Scribal Information
for the Upcoming Reign
of Sir Rustam and Vis. Suvia
Information and rules regarding charter creation from the Principality Scribe, Sharon the Merchant's Wife.
An Arabic ductus prepared by Mistress Keterlin.
This link is for the the Topkapi Palace Museum. They have some very nice existent costume pieces where you can see the rectangular construction very clearly. Also some nice manuscript zooms. Don't forget to look under Books and Calligraphy and Miniatures sections. http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/topkapi.html
Here is another to prowl around the different subjects. They kind of mix things around so you will find
items mixed in with various subjects. The translation doesn't work for all the pages but you can get the gist
of most things even without. More detailed information can be found under 'Topics'. Make sure you click on
"View All" to get the thumbnails for the whole collection. Don't forget to check out the textile section as well.
There are some inspirations for quick and simple embroidery motifs.
http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_thesaurus.php?th=formes
This is another person in the SCA's research. It is a good selection of information with source information to help you search for more.
http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/Persian/wcoatl.html
This is one of the Smithsonian's online collections. It is kind of hard to navigate as it mixes all the art
mediums and you just have to wade through 12 or 30 thumbnails per page, clicking on the ones that look interesting.
There are riches buried within if you stick with it. Really cool is the guided tour of a manuscript if you click on the
Haft Awrang under related topics. There is a very nice zoom function.
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/pinky.cfm?group=Arts of the Islamic World
This is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Endless links to follow. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=Islamic
