Lindquistringes for Chiara de'Danielli

The illumination was done by Amal binti Hamid. The text reads:

All shall know who read or hear these words of the deeds of Chiara de'Danielli, loyal subject of the crown of Drachenwald. Long has the said Chiara served us, and so it is the will of Gerhardt and Judith, king and queen of Drachenwald that she be made a member of the Orden des Lindquistringes, with all the rights and responsibilities attendant thereto, including the right to bear the badge of the order, a ring formed of a wingless dragon or maintaining a gem gules. Done on August xxi, in the year of the society xliv.

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© 2009, Sara L. Uckelman.

AoA for Chiara de'Danielli

The hand is my attempt at the gothic littera bastarda in Drogin, Medieval calligraphy: its history and technique. I keep thinking I must not have the right nib, because I've tried this hand many times and it never turns out how I want to to. This is probably the best I've done so far, but it's still a pretty poor imitation.

The design is modified from a manuscript which was pictured on the front cover of an advertisement for a conference on Johannes Duns Scotus:

I don't have any further information about the manuscripts, except that it is probably a MS of one of Scotus's works, since he's pictured, and therefore it's also probably mid-14th C or later.

Unfortunately, when I was given the assignment, I was given the wrong spelling of the recipient's name.

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© 2008, Sara L. Uckelman.