Greetings! My first guestbook died before there was much there, but if you'd like to see it, it's here.< p> Meanwhile, I'd be very grateful for any comments you'd like to leave. Your Servant, Merouda

Susan Arthur - 08/25/99 21:51:37
My URL:http://scribe.atlantia.sca.org/gallery/Lucia
My Email:susanla@mindspring.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Lucia Bellini
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Atlantia
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: Both
What brought you here?: looking for handout from your classes

Comments:
Merouda, what a beautiful site! I am very impressed with both the width and depth of your knowledge. I enjoyed your classes tremendously and am glad to get a nice readable handout, instead of my scribbly notes. Enjoyed talking to you at breakfast the one day, too. TTFN,Lucia

Jennifer Zammikiel - 08/24/99 16:35:28
My Email:zammikiel@aol.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Guenhwyvar MacEwen
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Middle (also Ealdormere)
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: yes - newly
What brought you here?: Master Talon (former Dragon Herald) - also Pennsic classes you taught

Comments:


Liz Pearson - 06/15/99 19:12:56
My Email:valkyr8@yahoo.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Giovanna
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Middle
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: not yet
What brought you here?: you're my hero!

Comments:
Hey Baby! Thought I'd check out your swank site. Wow! how do you have time to do all of your caligraphy when your working on this? Did you see that I won the beginning Caligraphy kit at Coronet? Just what I need, another project... I can hardly wait to see your site grow, it looks wonderful so far and I'm so excited to see your plans for it. Great job! Giovanna

Ami Broadhead - 06/03/99 15:00:26
My Email:Amylou4@AOL.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Adelicia D'Alviella
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Outlands
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: yes
What brought you here?: search for treatise

Comments:
I am looking for Hilliard's treatise on The Art of Limning. It has been quite an enjoyable search leading me hither and yon. I had no idea that there was so much information out here. thanks

le borgne - 05/18/99 08:49:46
My URL:http://www.oeil-demercure.com
My Email:Bernard.le.borgne@universal.fr
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: france
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: little bit
What brought you here?: alta vista search illuminated manuscripts

Comments:
i am working on a cd rom about illuminated manuscripts from private collection in in France

ibejiopo - 04/29/99 18:58:18
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/soho/studios/5835
My Email:ibejiopo@netscape.net
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: sculptor
What brought you here?: egg tempera info on the web

Comments:
A colI will be conducting a teleconference on the history of painting on May 6th. As you know, your info and formulas are readily available in the public arena. However, your page is so much fun because of your first person presentation and experience. I will be directing the class (Boco Raton Florida, I think) to your page.

ibejiopo - 04/29/99 18:55:12
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/soho/studios/5835
My Email:ibejiopo@netscape.net
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: sculptor
What brought you here?: egg tempera info on the web

Comments:
A colI will be conducting a teleconference on the history of painting on May 6th. As you know, your info and formulas are readily available in the public arena. However, your page is so much fun because of your first person presentation and experience. I will be directing the class (Boco Raton Florida, I think) to your page.

- 04/22/99 17:03:59
My Email:fretknot@earthlink.net
SCA Name, if applicable: alianor da lysharet
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: atenveldt
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: no
What brought you here?: Costume maillist sig.

Comments:
Very nice site. I can't draw at all (I use needles and silk, instead) and admire those who do. I DO very much enjoy looking at illumination.

Betsy Marshall - 04/09/99 06:09:14
My Email:Beamarshall@juno.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Ker Megan Of Taransay
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Ansteorra
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: In my dreams...
What brought you here?: Jumped from Rialto reference

Comments:
Looking forward to reading in detail; being somewhat inspired by the article in the latest TI, thinking about getting the inks and brushes back from storage..

Carolyn Priest-Dorman - 03/17/99 03:31:14
My URL:http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html
My Email:capriest@cs.vassar.edu
SCA Name, if applicable: Thora Sharptooth
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: East
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: no
What brought you here?: looking for ink recipes

Comments:
Didn't have time to explore yet, but so far I like what I have seen very much. I'll definitely be back!

j. crenshaw - 03/12/99 18:07:51
My Email:lslibrary@usj.tn.org
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: no
What brought you here?: I'm a librarian doing research on illuminated manuscripts for a medieval study being done by the fourth grade.

Comments:


Dane Smith - 03/12/99 16:30:45
My Email:dsmith06@mail.orion.org
SCA Name, if applicable: Dov
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: calontir
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: try to be
What brought you here?: url in the scribes E-mail group

Comments:
nice work. good comment on book stores. pretty hair. :-)

Melissa.C - 03/06/99 10:55:00
My Email:funkbunny@hotmail.com
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: yes...sort off.
What brought you here?: art assignment.

Comments:
Dear Merouda, I am so pleased that you have created such a fantastic web page. I was starting to think that absolutely no one cared about illuminted manuscripts and had almost lost hope in ever finding anything about them. Thankyou. love Melissa.

P. Simek - 02/24/99 18:41:58
My Email:simekp@bossiercity.org
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: no
What brought you here?: surfing

Comments:
Taking college graduate course in Medieval Culture; actually looking for a Book of Psalms illuminated manuscript.

Christine Krebs-Bonder - 01/22/99 17:54:05
My Email:2maples@dnaco.net
SCA Name, if applicable: Edlyn of Meadowburne
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Midrealm
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: both!
What brought you here?: searching for SCA sites

Comments:
I think your page is great!

Jennifer Tom - 01/05/99 07:45:22
My Email:mtom@flash.net
SCA Name, if applicable: Fionnabhair Kyriath inghean ui Neill (Kryieth of Shadowfane)
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Caid
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: Both (though not very talented at either, I'm afraid!)
What brought you here?: AltaVista search for information on the use of animal teeth in preparing parchment for illumination

Comments:
Thanks so much for your wonderful translation of The Arte of Limming! I found it both fascinating and very helpful; I look forward to looking around the rest of your site.

Bill Whitley - 01/04/99 00:22:33
My URL:http://www.imprimatur.com
My Email:whitleys@world.std.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Oohashi Katsutoshi
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: East/B. of Carolingia
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: Bookbinder/Printer
What brought you here?: Altavista search on "codex"

Comments:
Lovely site, your illumination has a nice feel to it. Nice to see the progression over time. Enjoyed visiting! toshi

Thomas Schäfer - 12/08/98 15:07:02
My URL:http://members.icq.com/12567198
My Email:Thomas.Schaefer@unibw-muenchen.de
SCA Name, if applicable: Duncan the Shepherd
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Drachenwald
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: Beginner

Comments:
I'm looking for some ideas of scrolls etc...

Ed Wittkofski - 11/24/98 03:22:33
My Email:EWittkofski@aol.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Mieczislav
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: East
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: Caligrapher
What brought you here?: Review in "The Masthead" (Dragonship Haven"

Comments:
Beautiful site, the manuscript samples are very helpful. I am focused on 11-12c styles and your examples of the period were most illuminating.

Janet Hetrick - 11/14/98 19:45:13
My Email:jennet@sprintmail.com
SCA Name, if applicable: THL Jennet of Tewkesbury
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Meridies // incipentent Principality of Gleann Abhann
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: SCA scribe with much to learn better at Illumination than calligraghy
What brought you here?: thru the Scribes's list link

Comments:
I have copied much of you information. Thank You! I love compiling this information and sharing it with my fellow scribes. It helps all of us to become better in our artist endoreavors. Especially for those of us who do not have ready access to Laurels here in our area.

10/14/98 04:46:16
Name: Bad Bunny My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me

Comments:
Just surfing and came accross your page Thanks


Laurie Anderson - 10/09/98 15:23:23
My Email:boetto_b@msn.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Averil duBois D'Avignon
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: outlands
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: yes to both
What brought you here?: A & S List

Comments:
you have some beautiful examples on your page, I am a novice, I hope I will get that good. There are a lot of Middle Eastern personas in the Outlands, I am very interested in the Arabic script. Can I get the ductus?

Nina - 09/20/98 18:45:31
What brought you here?: looking for medieval caligraphy for my homework

Comments:
my mum says your site is lovely and she liked looking at the pictures.

D Kilian - 09/02/98 02:03:53
My Email:amberglyph@aol.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Oriana Corbizzi
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Ansteorra
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: illuminator
What brought you here?: SCA scribes list

Comments:
Very nice site, but I don't like the hoops that Geocities makes it's users jump through. Not your fault though. I'll probably refer other people to this site. Good job

June Lathrop - 08/30/98 04:07:59
My Email:juliana@bellatlantic.net
SCA Name, if applicable: Ldy Juliana Stafford
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: East
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: both
What brought you here?: link on the scribes list

Comments:
Lots of neat stuff to look at here. Thanks!!

Genna Weiss - 08/16/98 17:14:46
My Email:toep@angelfire.com
SCA Name, if applicable: Sautomei
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Middle
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: both
What brought you here?: Link from another page.

Comments:
Nice page. Your "What's New" page hasn't had anything added in a long tinme; when do you think you'll be working on this page again?

Kelly Carney - 06/25/98 05:27:24
My URL:http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~altus/scapage.html
My Email:kacarney@ice.lakeheadu.ca
SCA Name, if applicable: Cainnear inghen ui Chatharnaig
SCA Kingdom, if applicable: Middle/Northsheild/Mare Amethystinum
Are you a calligrapher and/or illuminator?: Yes and yes...beginning.
What brought you here?: Looking for images online for ideas etc.

Comments:
I'm rather busy and it's most helpful and encouraging to be able to find materials online (easy to find) that will help me get started. Thank you for all your hard work.

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