mailng-scrols-msg - 3/1/99 Advice on shipping scrolls through the mail. NOTE: See also the files: calligraphy-msg, inks-msg, callig-suppl-msg, quills-msg, parchment-msg, paper-msg, gold-leaf-msg, sealing-wax-msg. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ Subject: Re: ANST - How to mail a scroll? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 11:07:57 MST From: ches To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Amy Forsyth wrote: > We've found a scroll that belongs to someone who now lives in the Outlands. > We've gotten in contact with the person, and have their address..... > > Now we need to figure out the best way to package the scroll so that it > can be sent through the mail. > > Should it be sandwiched between 2 pieces of oversized cardboard with some > tissue next to the design? > > What about rolling it and sending it in a tube? > > Suggestions? > > Adela Definitly the cardboard route. I get a book a week from a dealer for various reasons and the way they pack these books is the way that I am going to describe here as another way too. Large piece of cardboard, cut into a cross shape where the center is the size of the scroll plus a half inch, lay your scroll and the protective cardboard pieces in a sheet of protective foam sheet, (the really thin stuff you can get from the container store), and start folding the cross parts of the main sheet of cardboard around this and seal. The cross shape piece is sold at some post offices and container stores. Sincerely, F. Havas ches at io.com Subject: Re: ANST - How to mail a scroll? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 10:59:01 MST From: Wolfger von Sibenburgen To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG > Should it be sandwiched between 2 pieces of oversized cardboard with > some tissue next to the design? > > What about rolling it and sending it in a tube? Either of those two methods would work. For the flat method, you would need to mark "Do not fold or bend" on it. Did you ask the recipient which they prefer? Wolfger von Sibenbürgen wolfgervon at yahoo.com Shire of Mooneschadowe Ansteorra Subject: Re: ANST - How to mail a scroll? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 14:19:17 MST From: "karl muller" To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG If you send it flat, something as big as a scroll will very likely be bent. If you send it in a tube, make sure the tube can't be crushed. Look for a reproduction place (they make blue prints for architects and engineers) in your town and see if they have any tubes from roll stock they can give you. It's thick and sturdy and hard to crush. Just tape both ends, address and send. km Subject: RE: ANST - How to mail a scroll? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 11:23:12 MST From: "Weiszbrod, Barbara Ann (Barbara)** CTR **" To: "'ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG'" > Either of those two methods would work. For the flat method, you would > need to mark "Do not fold or bend" on it. Did you ask the recipient > which they prefer? I'm no expert, but I woud never roll a scroll. It would seem to me that the paints are not flexible enough, and they might chip. There was a lot of talk on the scribes list about shipping scrolls at one time, and I think their best recomendation was to put it, between two pieces of card board lined with non-acid paper, in a flat box. Alys. Subject: Re: ANST - How to mail a scroll? Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 11:24:42 MST From: Dory Grace To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG >Now we need to figure out the best way to package the scroll so that it can >be sent through the mail. >Adela If the scroll is on very lightweight paper and colored with a watercolor or thin gouache, a tube should be alright. Otherwise, if the paper is, say, 90lb or heavier then please don't roll it. Send it flat. Likewise if it has gold leaf or areas of thick paint, rolling can scratch up the leaf or cause the paint to crack or even pop off. Aquilanne Dory Grace***The Inkwell Austin, TX Edited by Mark S. Harris mailng-scrols-msg Page 3 of 3