JAN from Amy and Christy --- Ann Miller's take on Titivillus

 

This is white gel pen on shimmer paper - so I'm impressed that the ink stuck - and washi tape - from Amy. There's no cancellation.

Christy used washi tape, too. She coordinated the tape with the stamp. There were quite a few of these woodland animal stamps in January. I really like them. Notice that Christy left a half inch of white space for the USPS. I'm encouraging people to keep that half inch open. I know I didn't in January when I ran the motifs off the bottom. I had a little talk with myself - and I'm not going to do that again.

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I hope this link takes you to Ann B. Miller's Substack - which is like a blog - or maybe not. I am signed up to get her mailings. I have not figured out Substack, yet. It seems like people can offer everything for free or just a part for free and then you need to subscribe to get everything. But, I digress.

Ann's post is about our little friend, Titivillus, the gremlin that causes all our problems if we are scribes or people who write things. I'm not sure we can blame pie-mistakes on him.

If you do a search for [Ann Miller] on my blog - you'll see where I've posted other items from her blog.

A 14th c. illustration of Titivillus, known as the "patron demon of scribes", a scapegoat to be blamed for the errors that occur when copying manuscripts.  [This was the caption on Ann's post]

LINK to Ann's post

Oh - here is some info -  from the end of Ann's blog - that explains some of how Substack works:

NOTE TO ALL: This blogpost on Substack will always be free. I will never charge for the regular newsletters. Think of the “paid” area as more of a classroom or discussion area, where we can be a bit more interactive.

PAID SUBSCRIBERS: All paid subscriptions are now $75 annually or $7.50 monthly. I am eager to devote time to interactive projects and individual discussions on this basis. For you, it’s an ongoing investment in your research and graphic skills in the book arts, handwriting, and letterform/calligraphy. I will be posting exercises that you can follow and work with on your own and upload for feedback. It’s a floating classroom, and I hope you will find it helpful!

EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNT: I’m now offering a special 50% discount on the annual paid subscription for art instructors and those in the art education field.