ANST - scrolls (vellum)

[Katherine E. Neustadt]

Vellum comes from sheep and goat, not cow, generally, and is relatively 
expensive, though some crowns do use it for awards and charters.  
Several of the Crowns in Calontir gave out charters hand done on vellum, 
in Latin, with a type-written translation, to the recipients.  no 
illumination, just writing on vellum.  AoA-level award charters were 
general about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of a regular sheet of paper.  They 
were signed and sealed with the seal of State and quite elegant looking. 
 For GoA and patent awards, the charters were longer and were sometimes 
accompanied by a separate piece of artwork (book-of-hours type, or 
something appropriate to the persona), merely as a gift.  The most 
beautiful period 'scroll' I have seen is Duke Valens' (1st) ducal 
scroll, on hand-dyed purple vellum, with all the writing in gold painted 
miniscule. Not an everyday thing, but spectacular.  And there wasn't an 
illumination on it.  *I* would have been proud to hang that on *my* 
wall.
Catelin Munro of Ailsa
Namron
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