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greg@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Hossein Ali Qomi (mka Gregory F. Rose)) writes:
] Lord Godfrey recently wrote:
] >A lot of scribes put a great deal of time and effort into creating those 
] >scrolls.  Is it so evil that the Crown should take a second to recognise
] >the artisans who serve in that capacity?
] >
] >It's not much of a reward for hours' worth of work; would you deny us
] >even *that* much?
]
] Yes, Lord Godfrey, I would.  Not for any slight to scribes nor from any
] undervaluation of their work, would I do so, but for the screaming
] mundanity of it.  I find it hard to imagine Henry II of England handing
] out writs to his sheriffs and holding each up to be admired by his court,
] saying "Br. Louis did this one."  It's a completely unmedieval practice.

I also find it hard to imagine Henry II knighting a woman, but it's not
an argument I'd accept against having female knights in the SCA. 
But having said that, let me say I think I understand your feelings :
at least they did knight people at courts (even if they only did males),
and they didn't thank scribes, so therefor more unmedieval to thank scribes.

Maybe a better idea would be two things :

	1. Allow scribes to sign or distinctively mark their work. This 
	   lets people admiring it determine who did it. Regulations on
	   size, location, et cetera could be developed.

	2. Thank scribes for their work, by name, in the monthly
	   Kingdom newsletter

Another idea would be to have a two-part court : one part all
mideaval stuff, the other all mundane (like lost-n-founds,
personal notices, thanking people for mundane stuff, etc. ).
The second part, being mundane, no one would be obliged to attend
or stick around for.

Well, I only just thought of that last, so no doubt it has
a lot of problems that need to be worked out. Cry Havoc !
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Dennis O'Connor			doconnor@sedona.intel.com