SCRIBAL ARTS
Anno Societatis LVIII (58)
Art sized for 8" x 10" framing on pergamenata using gouache and 23K shell gold and India ink.
Inspired by: Early 11th C (reign of King Knut) Ringer-like Dragon on a Viking Tombstone found during construction at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. England. The piece is held by the Museum of London.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/viking-tombstone-of-st-pauls-cathedral
Art sized for 8" x 10" framing on pergamenata using gouache and 23K shell gold and India ink.
Youth Award of the Baton (award for Youth martial activities) for archery.
Inspired by: See Image to right.
While this drawing by Pierre Denys de Montfort was engraved by Etienne Claude Voysard in 1801, I couldn't resist. The youth receiving the award goes by the name "The Kraken."
Art sized for 8" x 10" framing on pergamenata using gouache and 23K shell gold and India ink.
Inspired by: The Darkyard Gate at Pennsic.
The border is based on one from the Juliana Anicia Codex (Vienna Dioscurides)
The text is styled after a letter of recommendation written in Latin. "Allow me, sir, to commend to your notice …on, a slave of our lord the emperor, a member of my household and dear to me. He is most deserving of advancement and of your favour, and I do not disguise that any service you can render him in his career will be most welcome to me. Farewell (Address on the verso)
To Tiberius Claudius Hermeros imperial procurator
https://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/a-roman-letter-of-recommendation
Art sized for 8" x 10" framing on pergamenata using gouache, 23K shell gold and India ink.
Inspired by the fort at Pennsic and . . .
Joshua Defeated at Ai, A Costly Transgression Revealed, Achan Stoned. Old Testament Miniatures with Latin, Persian, and Judeo-Persian inscriptions. Paris, France - ca. 1244–1254. MS M.638, fol. 10r
The Award of the Lamb
Cynnabar Baronial Award Established by Barons Olafr and Malachy
at Cynnabar's Fall Revel - Sept A.S. 58 (2023)
to recognize entry level skill and enthusiasm for the Arts & Sciences
in honor and remembrance of Lord Lambert Beckford.
Scroll: Pyrography on a Teak cheesboard. Gouache and 23K shell gold used for award badge. Decorated side sealed with a matte polyurethane. The entire board was then finished with a food-safe beeswax and oil conditioning finish.
Inspiration: Medieval woodcut showing many uses for milk and cream. The center fromager is washing and straining curd to make cheese and large wheels of cheese age on shelves. Schweizer Chronik, by J Stumpf, 1548.
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