A TrueType font I
made based on the Isabella Breviary
I have been active in the SCA
since July of XXVII. I have moved around a fair amount; I started out
in the
Atlantian shire of
Border
Vale Keep (mundanely Augusta, GA), but moved to the
Barony of Ponte Alto
four months later. It was in Ponte Alto that I first tried
calligraphy and bought my first period flute. After just under a
year, I moved again, to the
Eastern shire of
Blak Rose.
In Blak Rose, I practiced scribing some more, including Celtic
knotwork; but I was on my own (there was nobody in the shire to learn
from; in fact, with essentially no qualifications, I started hosting a
scriptorium and teaching what little I knew). Then, in June of XXXI,
I moved
to the Western
shire of Crosston.
In Crosston, I found a more active scribe community, with people
who could coax me out of my self-taught bad habits. In September of
XXXII, I received my first scroll assignment; after fiddling with it
for three or four months, I brought it with me to work on at Twelfth
Night. It was the first time I'd worked on it except at scribes
night
(two hours a week), and I found that working on it for several hours
at a time made the difference; I got into the groove and was able to
keep working without losing my momentum. (Plus, it was nice to have
people looking over my shoulder and going wow, even if I knew it
wasn't deserved. :-) I now work on scrolls at events whenever I can.
Over the next eight months, I completed six
scrolls, received my Award of Arms, and took on the Principality
scribe office.
I have now moved to the
Shire of Hartshorn-Dale,
in the
Kingdom of the East. I am
not very active locally, because of the demands of my
new job. Just before my lady wife and I left
the
West, we were stunned to receive a couple
of new awards.
