{"id":32,"date":"2014-03-05T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblionalia.info\/leah\/?p=32"},"modified":"2014-05-03T01:48:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T01:48:49","slug":"my-process-choosing-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/my-process-choosing-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"My Process – Choosing Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I get a scroll assignment, the first thing I do is find out who the person is. More than likely, I have never met them before. \u00a0I always try to match the inspiration for my scroll to the recipient’s persona. \u00a0In this post, I\u2019ll talk about how I go about finding a period illumination to base a scroll on.<\/p>\n

The first step is finding out what the person’s persona is, since it isn’t always included in the information provided by the signet. \u00a0My door number one for finding this information is the Northshield website. \u00a0Northshield has a populace search on their website, which you have to be logged in to use, that shows information about various populace members. This information is based on a profile created by the individual, so it’s pretty accurate – provided they have created one at all. \u00a0If not, I move to door number two.<\/p>\n

Door number two is Facebook. Generally, we get an SCA as well as a mundane name in the information from the signet, so I search for the mundane name and pay attention to location and if I have any mutual friends that pop up. \u00a0If this is a “go fish” moment, then we go to door number three.<\/p>\n

Door number three is Oscar<\/a>. \u00a0Oscar is the commentary and response website for SCA heralds who process and respond to name and heraldry registrations. \u00a0If a recipient has been in the SCA for a reasonable length of time, chances are they have registered their name. \u00a0You don’t have to log in to search Oscar, so pop the SCA name into the search bar using copy\/paste. \u00a0A search for my registered name, “Leah of Schattentor” retrieves the following result:<\/p>\n

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If I click on the \u201cNew Name\u201d entry, I get more information about that specific request. \u00a0If I had a name that was specific to a culture or time period, it would be listed in the herald\u2019s notes. \u00a0This isn\u2019t always super helpful, since it depends on what the herald wrote on the form. \u00a0Generally, though, it\u2019s better than nothing.<\/p>\n

If all else fails, I resort to Scribal Spying. \u00a0This is basically finding someone I know who is in the same home group or barony as the recipient and asking them for information about the person. \u00a0I make sure these folks are pretty savvy when it comes to staying hush-hush about scribal stuff. \u00a0Generally though, I figure if you\u2019re going to be friends with a scribe, you\u2019re going to understand that you may be called upon to be a Scribal Spy from time to time. \u00a0Or maybe it\u2019s just if you\u2019re friends with me.<\/p>\n

Okay! So for this example, I found out that my recipient\u2019s persona is 14th-16th century Flemish, based on the information Oscar. Specifically, their name is 16th century Flemish. \u00a0My go-to Flemish manuscript is the Romance of Alexander (MS Bodl 264 pt. 1<\/a>), which is mid-14th century. \u00a0It\u2019s a style that I am really comfortable with, but something tells me that this particular person leans more toward the 16th century. Why? Both of the references in Oscar for their name documentation are solidly in the 1500s. \u00a0On to the Bodley!<\/p>\n

For this kind of searching, I go directly to Bodley\u2019s Luna<\/a>. (You can read my post about how to search the Luna here<\/a>.) \u00a0I go to Flemish manuscripts first, then I narrow my search by century. For this one, I\u2019m going to stick to the beginning of the 16th century, since the Bodley offers this distinction and I\u2019m still not super comfortable with incredibly late period illumination.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s just a matter of finding something that would be easily adaptable to a scroll, keeping in mind the recommendation and the level of the given award.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not opposed to using multiple images as sources, so long as they are from the same manuscript, or are within the same rough time period. This is inspiration, after all! Try as I might, I\u2019m not going to be able to make an absolutely perfect rendition of the original art. Nor would I want to. \u00a0That\u2019s not what a light table is for<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are my sources: Add MS 38126, Flemish Book of Hours, 1485-1490, f. 35v and 36r.\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

EDIT:\u00a0<\/em>I ended up using the large gold initial A and the panel with the white branch\/leaves. \u00a0Since my source images were on facing pages, and our SCA scrolls are generally a single page, this is a liberty I feel fine taking. After all, this is a inspiration – not a reproduction attempt. \u00a0(Look for another edit soon with the finished scroll!)<\/em><\/p>\n

How do you go about finding inspirations for your scroll assigmments?<\/p>\n

\u00a0EDIT: See the finished scroll here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I get a scroll assignment, the first thing I do is find out who the person is. More than likely, I have never met them before. \u00a0I always try to match the inspiration for my scroll to the recipient’s persona. \u00a0In this post, I\u2019ll talk about how I go about finding a period illumination … Continue reading “My Process – Choosing Inspiration”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[9,16,14,17,15,13],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4eTPU-w","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}