ANST - Scrolls

[Fionnghal]

Well, ya know....

We could always solve the paper problem by using the ever much 
more period real vellum like they did for the Book of Kells.  Of 
course that would require a trip to a local tannery for some real cow 
hide of course.  Maybe better a slaughter house, that way we can 
get the still wet hide and stretch it just right for that really thin and 
almost translucent look.  And please, no inorganic ink or steel 
nibs.  Only the goose quills, no turkey please, they didn't have 
turkeys in Europe!  And as for ink, oak gaul is what they used, so 
why not us.  And don't forget, use a script period for the time and 
location of the persona, not everyone was around for Carolinian 
miniscule.  Use a script depending on whose court and as to who's 
illegible court hand would be appropriate... after all, if you can't read 
it, you have no business reading it, dangit.

Your's in tongue in cheek compulsive authenticity,

Always in Service,
Fionnghal Nic Phaidin
Of House Lyceum and proud Dustdancer!
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need
for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow

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