This piece wasn't a scroll, it was a chance to get seriously authentic.
For the Silver Brooch Gift Exchange, I was given a woman who write poetry and loves the Cuthbert Gospels. So, I decided to have one of her poems translated into Latin, and to write it on vellum so she'd have a special copy of it for her own that looked like a page out of her favorite manuscript. My gratitude to Aelia Fortunata for the translation.
The poem was written for Countess Fortune on the occasion of her Coronation by Isabel del Oakes, the recipient of this piece.
Lining was done in pencil following the period exemplar. I used a modern Mitchell nib and handle, and modern ink. This piece is on goat skin vellum.
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