I was asked to do a Pearl (Grant level award for Arts and Science) for one of the original Masters of Defense who was getting it for teaching and research into the period style of rapier. I asked my Duchess, Her Grace Esa, to help me pick out the exemplar. We went with a page from the Mira and paired it with a nice Batarde style hand. I used pergamenta dyed with a black leather dye for the substrate, then acrylic paint, finetec silver. The calligraphy was done using Bleed-Proof white with a dip pen. Acrylic is not my medium of choice and is a little more difficult for me to work with. Final dimensions: 8"x10" with a 1" border for framing. The original page was only 2/3 black. Many of the pigments would likely still be made of crushed dirt and stones, as well as lead baked in different ways, in addition to a shell silver made of silver crushed and added to gum or glair. "Tempera colors, watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment and paper bound between pasteboard covered with red morocco" according to the Getty with the original leaf size being 16.6 × 12.4 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.) In Progress and Detail shots. Clicking on the pictures brings them up.
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6/9/2017 08:14:25 am
This is beautiful. Normally on a "Black hours" style scroll I would be telling you it should all be silver and not white, BUT as this is an anomaly of this style from the Mira... white is correct. As for your comment about Acrylic, first you did a great job, second, I can help you use it better (it really is not hard, it can be used exactly like watercolors or egg tempera). And while the binder of Acrylic is plastic and not period, the actual pigments ARE the same as what was used in period (with exceptions for poison pigments which they found safe substitutes for. This is amazing work and I appreciate that you researched it well.
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Failenn
6/9/2017 08:18:27 am
Thank you!
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