Aryanhwy's Calligraphy and Illumination: April 2019

Saturday, April 27, 2019

PCS for Wilhelm von Scharfenstein

The morning of the event, Arts in April, the king and queen realised they needed an unplanned scroll, and wanted to have it made on the day. Luckily, the event was full of scribes! But the queen came to two in particular, one who was teaching a calligraphy class and one who was co-teaching an illumination class. So, this was a mother-daughter duo piece; Aryanhwy did the calligraphy, and Elsabelle did the illumination. The text reads:

William and Isabetta, king and queen of Drachenwald, to our right trusty and well-beloved cousin Herr Wilhelm von Scharfenstein, greetings and good will. By the report of many good, true, and trustworthy people we have been well-informed of all that you have done for our kingdom, and for that reason we confirm you as a member of the Popular Company of Sojourners. Actum xxvij apr liij.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Ordo Cygni for Magdelena Grace Vane

The text reads:

And it came to pass that William and Isabetta, king and queen of Drachenwald, traveled south to the barony of Knights Crossing for the great feast by the renowned cook Magdelene Grace Vane who from the xxvii day of april a.s. liii was henceforth proclaimed a member of the Ordo Cygni.

The three main sources for the seated figures, the table drapings, and the food were BL MS Royal 14 E III f. 77v , BL MS Royal 2 B VII f. 199v, and BL MS Additional 42497 f. 1av. The three exemplar photos for the people pictured in the illumination are this one, this one, and this one.

Alas, the calligraphy smudged while still wet, and this is when I learned that scraping on vellum isn't quite the same as scraping on perg. I wish it had cleaned up better; but I also wasn't sure that I wanted to recalligraph it all.