Category Archives: Scribal

Award: Court Barony for Caitriona inghean CriomthainnDate: July 16, 2022 at Warriors and WarlordsPaper: 3×5″ on vellumIllumination: Gouache, period pigments, Finetec goldCalligraphy: Iron gall inkInspiration: MS M.307 fol. 165v – a 16th century Flemish Book of Hours Caitriona inghean Criomthainn has served Northshield with such care that we now make her a Baroness of ourContinue reading “Court Barony for Caitriona inghean Criomthainn”

Award: Award of the Heliotrope for Alianor RowanDate: July 16, 2022 at Warriors and WarlordsPaper: 5×7″ on pergamenataIllumination: Gouache, Finetec goldCalligraphy: Calli black inkInspiration: Walters W.90 – an early 14th century French Book of Hours On account of her skill in late period costuming, as well as her gleeful and unrepentant acts of bling, we,Continue reading “Award of the Heliotrope for Alianor Rowan”

Award: Award of Arms for Huitzlin of DreibruckenDate: June 18, 2022 at Bardic BladesPaper: 8×10″ on pergamenataIllumination: Gouache, Coliro/Finetec mica goldCalligraphy: Calli black ink, Winsor and Newton blue and red inksInspiration: MS Dd.4.17 – a 14th century English Book of Hours Do all hear these words of Ajax Rex and Gaia Regina, by right ofContinue reading “Award of Arms for Huitzlin of Dreibrucken”

Award: Order of Brigit’s Flame for Scyid del AquillaDate: June 11, 2022 at Kingdom A&SPaper: 8×10″ on pergamenataIllumination: Period pigments, gouache, Coliro mica gold Calligraphy: Cali black inkInspiration: Add MS 29433 – a 15th century Book of Hours On account of extensive labors and artistry in the realm of costume do we, Ajax Rex andContinue reading “Order of Brigit’s Flame for Scyid del Aquilla”

Award: Order of Chivalry for Hanman HebenstreitDate: May 2022Paper: 11×14″ on goat parchmentIllumination: Period pigments, gouache, genuine shell goldCalligraphy: 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 KonradContinue reading “Order of Chivalry for Hanman Hebenstreit”

Award: Personal Commission for Tom TinntinnabulumDate: February 2022Paper: 11×14″ on goat parchmentIllumination: Period pigments, gouache, Colira gold, real gold leafCalligraphy: Calli black inkInspiration: Words by Wu Yun: Before the shining halls of our modern medical institutions existed, the audacious surgeons of Europe, Arabia, China, and Rome stitched and set back together the lives of ourContinue reading “Personal Commission for Tom Tinntinnabulum”

Award: County for Hans Volsh and Genevieve MacArtneDate: Spring Coronation 2022Paper: 11×14″ on goat parchmentIllumination: Period pigments, gouache, Colira gold, real gold leafCalligraphy: Calli black inkInspiration: Grandes Heures de Jean de Berry, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 919 To all those that these letters shall hear or see, from Ajax and Gaia,Continue reading “County for Hans Volsh and Genevieve MacArtne”