Thursday, September 7, 2017

AoA for Alexa Pologrinus

Alexa

This is my source image.

The text reads:

Yannick and Alana prince and princess of Insulae Draconis by this our present charter do award unto Alexa Pologrinus the right to bear arms and be known to all as Lady Alexa. Dat. ix.ix.lii.

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Ffraid for Cecily Arderne

Cecily

Cecily is also an ice skater, so I solicited the help of #medievaltwitter to find images of skaters in MSs. Oxford Bodley MS Douce 5 was offered up, and I integrated bits from fol. 001v, fol. 199v-200r, fol. 218v-219r, and fol. 221v-222r.

The text reads:

Praesentibus verbi iannici et alane. Cecilia de arderne socia ordonis brigide amodo propter omnia facta. Datum apud thamesreach super festo Michaelmas anno societatis lii.

The translation:

To [all] present, [these are] the words of Yannick and Alana. Henceforth Cecily Arderne is a companion of the Order of Ffraid because of all [she] has done. Date at Thamesreach during the feast of Michaelmas, in the year of the society 52.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Silver Martlet for Aodh O Siadhail

Silver Martlet

On the first night I chose the exemplar (BL MS Additional 40618 f. 23, drew out all the lines, and put down the gold size. The second night, I gilded. The third night was for composing the text and doing the rubrication. line height: 1/16"; line spacing: 1/8".

The text reads:

Quoniam Hugo Osheall coquit, legit, et conspicit ad celum, nos, Iannicus et Alana, principes insulenses, ordinant quod hinc dictum Hugonem esse socium ordinis avis argentee. Datum apud Glen Rathlin ii septembri lii, fit manum scriptricis Arie dicte bone. Because Aodh O Siadhail cooks, reads, and stares at the sky, we, Yannick and Alana, prince and princess of Insulae Draconis, ordain that the said Aodh be henceforth a ompanion of the Order of the Silver Martlet. This we do on the 2nd day of the 7th month of our reign, while in our shire of Glen Rathlin, and in perpetual witness hereof we have caused the present document to be drawn up by the hand of our scribe called Bona.

And here's a close-up of the initial.

Silver Martlet

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Monday, August 14, 2017

Ffraid for Amphelise de Wodeham

Amphelise

Since Amphelise is both a writer and Insulae Draconis's chronicler, I really wanted to have a woman writing. I also wanted to push the limits of my skills by doing another human figure, which I am generally very scared of.

I spent an evening searching through digitised MS sites trying to find depictions of women writing -- and I collected them on twitter; the thread starts here:

Amusingly, the image I ended up settling on to copy did not actually have a woman in it. The exemplar image is from a Paris MS of the Roman de la Rose from c1340, and depicts Jean de Meun writing. The image was simple enough, and I could already see how to turn him from a man into a woman, that I figured I'd give it a go.

The entire scroll took 6.5 hours, and again I documented it in half-hour stages on twitter, up until the point where there would be spoilers:

The text reads:

Haec verba Ianici et Alane principes Insulenses sunt:

Cause it to be known to all that Amphelise de Wodeham is made a member of the Order of Ffraid.

I was SO SO pleased when people other than me were able to identify the lady as Amphelise! Here's a few close-ups

Amphelise

Amphelise

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

AoA for Myfanwy Bullen

Myfanwy

Myfanwy

Myfanwy

The exemplar is HMML Cod. S 1399, f.110r. The text reads:

To Myfanwy Bullen, right worthy and well-beloved, from Iannick and Alana, greetings. Know that many are the reports we have received of your gentility, your diligence in the arts, your skills with a bow, and your service to our subjects, our shires, and hence to ourselves your rightful princes: We in return reward you creating you a lady of our court: Datum i juli lij.

I again marked my progress in half hour increments on twitter:

I then completely forgot to time how long the calligraphy took, but it was probably ~45 min.

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Monday, June 12, 2017

Lindquistringes for Órlaith Chaomhánach

Orlaith

The exemplar is British Library MS Harley 4390, f. 18:

BL Harley 4390

The entire scroll was a bit of a last minute commission, so I had one evening to do it. The illumination took 1.75 hours, and I took photos every half an hour (see below). The calligraphy took just over half an hour. The text reads:

Pay heed all those present and to come these letters seeing or hearing for they are the words of Siridean Shah and Jahanara Bambishn of Drachenwald. By not only the testimony of many good and true people but also by our own eyes are the deeds of Órlaith Chaomhánach witnessed to us. She teaches, she cleans, she cooks, she labors tirelessly on our behalves for the betterment of our people even when her works go unseen. For all this and so that by this act she may be set as an example to all who strive to emulate noble deeds, we make the said Órlaith a member of the ancient and honorable Orden des Lindquistringes. We charge her to go henceforth and ear the badge o the order so that all may know of the love we bear for her. This we do on the dawn of our glorious reign, on the 17th day of June, anno societatis lij.

Progress tweets:

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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Fox for Alana Utterich

NAME

The exemplar is Codex Michaelburanus perg. 1, f.195r, my first time painting on gold. Whoo, is it fun! It took one day to sketch out the initial, paint the blue, and do the gilding. The next day I cleaned up the gilding, did the red, and the calligraphy.

The text reads:

Incipit verbis Pauli et Caterine. The fox is famed for his cunning and wit, and as such is an example for all those who defend our lands, and it is for this reason that in days past our honorable ancestors in recognition of this created the Order of the Fox to admit as companions all those whose skills with weapons are set apart from the rest so that they may be advertised and recognized throughout our lands. One such person is Lady Alana Utterich, who has won great renown with the bow, whereby we the abovenamed princes of Insulae Draconis do induct the said Alana in to the aforenamed Order. Datum apud Glen Rathlin xviii feb a.s. li.

Here's some progress pictures:

sketch

blue

gold

finished

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