https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Brewer 2026-05-17T18:31:13Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Scribe&diff=41132 2011-01-27T11:16:18Z

<p>Brewer: This site is fantastic, thought I&#039;d share.</p> <hr /> <div>In [[period]], '''scribes''' were the people who could [[writing|write]]. Often, they were [[monk]]s or [[nun]]s who worked in a ''scriptorium'' to produce beautiful illuminated [[book]]s and [[manuscript]]s. Later in period, scribes became more secularized, and scriptoria became more like the artist workshops that also cropped up in the [[Renaissance]].<br /> <br /> ==Scribes in the SCA==<br /> In the [[SCA]], scribes are the volunteers who produce the beautiful [[award]] [[scroll]]s that are handed out during [[court]]s. The [[calligraphy]] and [[illumination]] on the scrolls is often on par with a [[medieval]] [[book of hours]] or [[grant of arms]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Origins of Error==<br /> Scribes (both medieval and SCAdian) are, among artisans and [[craftsman|craftsmen]], unique in that they have a patron demon, [[Titivillus]], who supposedly induces them to make errors in transcription.<br /> [[category:occupation (medieval)]]<br /> <br /> == External Links ==<br /> * [http://www.larsdatter.com/scribaltools.htm Scribes and Scribal Tools in the Middle Ages and Renaissance]<br /> * [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&amp;catid=26 Atlantian A&amp;S Links: Scribal Arts]<br /> * [http://scriptorium.columbia.edu/ The Digital Scriptorium] is a growing image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research. It bridges the gap between a diverse user community and the limited resources of libraries by means of sample imaging and extensive rather than intensive cataloguing.</div>

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