Job Skills for Scribes THL Anna Nikolaevna Petrakova

Who’s “Hiring”?
Kingdom Principality
SIC (Scribe in Charge):
Parchment Pursuivant Topaz Pursuivant
Lady Jane Beaumont (Jane Malley) Lady Bronwen O’Neill (Angie Bradly)
3390 Oktoe Road 12109 Stagecoach Road #334
Starkville, MS 39759 Little Rock, AR 72209
Malley@netdoor.com Bronwensca@hotmail.com

What needs to be done per reign:

*those scrolls needing to be done once per year
 County (or Duchy)for HsRM  Viscounti for HsSH
 County (or Duchy) for HrRM  Viscounti for HrSH
 Order of the Rose for HrRM  Order of the Diamond for HrSH
 Champion of the Arts and Sciences*  Stellar Crescent
 Patron of the Arts and Sciences*  Garnet Chalice
 Champion of the Arts and Sciences*
 Patron of the Arts and Sciences*
 Principality Poet Laureate

Scrolls that have Masters but are only given out once per reign:
 King’s Champion  Prince’s Champion
 Queen’s Champion  Princess’s Champion
 Kingdom Poet Laureate  Principality Rapier Champion
 Kingdom Bard  Princess’s Yeoman
 Kingdom Rapier Champion  Principality Bard
 King’s Lancer (occasionally)  Order of the Jeweled Horn (2)
 Queen’s Yeoman
 Order of the Lilly (2)

Other people who might be willing to commission scrolls are Peers, Lords and Ladies.
Wording?
“OUR,” “WE,” AND REFERRING TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS IN THE TEXT
 Even if you are writing the scroll to be given by either the King or Queen, or
Prince or Princess (i.e. not both royals), use “Our” as the pronoun when the text
needs to refer to the Prince or Princess in first person. The reason is because of
the “royal We.” Royalty in the Middle Ages, when conducting official business,
used the plural first person (we, our, and ours) to refer to themselves because the
royals were considered to be consulting God, therefore it is not just the King,
Queen, Prince or Princess, it is the King, Queen, Prince or Princess and God;
thus, “we.”

 Whenever you refer to the royals, whether in first person (Our, We, Ours) or third
person (His or Her Stellar Highness, Our servant, We do hereby . . .)
CAPITALIZE the pronoun.

I. Address or Intro
Basically . . . “hey, you, pay attention!”
 All shall know that …
 Be it known that …
 Hear ye all and know that …
 Our words shall now be heard …

II. Intintulation

The listing of the King and Queen, or Prince and Princess’s name. You should not use
royal’s full name because period scrolls did not list the royal’s last name, and also by
Society convention, the royals are not themselves on the throne.

We, (name of Prince) and (name of Princess), Prince and Princess of

Gleann Abhann

We, (name of Prince), King of Meredies, and (name of Princess), Queen of

Meridies

Feel free to embellish and aggrandize as you wish. For instance, how about “Our fair
lands of Gleann Abhann” or “this noble land of Meridies.” What about “the noble Prince
and fair Princess”, etc. Use your imagination, but don’t over do it.
 III. Notification and Exposition

This is basically where you let everyone know what is going on. What did the person do
to get the award? Also, might want to mention who is getting the award. Use the
recipient’s full name, but do not use any of their titles.

You could use lots of adjectives to describe the person: good, fair, excellent, etc.

III. Disposition
What award are they getting? This is the part where you stun the person and audience
with the name of the award the Prince and Princess are graciously bestowing upon their
loyal servant.

Never use the words grant or elevate as the action words in this statement. This implies
a Grant of arms and elevation to a peerage. Instead use words like: bestow, give,
declare, recognize, etc.

Award of Arms, Grant of Arms, Peerages and Augmentations

These scrolls usually include the person’s blazon, acting as the grant or confirmation of
arms registered with the College of Arms.

IV. Corroboration and Date

The Corroboration is the statement that confirms that the royal did indeed do what the
scroll says they have done. It’s usually followed by the date the award was given. If you
know where the scroll is going to be given, sometimes you might want to include the
name of the barony or shire and the name of the event.

Examples:

Done by Our hand this _____ day of __________, A.S. ______, being ______ by
common reckoning

As it was written, so it was done here in the Shire/Barony of __________ at this

(name of event) on the ______ day of _____________, A.S. ________.

Proclaimed and confirmed here in the court of (name of King) and (name of
Queen) on this ______ day of ____________, A.S. _______, being _______
Gregorian.
The Plan:
Things to ask your patron about:
 What their persona is
 What calligraphy and illumination style do they like
 What interests they have
 When they are receiving the award or when they received it
 Who gave the award or who is giving the award (King and Queen or Prince
and Princess)
 Any ideas they already have about what they’d like on it
 What are the Arms (even if you don’t use the actual arms, you may want to
use elements from the arms)
 WHAT AWARD IT IS FOR
 HOW TO SPELL THEIR NAME
 WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE THE SCROLL COMPLETED

Things for you to think about:

 The wording (how much space is it going to take up)
 The major design structure
 Paper size
 Orientation
 Materials
 TIME CONSTRAINTS
 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
 Etc.

General Practices:
 Leave a one inch border on each side of the scroll. This allows for framing.

 You might want to give them a poster board carrying case to take it home with,
especially if they are getting surprised in court with the award or the scroll. If they’re
a particularly close friend, you might even want to frame it.

 If the scroll is going to be read in court, make sure the herald can read it. If it is in a
crazy font, print out a copy of the text to give to the court herald. The court herald
will praise your name instead of curse it. Also, if it is an especially large scroll, go
ahead and give them the text. It is sometimes awkward to read from really large
scrolls behind the throne.

 If you need to get it signed, dram in some faint pencil lines for where the royals need
to sign. They way it will look nice and straight and they won’t have to think about it
 NUMBER ONE A+ RULE!!!!!! Make your deadlines!!!!! If a Crown has asked for
a scroll to be completed at a certain time, make sure it is accomplished!! If you can’t
get it done, CALL THE CROWN! CALL THE SCRIBE IN CHARGE! LET
FOLKS KNOW!!!!!! Before it’s almost time for court.

THL Anna Nikolaevna Petrakova

mka Amy R. Wilson
1595 Vera Cruz
Memphis, TN 38117
901-374-0100
Annaniki@aol.com