Back in March I received a message from Dame Eleanor in the Midrealm to commission a prize scroll for a tournament her House was holding at Midrealm 50 year. We discussed what she wanted, what she liked, and she decided to let me just go with it after giving me the wording. I took one of the pictures she sent of a fresco of the nine worthies and the fact that she loved my Black Hours style scrolls to combine a page from the Hours of Charles the Bold with the fresco. This project was why I had the black paper for the one previous. I had ordered it specially for this project. The paper is 11x14" with a 2" border top and bottom and 1 1/2" borders on the side.
The lettering was the first time I used garlic juice for a flat gilding and I did learn a few things, including do not be afraid to redip the pen multiple times. You get better coverage that way. The letters are gilded with 22k gold leaf, and the Capital I is a raised gilding using instacoll. Everything else is finetec gold and silver with Winsor Newton and M. Graham gouache.
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