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About the Source:
Time period: 15th century
Country: France
Modern Source:
Historical Source:
Belleville Breviary, 1323-26, Illumination on Parchment, 24.0 x 17.0 cm, Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris
Book of Hours of Maréchal de Boucicaut, 1405-08, Parchment, 27.4 x 19 cm, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris
Script: Gothic black letter
About the Scroll:
Type of scroll: Rook of Stargate
Scroll Recipient: Benjamin McTaggert
Date of Completion: December 1998
Paper: 2-ply Strathmore Bristol paper, 400 series
Ink: Platignum permanent black
Paint: Windsor-Newton gouache
Dimensions: 11x14
Additional Notes: The recipient of this award selected both the illumination style and the script
The Rook is an Ansteorran children's award. Benjamin picked out the style of the scroll. He liked the textura quadrata script, so I designed a border to go with that script. The award was done on Arches hot press watercolor paper using guache paints.
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