[SCA-AE] Modern vs SCA calligraphers was Assignment v. Commission of scrolls

[Raven]

--- David Salley <salley at klaatu.canisius.edu> wrote:
> A word about payment, we're spoiled.  I've met
> mundane professional
> calligraphers who make their mundane living doing
> calligraphy.  Exactly
> one of them could possibly have been laureled if
> they were in the SCA.
> The rest of them, I wouldn't recommend for a Fleur. 
> Possibly one or two maybe for a Sycamore.  Maybe.

While in Pittsburgh, the Calligraphy Guild has several
accomplished calligraphers who easily give SCA scribes
a run for our money.  I think such things vary too
much for wide generalizations.

> The prices they're charging, and getting, boggle the
> mind.  Anywhere from 
> ten to twenty-five cents *PER LETTER*.  And I'm
> talking basic gothic
> blackletter, not the fancier embellished hands. 

Hmm, cheap. Be glad you don't live in some place like
Washington, DC.  (This is why I usually gift
calligraphy for wedding invitations to the couple.)

Raven
semi-professional calligrapher


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