[ANSTHRLD] Good Books

[Rhonda and Stephen Hays]

Just goes to show what happens when you hang out with scribes!

The Handbook that I saw was the blue cover, which is the one that I have.

The two that I saw had no signs of wear and tear.  I was surprised to say 
the least.  I had to pay full price for mine.

I will keep an eye out for the other two you mentioned.

Medb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hillary Greenslade" <hillaryrg at yahoo.com>
To: <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Good Books


>> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 21:01:36 -0500
>> From: "Rhonda and Stephen Hays" <housedragonstar at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Good Books
>> To: "Barony of Elfsea" <elfsea at ansteorra.org>,"Heralds List, Kingdom
>> of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at ansteorra.org>
>>
>> I was at Half-Price Books in Arlington today and saw that they had a copy 
>> of the Marc Drogin
>> book on medieval calligraphy for 7 bucks.  While I was on vacation, I 
>> visitied a few other
>> stores and it seemed that quire a few of them have copies of The 
>> Calligrapher's Handbook.
>>
>> While I can't guarantee that you can find either of these at a store near 
>> you, when I see items
>> at more than a store or three it usually means that they got in a truck 
>> load and spread them out
>> to the different stores.
>>
>> If you are not a C&I person, either of these books would be a welcome 
>> addition to a local
>> guild's library or as a donation for a prize basket.
>>
>> Medb Liath
>
> Good eye, Medb! -
> The Drogin book is by Dover, probably going to be around for a while, and 
> you lucked out on a used
> copy. This book has long been considered the SCA scribes 'calligraphers 
> bible'.  Until recently,
> there were few choices showing letter formations, till some books by David 
> Harris ("Calligraphy
> Bible" and "Art of Calligraphy").  However, every SCA scribe or scribes 
> guild should definately
> still have Drogin's book as a foundational source.
>
> "The Calligrapher's Handbook" came in two versions, a pink cover (older) 
> and a blue cover(newer)
> issues.  While under the same title, they have different collections of 
> articles on all things
> scribal (brushes, quills, papers, inks, etc), so it's worth having both. 
> Taplinger Press
> Publisher, may have dumped a number of calligraphy books on the market (or 
> it's a storehouse
> buyout including Taplinger, don't know).... but my concern is that if 
> Taplinger is no longer going
> to carry these books, then they will become 'out-of-print'.  Already, John 
> Neal Books (supplier of
> all things calligraphy), lists 'The Calligrapher's Handbook' as on 
> backorder from the UK, with a
> price around $35. Most of the copies I found at 1/2 Price Books were 
> $9.99.
>
> So, I recommend when you find 'The Calligrapher's Handbook', snatch up a 
> copy/s and give it to
> your favorite scribe or scribes guild, as they may become harder to locate 
> in future. And send it
> to your friends out of kingdom not near a 1/2 Price Books - most scribes I 
> gift it to drool over
> it with glee! - think barters or payment for scribal arts!
>
> Cheers Hillary / Ansteorra
>
>
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