About the College

    The Trimaris College of Scribes works to foster the scribal arts within the
    SCA Kingdom of Trimaris and to provide award charters for use during
    Royal Court under the direction of the Chart Signet of Trimaris.

    The Trimaris College of Scribes is a branch of the Trimaris College of
    Heralds. The College is headed by a College Chancellor and group of
    officers who work in conjunction with the Triskele Herald of Trimaris.

    The goal of the Trimaris College of Scribes is to produce beautiful pieces of
    scribal artwork to award those found worthy by the Crown, foster the
    talents of our artisans, and promote the medieval scribal arts through
    continued study and education.

    About the Artists

    Our community of artists includes illuminators, calligraphers, limners,
    parchment makers, paper makers, gilders, bookbinders, and those who
    research the scribal and book arts of the middle ages.

    At current, the College has over fifty active scribes located in various
    groups around the Kingdom of Trimaris. Membership within the College
    requires no quotas to upkeep, and is primarily used to track the number of
    pieces turned in by various scribes for use in our many contests and for
    other forms of recognition.

    Our artists produce fine pieces of artwork for use in Royal Court. These
    hand drawn, illuminated, and calligraphed pages represent an extraordinary
    gift of time and skill. Each award given by the Royalty of Trimaris has been
    individually created by our talented scribes who work singularly or in teams
    to produce each page.

    About the Arts

    The scribal and book arts of the middle ages include the arts necessary to
    produce a book, inscribe it with text, and decorate the pages. Many of these
    arts are rarely practiced in the modern era, but through practice and study
    new life can be breathed into these long ago works to produce modern
    pieces in the style and materials of the middle ages.

    Our source materials include illuminated books of hours, secular medieval
    books, writs, and other written documents of the middle ages ranging in
    complexity from the carpet pages of the Book of Kells to simple land grants
    from the Elizabethan era. Using medieval accounts and modern scholarly
    works, the Trimaris College of Scribes works to connect its artisans with
    the arts of the middle ages, create modern works that reflect these medieval
    arts, and spread this information so that it will not be lost.
This is the recognized website for
the Trimarian College Scribes of
the Society for Creative
Anachronism, Inc. and is
maintained by Mistress Maol
Mide ingen Medra.


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