minor scroll work

bend_gules asked me back in January if I would be interested in doing some penwork initials for scroll blanks to be given to the first Prince and Princess of Insulae Draconis, to which I responded enthusiastically...and then promptly failed to garner either the required motivation or time. I did manage to do one on Tuesday and will try to do another tonight, so I won't be going to Coronet this weekend completely empty handed.

Here's Tuesday's effort:

Scroll blank with initial A

The A is based on British Library MS Arundel 11 f.9, English, either between 1440-1447 or after 1465. I only just now realized that the initial was done in red, blue, and gold, not just red and blue; the printed copy of the image I was working from didn't make this clear. Oh well. If I'd realized, I would've done it in gold too, but I didn't.

some success tonight

After dinner (which was ready and waiting for me when I got home this evening, I love my husband. I teach until 7pm on Thursdays and usually start getting really hungry around 6:30), I almost fell asleep before I could summon the energy to dig out my C&I stuff, but in about an hour I did this:




A pen-work B based on British Library MS Arundel 325 f.36, French, 1st half of 14th C. This one smudged while I was working on it. :( But only a little bit, and I think I covered it enough so it passes the arm's length test.

I wanted to have about 5 blanks to bring this weekend, so having only 2 is pretty disappointing, but 2 is a lot better than just 1, and a heck of a lot better than none!