Woohoo! I was able to do the Golden Rapier Scroll for my friend Engracia Madrigal. It was an effort put together by many to surprise her with awesome.
Engracia has a Spanish personna, and is the cadet of Alys MacIntoisch. Alys was awesome and provided me a couple of different options, and Alys particularly like this one:
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=12793
I forgot to take many pictures at each step, but did a little better with some of the details.
The first step was Alys wrote the words, then Rhi translated them into Spanish, then I took the tiniest nib I had and wrote the words in Spanish.
Engracia has a Spanish personna, and is the cadet of Alys MacIntoisch. Alys was awesome and provided me a couple of different options, and Alys particularly like this one:
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=12793
I forgot to take many pictures at each step, but did a little better with some of the details.
The first step was Alys wrote the words, then Rhi translated them into Spanish, then I took the tiniest nib I had and wrote the words in Spanish.
SPANISH
El 11 de febrero, en el año cincuenta y uno de la Sociedad, en Nuestra Corte Real en Concordia of the Snows, Nosotros, Brion el Rey y Ana la Reina, ante un conjunto suficiente de señores, caballeros, maestros, compañeros, buenos ciudadanos del reino, otorgaron y dotaron a Engracia de Madrigal de la Order of the Golden Rapier, junto con todos los derechos, privilegios, inmunidades, obligaciones, beneficios, y subsidios que le corresponden, tanto como se han dotado a cualquier otro miembro de la Orden antes mencionada. Nuestra concesión y dotación a la mencionada Engracia, habiendo sido examinada y plenamente comprendida por Nosotros, es por la presente aprobada, encomendada, confirmada, ejecutada y ratificada, y Nos comprometemos a guardar, observar y cumplir todo lo mencionado en ella, y cada parte de ella, realmente y eficazmente. Además, renunciamos a todo fraude, evasión, falsedad y fingimiento, y comprometemos, por Nosotros mismos y por Nuestros herederos y sucesores, que no violaremos la concesión y la dotación arriba mencionada, ni ninguna parte de ella, en cualquier momento o en cualquier manera. En la atestación y corroboración de la cual, firmamos Nuestros nombres a ésta, Nuestra carta.
ENGLISH
On 11 February, in the fifty-first year of the Society, in our Royal Court at Concordia of the Snows, We, Brion the King and Anna the Queen, before a sufficient assemblage of peers, knights, masters, companions, nobles, and good citizens of the realm, granted and endowed Engracia de Madrigal with the Order of the Golden Rapier, along with all rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, benefits, allowances and entitlements attendant thereupon, as much as have been endowed to any and all other members of the aforenamed Order. Our grant and endowment to the abovesaid Engracia, having been examined and fully understood by us, is hereby approved, commended, confirmed, executed, and ratified, and we promise to keep, observe, and fulfill all the abovesaid that is set forth therein, and every part and parcel of it, really and effectively. We further renounce all fraud, evasion, falsehood, and pretense, and avow, for ourselves and for our heirs and successors, that we shall not violate the above-stated grant and endowment, or any part of it, at any time or in any manner whatsoever. In attestation and corroboration whereof, we sign our names to this our charter.
Words by Alys Macintosich
Translation by Rhiannon the Curious
Calligraphy and Illumination by Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova
El 11 de febrero, en el año cincuenta y uno de la Sociedad, en Nuestra Corte Real en Concordia of the Snows, Nosotros, Brion el Rey y Ana la Reina, ante un conjunto suficiente de señores, caballeros, maestros, compañeros, buenos ciudadanos del reino, otorgaron y dotaron a Engracia de Madrigal de la Order of the Golden Rapier, junto con todos los derechos, privilegios, inmunidades, obligaciones, beneficios, y subsidios que le corresponden, tanto como se han dotado a cualquier otro miembro de la Orden antes mencionada. Nuestra concesión y dotación a la mencionada Engracia, habiendo sido examinada y plenamente comprendida por Nosotros, es por la presente aprobada, encomendada, confirmada, ejecutada y ratificada, y Nos comprometemos a guardar, observar y cumplir todo lo mencionado en ella, y cada parte de ella, realmente y eficazmente. Además, renunciamos a todo fraude, evasión, falsedad y fingimiento, y comprometemos, por Nosotros mismos y por Nuestros herederos y sucesores, que no violaremos la concesión y la dotación arriba mencionada, ni ninguna parte de ella, en cualquier momento o en cualquier manera. En la atestación y corroboración de la cual, firmamos Nuestros nombres a ésta, Nuestra carta.
ENGLISH
On 11 February, in the fifty-first year of the Society, in our Royal Court at Concordia of the Snows, We, Brion the King and Anna the Queen, before a sufficient assemblage of peers, knights, masters, companions, nobles, and good citizens of the realm, granted and endowed Engracia de Madrigal with the Order of the Golden Rapier, along with all rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, benefits, allowances and entitlements attendant thereupon, as much as have been endowed to any and all other members of the aforenamed Order. Our grant and endowment to the abovesaid Engracia, having been examined and fully understood by us, is hereby approved, commended, confirmed, executed, and ratified, and we promise to keep, observe, and fulfill all the abovesaid that is set forth therein, and every part and parcel of it, really and effectively. We further renounce all fraud, evasion, falsehood, and pretense, and avow, for ourselves and for our heirs and successors, that we shall not violate the above-stated grant and endowment, or any part of it, at any time or in any manner whatsoever. In attestation and corroboration whereof, we sign our names to this our charter.
Words by Alys Macintosich
Translation by Rhiannon the Curious
Calligraphy and Illumination by Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova
At this point you can see the tiny words, which I covered in frisket paper so that I would not make a mess. You want to know WHY I did this? Because the first draft of this scroll met with an egregious ink accident. If any of you heard the cries of "OH NO!" on FB, that was it.
So the frisket paper, which is very shiny and ugly, went over the words to cover it from my mistakes. I highly recommend it.
Above you can see the design for the illumination and the OGR. The OGR is designed after my original Athena OGR pin because I wanted Gracie to have one of mine, even if only painted and inked.
So the frisket paper, which is very shiny and ugly, went over the words to cover it from my mistakes. I highly recommend it.
Above you can see the design for the illumination and the OGR. The OGR is designed after my original Athena OGR pin because I wanted Gracie to have one of mine, even if only painted and inked.
Details of the left "E". I decided that as a design element I would put a lot of swords everywhere I could. It delighted me to figure out ways to put the swords into this design. The large letters were EL as the first letters of the scroll wording, and referenced back to the original exemplar.
Right side "L" with swords, flowers and decorative elements.
Inking, so much inking. Inked in the Two initials, the decorative elements, started the many, may swords. There are 23 swords including the OGR pin.
I mixed up some Verdigris which made a beautiful green. Used the glass plate, muller and added gum arabic to make pigment. Painted away. I could not find a red period pigment that I really liked, so fell back to the purple red Holbein goauche that is my all time favorite.
Ultramarine as the blue for the OGR pin for the win. Finish detailing with ink (Higgins Eternal) and a crow quill pen and done.
I was very happy with this scroll. The calligraphy was uniform, small and happy. While this wasn't a flashy scroll with a lot of gold leaf, I am very happy because it has so much detail. While it harkens back to the original, it does stand on its own.
I was very happy with this scroll. The calligraphy was uniform, small and happy. While this wasn't a flashy scroll with a lot of gold leaf, I am very happy because it has so much detail. While it harkens back to the original, it does stand on its own.
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