I received a special request from someone who it is rather hard to say no to, and for a project I was happy not to say no to! One year ago, this past weekend I combat scribed a Golden Dolphin (Order of High merit - Service - Atlantia.) for a friend who stepped up as Baron of Ponte Alto this weekend. The assignment was a Golden Dolphin for the lady who was stepping up with him as Baroness (and also another friend of mine). I kept tumbling over in my mind what would suit her and was bouncing ideas off one of my scribal mentors when she reminded me that there were heart-shaped books! I had completely forgotten about them and they went with the lady in question's heraldry. The Chansonnier Cordiforme (1470s) or Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu is a cordiform (heart-shaped) music manuscript, Collection Henri de Rothschild MS 2973, held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Paris, France. I could not find a lot of images online, so I worked with what I had and hand drew various elements in a sketch pad, then inked what I liked, made a transfer sheet and transferred if over to Perg. While the original was likely done on vellum or parchment, with lapis from Afghanistan, terre verte, vermillion, lead red, lead yellow, and lead white as well as iron oak gall ink, I used more modern materials for archival reasons and cost effectiveness.
Materials I used: Substrate - pergamenta; modern acrylic gold size from Baroness Aine ingen Chuimin; 23k gold leaf, a touch of finetec gold, Noodler's Bulletproof black ink, and gouache from Winsor & Newton, as well as M. Graham. The finished piece was 11x14 with a two inch border around the drawn heart. In progress pics and detail shots below.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorMe, Faílenn Chu ingen ui Fháeláin. Archives
February 2021
Categories |