aryanhwy | taunting Titivillus

I just completed what I think is my best scroll ever. I am SO HAPPY with it. My interpretation of the original (for those of you keeping score, I went with BL MS Arundel 68, f. 41) turned out great, I got to diaper a coat of arms for the first time, there's no spelling errors, and in fact the worst mistake was that a tiny bit of gold paint smeared before it dried, but if I didn't tell you where, you probably wouldn't find it. And now I have to wait until Double Wars is over before I can post pictures of it.

This weekend and last have been very productive, scribal-wise; I did the three scrolls I had assigned for DW, and also the calligraphy for a backlog (using a blank that Lady Agatha had done, so the result is gorgeous). One of the other DW scrolls has me absolutely tickled; I'm so happy with the "theme" of the scroll that I'm resigned to the execution of it, especially given that I was attempting realism beyond my comfort level, so with that taken into account, the execution isn't actually all that bad (I just know that people with more skill than I could've done it better). I'm also looking forward to being able to post that one here.

I've written here before about my usual lack-a-daisical approach to my scribal set-up -- sitting on the edge of the bed with a cutting board balanced on my knees, or at the table with a cat on my lap and a cup of tea to hand. This weekend I added two more things to my repertoire, things that I know would make some scribes recoil in horror. Usually while scribing I listen to music (which is not so good when I'm doing calligraphy, though only once have I actually started writing the lyrics to the song I was listening to instead of the text I was supposed to be using...) or watch bad movies. This weekend I found a different way to occupy myself, reading a blog online. It wasn't until half-way through yesterday afternoon that I realized how distinctly odd it is to be reading and painting at the same time. But it works quite well. Then tonight after supper, I was still hungry, so I dished up a bowl of snacky food to put next to my tea. Yeah, handling food with the same bare hands that hold my paintbrush. And yet, with the exception of the typo (would that be a "write-o"?) mentioned above, all of my taunting does not seem to have raised Titivillus's ire; I've never spilled tea or ink on a scroll, I've never had something ruined by Slinky bumping my hand or my elbow, I've never dropped a loaded paintbrush when I'm holding it in my mouth (I have dropped them from my hands, and have always miraculous managed to catch them without getting any paint anywhere), I haven't smeared salty greasy goodness over a scroll, and, as yet, I haven't thrown out my back with my horrible posture. *knock wood*.

EDITED: Fixed the link to the Arundel MS, thanks