Panache for Yannick of Normandy

Ink, gold, and gouache on vellum. Based on a British Library MS.

The text reads:

Notum sit omnibus dilecti draconis patris filijs quod ego Vitus rex et regina mea Isabella having received many reports of our noble cousin viscount Yannick wish, will, and desire to advertise to all the skills he has displayed in the gentle arts by naming the said Yannick a companion of the order of Panache. Done at Raglan Fair and signed by the king below.

The Latin bit is translated into English as: "Let it be noted by all sons and daughters of our beloved dragon father Albion that I Vitus king and my queen Isabel..." It is adapted from one of the openings found in W. A. Hulton, editor, The Coucher Book, or Chartulary, of Whalley Abbey (Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1847-49): Notum sit omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filijs quod ego [name] et uxor mea [name] = Let it be noted by all sons of our holy mother church that I [name] and my wife [name].

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© 2019, Sara L. Uckelman.

Hild for Catherine Weaver

Done on vellum. The "C" is based on the Macclesfield alphabet; I'm quite happy with it so long as I don't compare it to the original.

The text reads:

Constanza princess and Duncan prince to our right worthy cousin lady Catherine Weaver. This present charter confirms you as a member of the Order of Hild, created at Raglan Fair in august in the first year of our reign anno societatis LIV and here witnessed.

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© 2019, Sara L. Uckelman.

Silver Guard for Gilbert Blakthorn

My twin Mala had been doing a bunch of blanks from the Macclesfield alphabet and it made me want to revisit that source. I was super pleased to find -- when I couldn't find my facsimile edition in the post-move book mess -- that the entire MS is online! The Dragon T I picked is on folio 10r; it was a choice between that and the "I" two folios earlier, but G saw both and told me to do the dragon, so there it is.

The text reads:

To all seeing or these present letters hearing both now and to come greetings from Vitus and Isabel king and queen of Drachenwald. It is our will and command and solemn desire that from this day henceforth Gilbert Blakthorn be numbered and counted amongst the company of the Silver Guard.

The text should have read "To all seeing or hearing these present letters" BUT at least once I realised I'd skipped "hearing" I was able to reconstruct a grammatical sentence.

The scroll took me 1.5 episodes of Great British Bake-Off to complete, using vellum I'd already pre-cut.

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© 2019, Sara L. Uckelman.