About - Trimaris College of Scribes

About the College

The Trimaris College of Scribes works to foster the scribal arts within the

SCA

Kingdom of

Trimaris

and

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.