Notes for Sir RanthulfR's KSCA Scroll
This piece is currently on my board with a hard
deadline of Saturday February 14th, 2004 Last Updated
Thursday October 06, 2005:
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Sweet Inspiration... The Tickhill
Psalter:
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The Tickhill Psalter;
Workshop Priory - a couple small images
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I took a trip to the Newberry
library on 11/15/03 and was able to see a few more
images from the Tickhill Psalter that had been
published in the NY Library guide.
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Fitzwilliam Museum,
MS 262.f71r - nice diapering, same period
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Miniature Inspirations
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Detail from 'The Star' card from
Caitlin & John Matthews The Arthurian Tarot would
be a lovely incorporation. |
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Materials
1st Mock Up
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I began a mock up on paper of this piece and
immediately didn't like the direction that it was going from my
original idea. That started the changes.
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I had to reduce the illumination size
significantly for it all fit on the vellum. The resulting piece
is about 35% smaller than I thought it would be. My original
thought of three roundels inside of the "D" each holding it's
own miniature made everything look crowded and busy, so I
simplified.
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The "D" now contains a single scene, that of a
Knight and his party waiting outside the castle, with a shooting
star that looks vaguely gryphon like streaking across the sky.
The bandorel declares "With good omen comes the gryphon knight"
and the retainers are pointing up towards the sky.
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Beneath the gilded text is King actually
Knighting RanthulfR with her majesty sitting demurely behind
him. This bandorel reads from the Knights oath "To ever be a
good knight and true reverent and generous".
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On the right side a Gryphon rampant carries Sir
RanthulfR's Shield within a gilding "W" and the scroll text
follows. The tiny size of the calligraphy will be a challenge
for me.
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The MidRealm seal will be stylized to fit with
the overall feel of the piece and painted in at the bottom with
the Royal signatures on each side. The final bandorel snakes up
the right side border and reads "shield of the weak".
Progress 9/05
"WE Finn and Garlanda Regnum
Meditarane in consideration of his skill both on and off the
field of battle do of our especial grace and certain knowledge
recognize RanthulfR AsparlundR as Knight of the Society for
Creative Anacronisim to be in all places numbered a Peer of the
Realm and a member of the Order of Chivalry with all right,
privilege, insignia, precedence, and responsibilities there
appertaining to. Done this day the twentieth of August at the
Great Pennsic War XXIII Anno Societatius XXVIIII While sitting
on our thrones we have set forth this reaffirmation of his arms
by Letters Patent Per fess gules and sable, a fess argent
between two griffins passant and an aspen leaf inverted Or."
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