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The hand is gothic textura prescisus vel sine pedibus, from Drogin. This is my first attempt at it; I was surprised at how easy it was, and I wonder why I've never tried it before. The scroll was done Mar. 21, 23, and 25.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
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 |  Codex San-Florianensis III, 5, folio 184 |
Text: Carolingian miniscule, reading:
Due commendations and greetings to the barons, lords, and gentles of Drachenwald from the king and queen, Marcus and Cecilia. By these presents let all know that the request of the populace and by our own wish, and in recognition of the deeds, the service he has rendered unto us, we offer to Jakob Winkelmann von Söhren entrance into our Orden des Lindquistringes and the right to bear the badge of the order, a ring formed of a wingless dragon Or maintaining in its mouth and claws a gem gules. Done this DAY of May, anno societatis xliv.
Completed Feb. 21 and Mar. 4. Paints: Talens gouache, gold, vermillion, carmine, black intenso, white, ultramarine light, and verdigris.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
Text:
Marcus by right of arms King of Drachenwald and Prince of Insula Draconis, and Cecilia our queen, to the barons, lords, and freemen of our domains, Greeting. Be it known that we have recognized the notable attention to authenticity of our faithful and well-beloved subject, Lord Matthew Baker, and grant to him entrance into our Order of the Dragon's Bowle, allowing him to bear the badge of the order, a dragon passant coward sable charged with a bowl per pale Or and gules. West Dragoningshire, Mar. 28, a.s. 43
The text is based on The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands and a letter from Henry VII to the dean and chapter of Wells, dated April 9, 1495.
The script is my attempt at the secretary hand at http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/nwchs/secretary_hand_script.htm.
Ink: Ecoline sepia.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
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| AoA for Iida Juhanantytär | AoA for Hildegard Juhanantytär |
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| Psalter of John Barry, Paris, ca. 1386, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, ms fr. 13091, fol. 7v-8 |
These two scrolls were designed to look like facing pages of the same manuscript, much like their exemplar. Iida's was done on March 5, 7, 9, and 18; it took about one day to sketch and ink in the outlines, one day to do the gold, one day to do the red and blue, and another to do the calligraphy. Hildegrad's was done on March 18 and 20; I sketched it and inked it first day, and then settled down to do all the painting the second day, and finished up the calligraphy later that evening.
Text. Iida's reads:
Presentium auctoritate nos Michael et Moira rex et regina Drachenwaldenses altamus subjectum Iidam filiam Johannis ad ordinem domine agnitionis huius virtutis et dignitatem. Assignamus jus tali armis prout deferet cum collegio armorum. Fit manibus nostris in 17 die Junii anno societatis xli.
Which translates to:
By the authority of these presents we Michael and Moira king and queen of Drachenwald raise our subject Iida Juhanantytär to the rank of lady in recognition of her worth and dignity. We grant to her all right to such arms as she will register with the college of arms. Done by our hands on the 17th day of June anno societatis 41.
For Hildegard's I wanted to use a different initial, and had a choice (given my exemplar) of "L", "C", or "I". It took a bit of tweaking but I ended up with this text beginning with "L":
Licet et bonus est honorare virtutem et dignitatem nostri subjecti Hildegardis filie Johannis. Nos igitur Alaricus et Nerissa rex et regina Drachenwaldenses altamus Hildegardem ad ordinem domine et assignamus ei jus tali armis prout deferet cum collegio armorum. Fit manibus nostris in 1 die Septembris anno societatis xlii.
Which translates to:
It is lawful and it is good to honor the excellence and worth of our subject Hildegard Juhanantytär. Therefore we Alaric and Nerissa king and queen of Drachenwald raise Hildegard to the rank of lady and grant to her all rights to such arms as she shall register with the college of arms. Done by our hands on the 1st day of September anno societatis xlii.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
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| Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 6v, ca. 1000 |
The model from p. 37 of Maurits Smeyers, Flemish Miniatures.
Text: Carolingian miniscule, reading:
Scite his presentibus quod nos Marcus et Cecilia rex et regina Drachenwaldenses, agnitionis lubentis muni et boni exempli subiecti nostorum Helle filie Stigi altamus eam ad ordinem domine et tribuimus ei omnen jus tali armis prout deferet cum collegio armorum. Fit manibus nostris in xxi die Martii anno societatis xliii apud Attemark.
Translation:
Know by these presents that we, Marcus and Cecilia, king and queen of Drachenwald, in recognition of the cheerful service and good exemple of our subject Hella Stigsdottir raise her to the rank of lady and grant to her all rights to such arms as she will register with the College of Arms. Done by our hands in the 21st day of March, a.s. 43, at Attemark.
Paints: Talens gouache, gold, vermillion, carmine, black intenso, white, ultramarine light, and verdigris.
Ink: Ecoline sepia, with a Brause & Co. no. 180 iserlohn 3/4 mm nib.
Dates: Feb. 1, 3, and 8.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
The scroll is based on folio 275r of MS Hunter 475 (V.7.2) in the University of Glasgow's Special Collections; it is from southern Italy/Sicily and dates from the mid-late 12th century.
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Text: The text has been transliterated into the Greek alphabet. It reads:
To all people reading or hearing these words greetings from Sven and Jovi, King and Queen of Drachenwald. Equity requires and reason ordains that men virtuous and of noble courage be rewarded for their merits and that not only their persons in this mortal life so brief but after them those who shall issue from their bodies may be in all places perpetually shining before others by certain signs of honour and gentility. Therefore we king and queen of Drachenwald abovenamed who not only by common renown but also by the report and testimony of other noble and worthy men are truly informed that Octavian Athanasiou of Constantinople has long borne himself valiantly and conducted himself honourably so that it is right that he and his posterity may be in all places numbered among the company of other noble men. And for the remembrance of this the blazon following assigned to him: ermine, on a cross quarterly purpure and azure a winged lion rampant tailed nowed maintaining a flamberge or. In witness whereof we Sven and Jovi have signed with our hands these presents made the fifth day of January, a.s. forty two.
The text has been transliterated (not translated) into Greek. Because it wasn't a translation, I had to fudge some of the letters -- 'w' and 'v' are represented by upsilon; when they occur initially, I gave the 'w' a rough breathing to indicate that it was a w. I use eta for 'ei' and the long e sound, because otherwise I wouldn't have had a reason to use it, and eta is a cool letter. For the accents, I made up my own system of accenting: monosyllabic words have no accent. Polysyllabic words got an acute accent on the syllable that gets the primary stress in English, except when that syllable had a diphthong with a falling tone (i.e., the ei in 'their'), in which case I gave it a grave accent. Other dipthongs (ie and ou) got circumflexes.
The punctuation system is that used by Aristophanes of Byzantium, who became librarian at Alexandria around 200 BC, according to "Punctuation in Greek and Latin to 1600". Since 'fifth' would've been spelled out as a word in English, I merely transliterated that, but for the year the award was given, I used the Greek system of numerals.
Paints: Talens gouache, gold and carmine.
Ink: Ecoline carmine.
The scroll was done on Jan. 24 and 25.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
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Text: Carolingian miniscule, reading:
Unto all good and true citizens of Drachenwald these present letters seeing or hearing, greetings from Alaric and Nerissa, king and queen right well beloved. In recognition of the works that our dear subject Katarina von Danzig has rendered to us, our lands, and our lords, we hereby offer to her admission in our Orden des Lindquistringes, which confers the right to display the insignia of the order, a ring formed of a wingless dragon in annulo Or, maintaining with all four legs and mouth a gem gules. Dated at Flintheath, 13 of the month of October, a.s. 42.
Done Jan. 12, 17, and 18.
Paints: Talens gouache, gold, vermillion, carmine, black intenso, white, and ultramarine light. The pink is carmine + white, and the purple is carmine mixed with the already mixed ultramarine light + white, for the light blue bits.
Ink: Ecoline sepia and vermillion. The nib was a Mitchell 3.5 round.
© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.
