I've mentioned my little Manuscript Copying Project before.

In the past week, two folks have mailed me handwritten copies of 2 Timothy based on the text I sent them. In short: The stuff is awesome. Big-time thanks to Suzanne McCarthy (details on her very cool stuff here) and Eli Evans. I've posted a pic of Eli's gorgeous MS (smaller version below). Eli has indicated to me he may blog some notes on his experience, so I'll post a link when he does.

(Update: Eli has two posts with more on the way: Post A (an intro); Post B; Post C; Eli discusses the MS he produced in Post B. Eli discusses his setup and even has a pic of a diglot he slammed out in Post C.)

There's still time to help out. If you have a hankerin' to copy some Greek, send me an email (address on sidebar) and I'll send you the details. I'm not planning on starting collation until spring (late March at the earliest).

Me? I'm still playing around, though I did copy about the first half of 2 Timothy on Saturday morning (sample below).

This sample is a little different. I'm using a sharpie ultra-fine tip; I think that'll be the one I use for my final effort. This one went much better than the last one. Yes, I'm playing with nomina sacra type stuff and I'd intended to do that before seeing Eli's MS. I may or may not do that in the final MS; it sure does make things flow easier -- I can see why abbreviating things or combining strokes was something to consider. I've thought through the mechanics of zeta and xi and even though they don't look that good, they were easier to write this time. You can still see that words that are unfamiliar are spread out a bit longer than words that are familiar. No paragraph starts on this page so no cap stuff, though my plan is to save space for that on the MS and go back and do larger letters later, perhaps adding color, perhaps not.