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination
• Gallica Anthologie (Note: Website published in French.)
• Leiden University Library: Hebrew illustrated manuscripts
• University of Illinois Library at Urbana: Medieval Studies Program Library Resources
• The Institute of Ismaili Studies (Notes: Click on 'Gallery' on the menu bar - linking directly to the gallery images does not function correctly.)
• Columbia University: Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
• Cartographic Images Illustrating Maps of the Early Medieval Period
• University of Scotland, Edinburg: Islamic Art collection
• University of Scotland, Edinburg: Masterpieces from Research Collections
• Prof. Frances Pritchett, Columbia University : Calligraphy from the Islamic Tradition
• Additional Image Links from Dr. Prichett's collection
• Christus Rex website, maintained by Michael Olteanu, MS: Images from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (note: This is the website of a religious organization.)
• University of Notre Dame: Medieval Manuscripts in Facsimile
• National Library of The Netherlands: Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
• Rochester Institute of Technology, Cary Collection: 51 Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts
• Bilkent University: The Koran Collection At The Topkap Palace Library
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library: Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the J. Willard Marriott Library: List of Manuscript Fragments and Books
• The Chester Beatty Library : Islamic image Gallery
• The University of Aberdeen: The Burnet Psalter
• Illuminations from the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Note: This appears to be an SCA member's personal image collection.)
• Princeton University: Charrette Project - Chretien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux
• Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit
• Medieval Writing: Index of Scripts
  

Links to Scribal Supplies

Caution!! Some Pigments are Highly Toxic. If you wish to mix your own paints the resources for dry pigments and binding mediums are available below, however please use extreme caution when handling dry pigments.

General Art Supplies

• Dick Blick
• Asel Art
• Texas Art Supply
• Cheap Joe's
• Sinopea
• Jerry's Artarama
• Art Supplies Direct
• Mister Art
• Studio Products
• Pearl Art Supplies
• Art Supply Warehouse

Specialty Suppliers

• Alchemist Incorporated - Period Glazes and Varnishes
• Kremmer - Pigments, Resins and other hard to find resources
• Ebonex - Bone black and other carbon based pigments
• Kama Piments - Dry Pigment
• Icon Arts - Dry organic and mineral pigments
• Iconofile - Dry organic and mineral pigments
• John Neal, Bookseller - Parchment, Vellum and other caligraphy supplies
• Book Makers Supply - Parchment and Vellum
• American Science and Surplus - Cheap Porclain Morter and Restel and other odd things
• Pergmena - Parchment Vellum (dyed and natural)
• Paper and Inks Arts - calligraphy and illumination supplier

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