scroll given out last weekend

[aryanhwy]

I did this one a few weeks ago, in between trips, over the course of a few nights. On the first, I picked design, drew layout, started drawing upper border, wrote text, and calligraphed it. On the second, I drew out rest of design except for leaves, inked everything except for initial, and on the third I did everything else. I'm still really happy with how it turned out:


Order of the Fox for Cedric of the Floppy Hat



The exemplar is from the Hours of Mary of Guelders, fol. 20, reproduced on p.79 of John Harthan, Books of Hours and Their Owners. The MS is dated to 1415.

The text reads:

One and all know that we, William and Æringunnr, Prince and Princess of Insula Draconis, have granted and by this our present charter confirmed to our subject Cedric of the Floppy Hat membership in our Order of the Fox and all the liberties and responsibilities which by law and custom belong to membership in the said order. Wherefore we wish and firmly command that he shall have and maintain all those good customs and rights, freely, quietly, and fully; and we prohibit any one from bringing any obstacle, or impediment, or diminution upon him in these matters on pain of forfeiture to us.

William
Æringunnr
at Klakavirki
iij julii xlv

It is based on the first charter of King Stephen, dated to 1135 and available in translation online here.

Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

Really beautiful. It looks so authentic.

[katerinfg.livejournal.com]

Oh, I *really* like that one -- both the illumination and the wording.

[world-rim-walke.livejournal.com]

This heartens me, both to hear of Cederic getting an award and having the words "floppy hat" on a scroll.