RE: VMs: How translucent is vellum?

["GC" <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, and a few other ways that are quite inventive!

GC

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> I should think that a quill tied to the end of a string would
> work nicely.
> Just hold the other end of the string tightly at the center of the circle
> and draw. The same could be done with a strip of wood I would
> imagine (poke
> a nail through one end and attach the quill at the other end, voilà!).
>
> Regards,
> Dana Scott
>
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>
> > Ken wrote:
> >
> >
> > 1. I'm not versed in 15th century drafting and writing implements. I'm
> > simply working from experience.
> >
> >
> > My lay understanding of the circinus, the standard compass of
> this period,
> > was that it was widely used as a scribe tool, and I don't know of any
> > examples that were "inkable".  Metal nibs were not in use then, and a
> > writing stilus could have been attached to a circinus, but it's
> unlikely
> > one
> > was made to hold a quill.  There is some indication that lead
> plummet was
> > used in some of these devices, but whether lead plummet or scribe, each
> > would require that the ink be applied by hand over the scribed circle.
> > Depending on the steadiness of the hand, the circle would appear traced
> > instead of mechanically drawn.  This means that the circle was
> indeed hand
> > traced, no matter the initial method of drawing the circle as a
> guide for
> > the ink.
> >
> > FWIW
> >
> > GC
> >
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