The Questing Quill
Vol. I

Vol. II

The first issue of The Questing Quill was one 8-1/2 x 11 sheet, folded in half, with screeds from Seneschale, Herald, and Chronicler. It was published 8 July 1977 (A.S. XII), just before the July revel.

It took a while for the next issue to come out--until November A.S. XII. In that issue a format that continued for years was established: editorial info and officer's list on the inside front cover, upcoming events calendar facing that page, and then articles to fill out the issue.

The next issue, last in Volume I, was the December A.S. XII issue. As chronicler Jerilyn notes therein: The Questing Quill is going to become a monthly issue. It seems an issue every once in awhile isn't enough. This issue had real cover art, articles from most of the officers, and event reports.

Vol. I, Issue I	Vol. I, Issue II (No, I didn't put the same image in twice. The first two issues had the same cover art.)	Vol. I, Issue III Note the really early version of our group's proposed arms on the knight's shield. (Artwork by Leiannka Zorya of Vert Leo)

Keep in mind that this was in the days before computers. All text was hand-written or typed on *gasp* typewriters. Cut-and-paste meant just that--masters were taped together, artwork pasted onto the paper pages with real paste! We didn't have access to cool Celtic or Gothic fonts. Calligraphy was done by hand or with "Letraset" (stick-on letters). Clip art was really clipped--usually photocopied from a book and pasted into the newsletter master.

Thanks to Sir Michael the Lucky of Lancaster for the loan of very early copies of the Quill, which he has saved for many years.