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what is a "scroll"?
Feb. 28th, 2007 12:17 pmSince the debate is going on in so many places, I'll ask here rather than start a whole 'nother thread elsewhere. What is your understanding of what a scroll for? My understanding is that it is a 'receipt' for an award given out on a certain day - proof in hand that a particular set of Royals/Baronage gave a particular person a particular award/inclusion in an Order on a particular day.
That the 'receipt' is sometimes an incredibly beautiful work of art is a perk, an addition to its purpose.
Alternately, a 'scroll' is a beautiful piece of art that a scribe or illuminator has created, no matter the content of the words on it. For instance, if I had a page from an illuminated Book of Days that had been copied by a friend, it'd still be a 'scroll'. Wouldn't it?
So what's your idea of what an SCA scroll is?
(And just to mentally watch Herveus twitch before he starts typing an answer, I'll add - I don't give a damn if a herald 'passes' an SCA award scroll or not, signs it or not. Because persona names come and go but the person holding that name continues to hold the award, no matter the name currently on file at the herald's office. Dated to whichever event and whichever award-giver was responsible. And as someone whose first SCA name was blocked at Kingdom level even though it was acceptable at Society level, that whole "name must be right' thing is still a scar too thick to allow touching. So I say, if the scroll has the name or the recipient in the form that the recipient uses on it and they are happy with it, and it is signed by the persons who gave the award, then I'm not calling it a 'prommisory' - it is a scroll. That it is not proof of someone's registered arms is immaterial - my letter from Laurel is sure as heck *not* a scroll, but it is that proof, and signed by the herald. Each documents the action taken by a member of the SCA acting in the office which they have 'jurisdiction' - the king/queenbaron/baroness as award giver, and the herald as name/device registrar.)
That the 'receipt' is sometimes an incredibly beautiful work of art is a perk, an addition to its purpose.
Alternately, a 'scroll' is a beautiful piece of art that a scribe or illuminator has created, no matter the content of the words on it. For instance, if I had a page from an illuminated Book of Days that had been copied by a friend, it'd still be a 'scroll'. Wouldn't it?
So what's your idea of what an SCA scroll is?
(And just to mentally watch Herveus twitch before he starts typing an answer, I'll add - I don't give a damn if a herald 'passes' an SCA award scroll or not, signs it or not. Because persona names come and go but the person holding that name continues to hold the award, no matter the name currently on file at the herald's office. Dated to whichever event and whichever award-giver was responsible. And as someone whose first SCA name was blocked at Kingdom level even though it was acceptable at Society level, that whole "name must be right' thing is still a scar too thick to allow touching. So I say, if the scroll has the name or the recipient in the form that the recipient uses on it and they are happy with it, and it is signed by the persons who gave the award, then I'm not calling it a 'prommisory' - it is a scroll. That it is not proof of someone's registered arms is immaterial - my letter from Laurel is sure as heck *not* a scroll, but it is that proof, and signed by the herald. Each documents the action taken by a member of the SCA acting in the office which they have 'jurisdiction' - the king/queenbaron/baroness as award giver, and the herald as name/device registrar.)
