Re: FW: Displaying scrolls

[nostrand@pi.math.wsu.edu (Barbara Nostrand)]

Poster: nostrand@pi.math.wsu.edu (Barbara Nostrand)

Noble Cousins!

The king of Atlantia provided five specifications for scroll display:

>>1. They should be easy to transport (able to lay flat in the trunk of a
>>car)
>>2. They should be inexpensive (since many will be donated)
>>3. They should be easy to use (two sheets of 1/4" plexiglas held together
>>with masking tape)
>>4. They should be various sizes (for AoA scrolls all they way to Laurel
>>or Duchey sizes)
>>5. They should be at 12th night

Mistress Orianna Fridrikrskonna forwarded the posting of which the above is
a quate to the East Kingdom mailing list.

I wish to add one suggestion.  Please construct your display devices so that
the front of the scrolls does not come into contact with whatever covering
plate (plastic, glass, whatever) you are using.  The reason is that gold leaf
and other substances used to make scrolls can surface bond to things like vinyl
which you might use as a covering to protect them.  This separation  can be
achieved by standoffs.  The scrolls can most likely be held in place by any
number of  means which do not come in contact with the central area of the
scroll.  However, it is probably best to plan on a horizonal display so that
the scrolls do not need to be held in place.  This is something which any
autocrat planning a scroll display should consider.

                                                Your Humble Servant
                                                Solveig Throndardottir
                                                Amateur Scholar

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