Scríbhinn

Grianadhmad is a scríbhneoir (pronounced /ˈskriv nor/, known in English as a scrivener) of the Children of Autumn. The title means he is a professional copyist, public writer, and calligrapher.

As a scríbhneoir, Grianadhmad is capable of performing several notary public duties including:

Authentication and drafting of legal documents for use overseas

Ballots (new issues); stock and bond redemption

Bills of exchange

Business start-up and corporate administration

Construction project tendering

Exchange control and foreign investment formalities

Inheritance

Legalization of documents

Purchase and sale of overseas real property

Shipping law

Trademarks and patents

Translation or certification of translation

Wills and trusts

Work and residence permits

Uinchúil Handwriting

Because of the time that he was born in, Grianadhmad uses an old alphabet called Uinchúil (uncial), which can be a little difficult for people using the Standard alphabet to read, with most letters being fundamentally similar but with stylistic rounding. These journals are written in "Half Uinchúil" which is Grin's attempt to write like normal people while still influenced by True Uinchúil styling.

UPPERCASE				LOWERCASE
Standard	Half Uinchúil	True Uinchúil		Standard	Half Uinchúil	True Uinchúil
A		Ɑ		a	ᴀ	ɑ
B	б			b		ɓ
D		Ꝺ		d		ꝺ
E	Є			e	є
F	Բ	Ꝼ		f		ꝼ
G		Ᵹ		g	ᵹ
H	Һ	Һ		h		ɦ
K		К		k		k
L		L		l	ɭ
M		ᙏ		m
N		Ո		n
P	Ƿ	ᑭ		p
Q	Ɋ	Ꝿ		q		ꝿ
R		Ꞃ		r	ɾ	ꞃ
S		Ꞅ		s		ꞅ
T		Ꞇ		t	ᴛ	ꞇ
U				u	ʊ
Y		Ⴘ		y		y

The other significant change that makes reading True Uinchúil challenging is the use of high dots. A dot above a consonant indicates a lenition of the letter sound, or in other words an implied "h" after it. So for instance where a writer in the Standard alphabet would write the word "thigh", an Uinchúil writer would record it as "ꞇ̇ıᵹ̇ (ꞇʰıᵹʰ)".

UPPERCASE				LOWERCASE
Standard	Half Uinchúil	True Uinchúil		Standard	Half Uinchúil	True Uinchúil
Bh	бh	б̐		bh		ɓ̇
Ch		Ċ		ch		ċ
Dh		Ꝺ̐		dh		ꝺ̇
Fh	Բh	Ꝼ̐		fh		ꝼ̇
Gh		Ᵹ̐		gh	ᵹh	ᵹ̇
Mh		Ṁ		mh		ṁ
Ph	Ƿh	Ṗ		ph		ṗ
Sh		Ꞅ̐		sh		ꞅ̇
Th		Ꞇ̐		th	ᴛh	ꞇ̇

Lastly, because a high dot is used to indicate lenition, the letters "i" and "j" are not dotted in Uinchúil writing:

UPPERCASE				LOWERCASE
Standard	Half Uinchúil	True Uinchúil		Standard	Half Uinchúil	True Uinchúil
I				i	ı
J				j		ȷ

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