SCRIBAL ARTS
Anno Societatis IXVII (47), IXVIII (48). & IXIX (49)
Inspired by the look of early 15th Century French manuscripts. From: Marguerite Makes a Book, Ch II - by B. Robertson (Getty), Illustrated by: K. Hewitt
Inspired by the look of early 15th Century French manuscripts. From: Marguerite Makes a Book, Ch IV - by B. Robertson (Getty), Illustrated by: K. Hewitt
Inspired by Indroit for the Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin from a Gradual illuminated probably in Bruges, late 15th century.
From: A History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel, Phaidon Press, 1986, Image 199.
Inspired by: Knotwork design from the Book of Durrow. From: 101 Celtic Borders by Courtney Davis. The wolves worked into the fret represent Skoll & Hati from Norse mythology.
Inspiration: Book of Hours - Italy, Lombardy, ca. 1475-1500, M.256 fol. 176r
Inspired by Saint John the Evangelist Writing, about 1340 - 1350. (From the German Apocalypse leaf.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 108, verso
Inspired by Heures à l’usage de Rome. France (Paris). Late 14th -early 15th Century. Western European Illuminated Manuscripts. Tamara Voronova and Audrei Sterligov. Sirrocco, London, 2006; p. 73.
War Banner for Fighting Group - Award of Dragon's Teeth
Group award for The Cove (Serving Tray). Inspired by the idea that a group of people don't really benefit from a single scroll.
Inspired by an image from: The Medieval World: An Illustrated Atlas - Feasting in the Medieval World. National Geograohic.
Inspired by award and Midrealm heraldry.
Knight v Snail VII: A Pretty Comprehensive Defeat (from a fragmentary Book of Hours, England, c. 1320-30. Harley MS 6563, ff 62v-63r.
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/09/knight-v-snail.html
Border inspired by: Master of the Harvard Hannibal, c. 1420 - Book of Hours.
Image inspired by: A mid-15th century image of Medicine as a Woman. This allegorical image depicts a woman holding up a flask of urine, often shown as the trademark of the physician in medical images during this period and represents belief that women were capable of doing physicians' work.
Inspired by the recipient's heraldry and the Exchequer's Badge of Office.
Inspired by: The Geese Book, Vol. I, f. 186ra large, lavishly illuminated, two-volume gradual that derives its name from a bas-de-page illustration showing a choir of geese directed by a wolf. It was made for the church of St. Lorenz in Nuremberg between 1504 and 1510. (J. Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, M. 905).
Geese Book Volume I - fol. 186r (ab-c.nl)
Inspiration: The Pesaro Siddur - 1480 Italy.
From: Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts by Bezalel Narkiss. Encyclopaedia Judaica, Jerusalem, 1969, p. 146-7.
I used a scroll blank that I created when I first started doing scribal work, before I did any documentation. I thought the art fit the recipient.
I used a scroll blank that I created after taking a class in "Leaves." Use of blanks was due to short lead time and multiple scrolls for same event.
Inspiration: The Kaufman Haggadah, Spain - late 14th C. An initial word panel of Psam 114. A tongueless dog is in the forefront illustrating Ex 11:7 - "But not a dog shall snarl at any of the Israelites." - nor our rapier fighters!
Inspiration: "The Unicorn in Captivity"
From: The Hunt of the Unicorn as Lover tapestry - Netherlands, C. 1495-1505.
Inspired by Dutch Book of Hours, circa 1440; Oven from Selling Bread, Tacuinum Sanitatis, circa 1385; and Cooking pot from Preparing and Cooking Tripe, Tacuinum Sanitatis, C. 1385.
Inspired by: “Sweeping” - France, 15th C. Barthélemy l’Anglais - Livres des propriétés choses. MS FR 9140, f.107.
Under the Gables: Medieval Housecleaning
An historiated initial "P" from Italian manuscript artist Giovanni Pietro Medici Da Crema, c. 1490.
Art prints by Giovanni Pietro Medici Da Crema (meisterdrucke.uk)
Inspired by Early 16th C Flemish Book of Hours for the border and A Woman Taylor Cutting Out a Pattern, 15th C - Giovanni Boccaccio for image.
Original Scroll was lost to a house fire. This was recreated in AS 52 (July 2019).