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This was the HUGE illumination I had to get done, and it got done in time too! WHEW!
Nicknamed "Collosus Scroll" because it not only was huge, but was complicated and took FOREVER to complete, with lots of little details. It's actually called The Baron's Scroll. Made for the previous Baron of Carolingia in the East Kingdom, he was stepping down after being the Baron for 10 years.
He's always looked and spoke of the Five Shires fondly - the Five Shires are made up of the following: The Shire of Northern Outpost, The Shire of Coldwood, The Shire of Glenn Linn, The Shire of Mountain Freehold [my local chapter of the SCA], and the Shire of Panther Vale - so when we had heard he was stepping down, I was asked (or really, I volunteered) to do a scroll to be presented to him at the event, on behalf of The Five Shires. Seen here, is the non-calligraphy version.
I didn't go to the event, but I hear he absolutely loved it, and that makes me happy :)
It's inspired from a page of the Ormsby Psalter, includes the coat of arms of all Five Shires, as well as a couple creatures from the Five Shires (the panther, kelpie [aka sea-horse], and the white bear), as well as some hybrids, and a portrait of the Baron inside the illuminated Capital L.
11x15" 140lb hotpress watercolour paper, ink, genuine 23.75k gold leaf, and gouache
Nicknamed "Collosus Scroll" because it not only was huge, but was complicated and took FOREVER to complete, with lots of little details. It's actually called The Baron's Scroll. Made for the previous Baron of Carolingia in the East Kingdom, he was stepping down after being the Baron for 10 years.
He's always looked and spoke of the Five Shires fondly - the Five Shires are made up of the following: The Shire of Northern Outpost, The Shire of Coldwood, The Shire of Glenn Linn, The Shire of Mountain Freehold [my local chapter of the SCA], and the Shire of Panther Vale - so when we had heard he was stepping down, I was asked (or really, I volunteered) to do a scroll to be presented to him at the event, on behalf of The Five Shires. Seen here, is the non-calligraphy version.
I didn't go to the event, but I hear he absolutely loved it, and that makes me happy :)
It's inspired from a page of the Ormsby Psalter, includes the coat of arms of all Five Shires, as well as a couple creatures from the Five Shires (the panther, kelpie [aka sea-horse], and the white bear), as well as some hybrids, and a portrait of the Baron inside the illuminated Capital L.
11x15" 140lb hotpress watercolour paper, ink, genuine 23.75k gold leaf, and gouache
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Miscellaneous
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 614 x 819px
File Size 396.8 kB
You can't even see the finer details in this, but I didn't want to spam my gallery by uploading the close-ups XD
From what I heard, he was really moved to have gotten a scroll from the Five Shires :)
And ..well, that's actually the medieval-versions of "panthers" ;) They were more displayed as kinda like leopards, rather than all black with blacker spots. Although, the medieval version of the "leopard" is completey different from what we know too, even if it's only a tiny paragraph in medieval bestiaries: basically, they just say that the leopard is the offspring from a lion (leo) and a pard. I....have no idea what the heck a pard is! XD The way they describe a pard, it sounds more like a cheetah or something >.>
Interesting stuffs! =D
From what I heard, he was really moved to have gotten a scroll from the Five Shires :)
And ..well, that's actually the medieval-versions of "panthers" ;) They were more displayed as kinda like leopards, rather than all black with blacker spots. Although, the medieval version of the "leopard" is completey different from what we know too, even if it's only a tiny paragraph in medieval bestiaries: basically, they just say that the leopard is the offspring from a lion (leo) and a pard. I....have no idea what the heck a pard is! XD The way they describe a pard, it sounds more like a cheetah or something >.>
Interesting stuffs! =D
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