I mentioned to the Backlog Deputy that I finally felt I was ready to tackle a Peerage scroll and asked what she had. My assignment, should I choose to accept it, Count Thorbrandr's Laurel scroll from 1996. One of the joys of doing a backlog, there is no surprise so you can ask the recipient what they would like. He suggested 15th century Italian. My response... my first whitevine. The original was Celsus, Aulus Cornelius: De medicina libri VIII - BSB Clm 69, Florenz, um 1465 [BSB-Hss Clm 69] and had little cherubs on either side of the medallion on the bottom. I removed them and replaced them with men in 15th century Italian armor (original: Farinata degli Ubert by Andrea Del Castagno 1455 ). Within the medallion I placed an image of a wheellock, one of the projects that he has done. The overall scroll size is 11" x 14" While the original manuscript would have been either parchment or vellum, decorated with 24k leaf and pigments made from crushed dirt, rocks, and bugs, and scribed with ink that may have been an oak gall with a higher vinegar content, I used more modern materials. Pergamenta, still using 24k leaf, but using modern gouache and inks. Below, the exemplars. Below, in progress pics and some detail shots.
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