First scroll of AS 47

This scroll started out beautifully, as the red lines and the paint went on as if I'd been born to paint this scroll.  While just slightly too brightly mixed, I really love the combonation of colors in this piece.  It went onto the Pergamenata perfectly, so naturally I had some major problems with Titivillus on the writing bits.  Majorly fubared the 2nd line and had to scrape/burnish/pray and turn it into something else.  In this case, some of the lovely muscial notation that was a feature of the piece. I had not been intending to put in any of the music, but, once the first one was in there the second and third needed to be in order to create artistic balance. The calligraphy is nice, but it's not right.  Its gothic enough to suffice, but the calig in the original is almost stubby to fit in between the lines of music, mine is not.  That bothers me to a certain extent.

The source is Codex Claustroneoburgensis 68, a 15th century hymnal of some sort.  It is Folio 346f 90v should anyone wish to look it up. 

Iron gall ink, red ink, Guache on Pergamenata. 

 Stay Tuned!

Blankity blank blank.

This will be my page for the blanks that I will be sending over to ID for Ari's contest.

Number 1.  Hours of Catherine of Cleeves.  Page 18.   I was loving on the brightly colored leaves in this particular Book of Hours.     Can be found here so...  Click here

 

Second on the list of fun for the ID contest...An initial "B" out of the Macclesfield alphabet book.  Its really surprisingly fun to do ink only works.  I would never have thought that given my penchant for painting.   This one has darkened beautifully adn there might be an after picture to come before I pack them all up.

AS 46 Chapter 6

This scroll is based on a runestone U 459 in Skråmsta. I found the photograph on the Swedish Hertitage Board's flickr account.  Usually I stear clear of Flickr, it seemed to be a fairly high quality image especially for one taken in 1914. 

The text reads as follows: 
Saraswati, writes these runes in the name of King Sven and Queen Siobhan who honor Haldan Skjoldklifr, their longtime friend.  In search of gold he sails the seas to unknown Meridies and thus we offer him a parting gift.  Upon this the eve of his departure we make him a member of our Popular Company of Sojurners. These runes are blessed by the gods, so that no curse might remain upon these words.  So let it be written.  So Let it be done!

The steps for this scroll were as follows (which I did document before my camera's memory card bit the dust.  I am trying to retreive them.)

1.  Stonewash pergamenata with grey guache and a superabsorbant paper towel.  A sponge will do, but I think it takes away from the effect if you use a commercial sponge.
2. Translate scroll into Runes and double check. 
3. Paint on initial design- Accent work in black, everything else in red.
4. Pencil in Runes to deal with any spacing issues
5. Paint runes in red with accented words in black.
6. Paint PCS in the cross.

Now the runic text that I used was a 16 lined variant on younger futhark that is called huffed runes.  It is from a runecarver website sent to me as a guide for runecarving by the recipient so I thought it was remarkably appropriate.  The text is based on another runestone, So 179 that dates to around the year 1000.  It is a poem stone, and unique among runestones as it tells of the adventures of those for whom the stone was raised. 

AS 46 Chapter 5

A while back I handed in a blank, because it was too small for me to work with comfortably.  I gave it to Aryanhwy who can do teeny-tiny words.  This is the result.

AS 46 Chapter 4

This is the most legible that I have ever gotten a hand of this style.  I was really pleased with it. The most intimidating part of this scroll was freehanding in ink the details on the Initial R.  I sat and just looked at it for some time before I actually put nib to paper.  I know there are some things that could be improved on but I was concerned if I worked it over anymore that I would spoil it. Once I get to that point its done. 
Since I know the recipient fairly well I was all intimidated before it went out with the "Ohgodsihopeshelikesit..."  I was told there were tears, I did not see the tears but the collective gasp from the populace was most rewarding indeed.  This was done entirely in Iron Gall ink, with the exception of the Edelweiss which is lined in ink and painted in white guache.   I got both the Initial and the hand that I used from the Macclesfield Alphabet book, which has now become a staple of my Scroll Diet. :D 

Envelope exchange AS 46

Sort of a filler post.  These were for another exchange that I participated in this year.  It was called the envelope exchange and it was the brainchild of Master Iohannes.  Anywho, these were my contributions to the exchange of scribally work.  ( The addresses have been removed, even though they were really pretty) ...  I did on tiny scrap bits of Pergamena, miniatures that I took out of my manuscripts.  I ended up with the two extra on the bottom and those were handed over to Sven and Siobhan at Coronation to give out/play with/do whatever they please with.

AS 46 Chapter 3

The source that I used for this one is the online collection for the Hours of Catharine of Cleves.  Great book if you ever have a chance to flip through it I highly reccomend it.  I love love LOVE the beads and decorations in this book, and I will happily use it again.

http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/cleves/manuscript.asp?page=91
 
 I substituted the star in that image for one of the golden circles found on
http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/cleves/manuscript.asp?page=119
That page just to make it more persona appropriate, since it was being given to someone who's beaded and pearled jewelry work is particularly exceptional.  A Simple gothic hand, with slightly more decoration than your average gothic.  I love decoration.   Guache, Gold leaf and Iron gall ink.

These two scrolls are twins.  They were given to a set of twins at the same time which makes it particularly appropriate in my eyes.  The hand is Gothic Bastarda and this entire scroll (x2) was done in India Ink.  The source is the Plates of Ridolpho Cappoferro, specifically Plate 2 : Guarda Quarta and Guarda Prima.  Why yes, the scribe is also a fencer...who'da thunk it?