The Forty Year Domesday Boke Project
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Each Shire will be given 8 pages; each Barony or Principality will be given 16. We may re-think this if it can be shown that more pages are needed. If a Barony has Cantons, Holds, or Colleges associated with it they will be granted an additional 8 pages. If a Shire does not wish to use all of their pages, they can decline 2 at a time. They will be then re-distributed by the Principality Butler to another Principality or Barony.
The first page that you will be expected to do will be of your branch name and heraldic achievement with the blazon of the device. The second page is to be a map of your branch area. After those two pages you may then use the remaining pages to do a census: a compilation of what makes you a branch (see contents).
Format Pages should be within a working area of 8 1/4" X 12" for all your illumination and calligraphy.
The kind of paper you use for your drafts does not matter, however graph paper is easier to do layouts on and to use later if you want to trace what you have on a light board onto the real pages. You also may be influenced on how easy it is to calligraphy on the paper being used for the drafts.
Drafts are to be made on graph paper (or something else suitable), and can be sent in as early as 12th Night 2005 for approval. Drafts must be completed no later then one month after 12th Night (see schedule). Once the drafts are done and approved, you will receive your paper from Kingdom. The paper will be prepared with borders and page number that will have been penciled in.
Any legible, period Calligraphy text is permitted. English is the preferred language. If you use a different language or runes are used you must provide a translation on that page.
There will be classes taught in in Ithra and in workshops between now and December 2004. Contact your branch's Boke Butler or Dame Tamlyn. Check the upcoming classes page.
Greetings participants to the Domesday Project: from Cat. I have been asked to share some information on working tips and protecting the sheets while you are working on them.
Working on Domesday pages is not like working on a scroll in several ways. When working on a scroll, I generally don?t worry about a little schmootz on the back. It?s something that just happens to the back especially when you are sliding the page this way and that to change your work angle. Stray graphite particles and even paint and ink dust can be found in even the cleanest looking workspace.
With a Domesday page you not only have to protect the page from common mishaps such as paint dribbles or a dropped pen, you have to protect the back of your page, and the second page (front & back) of the folio as well. In addition, you want to protect the corners from getting dented or crimped. Bottom line? While working on a single page, you must protect ¾ of the whole sheet.
To aid this process I spent about 10 min. before I started to work with the actual pages, making a protective pocket of sorts. I started with a heavy onion skin (tracing paper) any good stout paper will do. Mine is 25x17 1/2. (That is an odd size because I just happened to have that left from a larger sheet.) 24x18 is a standard size. I then taped down another 12x16 1/2 sheet on top of that on the left side, taping at top, bottom and far left side. This forms a pocket. If you insert your open Domesday folio in at this point page one is exposed for work with the back protected, while front and back of the second page are covered.
You can leave it at that, or proceed to add protection and stability. Take two 3 inch squares of additional paper and fold them over to make triangles. Now with the folio page in place so you know where to put it, tape the triangles down on two sides so you form a little holding pocket, kind of like old photo albums used to have. Graphite and eraser dust can still get into those areas so stay mindful of that and be careful, but by and large, the folio is much safer. In the diagram below, (that is not in proportion) tape is indicated with heavier lines.
Have fun,
Cat
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