Scribal Symposium .::. Schedule of Courses Offered

AS XLIV

Scribal Symposium

October 17th

Hosted by the Shire of Standing Stones

Schedule of Courses

	Room 104	Room 105	Room 106	Room 107	Room 112
10 am	How to be a Royal Scribe ~~~~~ HG Alethea Charle, OL	History of Wood Block Prints ~~~~~ Master Brian mac Tomais	Vellum Preparation ~~~~ Lady Sabi Constance	How to make Paint Brushes ~~~~ HL Angharad ferch Moriddig Hir	Basic Whitework and Diapering ~~~~ Mistress Fionnuala Inghean Fhearghuis
11 am	AOA Through POA Scroll Layout ~~~~~ HG Alethea Charle	How to Self Teach Calligraphy ~~~~~ Master Brian mac Tomais	Shading Techniques used by the Italian Masters ~~~~ HL Suzanne de la Ferté	Making Quills/Practicing with Period Ink ~~~~~ Mistress Cassandra di Capelletti
12 pm	Lunch
1 pm	Lunch
2 pm	Illumination Shading Techniques ~~~~~ HL Annika die Ruuscherin	Medieval Paper ~~~~~ Master Mighel le Brewere	Egg Tempera ~~~~~ Countess Katrine Thorroffsdottir	Portraiture/How to make Faces look like Faces ~~~~ HL Suzanne de la Ferté	Painting Squished Bugs & Flowers: Scattered & Strewn Borders ~~~~ Mistress Fionnuala Inghean Fhearghuis
3 pm	Survey of Drapery Treatments for Figures ~~~~ HL Rolf Holbart	How to Draw/Paint Medieval People ~~~~~ HL Annika die Ruuscherin	Iconography ~~~~~ Countess Katrine Thorroffsdottir	Period Pigments ~~~~ HL Jehanne Bening
4 pm	Exercises in Monochromatic Painting on Colored Backgrounds ~~~~ HL Rolf Holbart	Reading Medieval Calendars ~~~~~ HL Eric St. Leger	Heraldry for Scribes ~~~~~ Countess Lyriel del le Foret, OL	Period Pigments ~~~~ HL Jehanne Bening
2-5 pm	Making your Own Quill (The Heat and Cure Method) Countess Margarette de St. Martin Sur Mer, OL ~ Room 108b
All Day	Scroll Text Writing / Old English Poetry ~ HL Rhodri ap luean ap Hywel ~ Room 108a

Course Descriptions

Time	Rm	Title	Instructor	Description
10 am	104	How to be a Royal Scribe	Duchess Alethea Charle, OL	How to, from start to finish, on the duties of a Royal Scribe. Prereq: An interest in becoming a Royal Scribe
10 am	105	History of Wood Block Prints	Master Brian mac Tomais	History and application of wood block prints in Period. Carved examples for King Hirsch and Queen Magdalena's Reign will be available to view.
10 am	106	Vellum Preparation	Lady Sabi Constance	Using Vellum is not a scary as you think. Learn how to prepare a piece of vellum so that it is ready for your use. You will receive a small piece of vellum and sandpaper so you can actually get the feel of the process. Maximum Students: 8 Minimum Age: 16 Course Fee: (For Materials Used In Class Only) $3.00
10 am	107	How to make Paint Brushes	HL Angharad ferch Moriddig Hir	Learn how to make your own paint brushes by following Master Cennini's instructions. Maximum Students: 15; Minimum age: 12; Course Fee: $3.00
10-Noon	112	Basic Whitework and Diapering	Mistress Fionnuala Inghean Fhearghuis	Class is a basic discussion of whitework techniques and placement. As well as a discussion of various diapering patterns and common characteristics. There will be a hands-on session so that the scribe can practice the techniques with the instructor available to answer specific questions. Minimum Age: 12; Class Fee: $2.00. Students will be able to take home a brush.
11 am	104	AOA Through POA Scroll Layout	Duchess Alethea Charle, OL	Layout of scroll for AOA preprints as well as GOA and POA awards.
11 am	105	How to Self-Teach Calligraphy	Master Brian mac Tomais	Inspiration, tips and resources all you will need to set up your own practice sessions
11 am	106	Shading Techniques used by Italian Masters	HL Suzanne de la Ferté	Students will learn to use charcoal and/or pen and ink to achieve the various shading effects produced by the master artists of the Italian Renaissance. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Sebastiano del Piombo will be used as sources. Maximum students: 12; Age Minimum: 10; Course Fee: $3.00 for class handout. Buy a kit for $7.00 or come with (Charcoal paper, pen, sandpaper block, kneaded eraser, chamois, tortillons, vine charcoal-extra soft, soft, medium, hard). If wearing good garb, bring an apron or something to cover your clothes.
11 am	107	Making Quills and Practicing with Period Ink	Mistress Cassandra di Capelletti	Hands on class for anyone who wants to try out quills whether they already know calligraphy or have never tried it. Background information given on the use of quills in period. No Class Fee. Provided are feathers, ink, period style paper to play with.
2 pm	104	Illumination Shading Techniques	HL Annika die Ruuscherin	Creating darks and lights while illuminating and painting. Materials needed are pencil and paper.
2 pm	105	Medieval Paper	Master Mighel le Brewere	The history and development of paper throughout the Middle Ages. Handmade paper examples made using medieval techniques will be available.
2 pm	106	Painting with Egg Tempura	Countess Katrine Thoroffsdottir	An overview of what egg tempera is & how it was used in period, followed by a demonstration of how to prepare egg tempera paint using period materials. Students will be able to play with the prepared paint to better understand the correct consistency & methods needed to use egg tempera. Minimum age 18 unless accompanied by parent or guardian due to potentially toxic period materials.
2 pm	107	Portraiture or How to make Faces Look Like Faces	HL Suzanne de la Ferté	Students learn portraiture basics---proportions and shading along with some tips and tricks. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Sebastiano del Piombo will be used as sources. Maximum students: 12 AgeMinimum:10 Course Fee: $3.00 for class handout Materials supplied by Students: paper (sketch pad), pen & ink charcoal or pencil. If wearing good garb, bring an apron or something to cover your clothes.
2-5pm	112	Painting Squished Bugs & Flowers: Scattered & Strewn Borders	Mistress Fionnuala Inghean Fhearghuis	This class focuses on the common characteristics of the Flemish"scattered and strewn" borders, as well as a discussion on shadow placement, realism in painting, and symbolism. A hands-on portion will follow to demonstrate the techniques discussed. Please bring your own brushes and pallettes. Minimum Age: 12 Skill Level: Experienced Beginner to Intermediate
3 pm	104	Survey of drapery treatments for Figures	HL Rolf Hobart	Looking at drapery styles from 800-1600 of Western Europe and some neighboring countries.
3 pm	105	How to Draw and Paint Medieval People	HL Annika die Ruuscherin	Drawing and painting basic medieval men and women. Materials needed are pencil and paper.
3 pm	106	Iconography	Countess Katrine Thoroffsdottir	An overview of iconography. Includes the origins, how icons were used & the social & religious significance of the art of icon writing. We will cover the process that the icon writer takes to prepare for & carry out the writing of the icon, including preparation of materials.
3-5pm	107	Period Pigments	HL Jehanne Bening	This class will let you play with earth pigments without a lot of effort. Feel what medieval artists' felt as they combined binder and dry pigments to make paint. Se the sineness and texture of the paint and binder; test their individual charactericstics yourself. Create paint samples you can take away to use with your own tube colors. Prereqs: Comfortable using gouache tube paint. Max Students: 9 Minimum Age: 12 Course Fee: $2.00 (For materials used in class only)
4 pm	104	Exercises in monochromatic painting on colored backgrounds	HL Rolf Hobart	Will provide students with materials to practice different monochromatic techniques of the 15th and 16th centuries.
4 pm	105	Reading Medieval Calendars	HL Eric St. Leger	Making sense of the arcane and cryptic calendars in Books of Hours and an education concerning medieval time and date keeping practices.
4 pm	106	Heraldry for Scribes	Countess Lyriel de le Foret, OL	Getting the resources you will need to translate Heraldic terms for scribal illumination.
2-5pm	108b	Making Your Own Quill (Heat-and-Cure Method)	Countess Margarette de St. Martin Sur Mer, OL	In this quill-making class, you will learn about the appropriate feathers to use, as well as the attributes of various feathers, how to clean and prep the quill, how to cut your own quill and various techniques for achieving different nibs, and a method of heating and curing the quill that will provide years of use from the same quill. Class limit 10; 16 year age requirement; no class fee.
All Day	108a	Old English Poetry	HL Rhodri ap luean ap Hywel	Lessons in writing Old English Poetry.
All Day	108a	Scroll text writing workshop	HL Rhodri ap luean ap Hywel	Learn how to write and some of the primary sources on writing scroll texts.