Silver Mantle | Arpadfin Vidor
Tasked with creating a scroll for an early period Magyar (Hungarian) persona, I went very text-heavy - taking reference from the Hungarian "Pray Codex," whose illuminations were most impressive in their decorated first letters. Modifying a capital "P" to include the Silver mantle was the easy part, as I had to learn a completely new calligraphy hand to pen the words, which were composed by Mistress Alys Mackyntoich.
I am very pleased with how well the words fill the page, and I look forward to improving the Carolingian variant I learned for the next scroll that requires it. This scroll was created using gouache and red and black ink. It was completed in December of 2020 and was awarded at the Fifth Ethereal Court of the Eastern Consules on January 10th, 2021. |
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Silver Wheel | Trentus Nubianus
For this scroll, I used an extant from the Missal of Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg depicting Saint Maurice, whose scimitar matches that of the one on the recipients arms. Not only that, but the flag he waves is the same color as the field of said arms. Additionally, Saint Maurice's history as a military leader in the Roman army aligns with Sir. Trentus as a Roman persona and his prowess in heavy list.
It was my first time rendering a scroll in this style, and feel confident that should I attempt this style again, I would achieve the trompe l'oeil effect much more successfully, namely in adding more pronounced shadows beneath the foliage and studying the folds of the leaves and petals more closely. The words for this scroll were composed by Lady Eleanor Grey. This piece was created with watercolors and gouache, and was a backlog scroll completed in 2020. |
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Silver Wheel | Lisabetta Medaglia
Creating a scroll for my teacher was a daunting task, but I was thrilled to have the opportunity to show her what I'd learned. The Luttrell Psalter was the first manuscript Lisabetta ever shared with me as an example of her own inspiration, and so it felt appropriate to use a page from there as guidance for this scroll.
She has a detailed description of her scroll preferences on her wiki, and so the changes to color and details align with those preferences, such as adding her beloved dog Bella to the bottom left corner. I was pleased with how clean and even my lines came out in the illumination, but if done again I would enlarge the calligraphy to fill more of the page. Lady Eleanor Grey composed the words. Materials used for the illumination were watercolors and gouache. The scroll was awarded at Mimir's Well on March 3rd, 2020. |
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Silver Rapier | David Poirier de LeLoup
This was my first scroll doing both the illumination and the calligraphy. The words, composed by Lady Eleanor Grey, make ample reference to The Princess Bride, and so the recipients depicted opponent is of course the Dread Pirate Roberts.
The source for the posing of the fencers is from the recipients own manual on fabris, the style of fencing he studies. The calligraphy is in the hand bâtarde, a choice appropriate to the period and location of the recipients persona. Though I am pleased with the result, I would try to mimic the style of the manual in addition to the posing if I was to make this scroll again. The illumination was created using watercolor and gouache, and was awarded at Mimir's Well on March 3rd, 2020. |
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Tiger's Cub | Serpentius Igni
Based on the Cupid on a Dolphin mosaic in the Fishbourne Palace in England, this was my first official scroll. While I kept almost exactly to the original in design, the center circle was thinned to make room for the words, which were composed and penned by the hand of Captain Lily Aubrey.
Additionally, the creatures in each of the semicircles were edited to be tigers and dragons - tigers to reflect the nature of the scroll, and dragons to reflect the nature of the recipient. I am pleased with how closely the scroll resembles the extant. My initial idea was to paint the illumination as a mosaic, leaving small gaps between tiny shapes to resemble tiles. This is what I would like to try if I was presented with this assignment today. The illumination was accomplished with gouache and brown ink, and was awarded at Queen & Crown's Arts & Sciences Championship on February 29th, 2020. |
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