Award: Order of Chivalry for Hanman Hebenstreit
Date: May 2022
Paper: 11×14″ on goat parchment
Illumination: Period pigments, gouache, genuine shell gold
Calligraphy: Iron gall ink (underdrawing)
Inspiration: Philostratus: Heroica
Words by Amary Fairamay:
FORTITUDO, HONESTAS, LIBERALITAS, NOBILITAS, TEMPERANTIA, SPES, PRUDENTIA , IN OMNIBUS
(Prowess, Honor, Largesse, Nobility, Temperance, Hope, Prudence In All Things)
Northshield peers and populace, from Konrad and Aibhilin, king and queen, greeting. Let it be known that in lawful ceremony and with assent of its members, Hanman Hebenstreit has been admitted to the Order of Chivalry. Therefore, we charge that the said Hanman shall be granted by all persons the rights and privileges customary to the Order, not to be impeded without just cause. We further charge that he shall be held to account for his obligations as a member of the Order, according to his oaths made before us and our court. These things were given on June XVII, a.s. LII.
Cecily of York Medieval Illumination 