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A Sampling of Scrolls
A Sampling of Scrolls
Jervisa entered her first scroll competition in the Barony of North Woods in October 1992 (Possibly for Coronation).
She won! And so began a very long and productive run as a Midrealm Scribe.
Completed Scrolls to Date = 570 and counting!
Jervisa began her art career at Age 3. Image to the left depicts a cat and a bird.
This piece (left) was inspired by a page of the two-volume set know as the "Bible of Borso d'Este" which was created between 1455-1461 in Italy. The two-book set was created by a number of scribes and illuminators, so no one artist has been attributed to this exemplar. The exemplar I used was found in "The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550."
This scroll was created using Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windsor and Newton gouache and Holbein Pearl Gold gouache.
This scroll (right) was a challenge! The recipient asked me to create her elevation scroll in a German style of the mid to late 1200s and to include images of her two horses (I inserted her mounted on each, the upper in her pilgrimage attire and the lower in her elevation garb and she is accompanied by her two Standard Poodles). I have no books on German Illumination, so off to the internet for research. Inspired by the Rheinau Psalter (1240-1260 CE), I designed the scroll using elements from several pages of the psalter.
The scroll is on Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windsor & Newton gouache and gold leaf. The decorative dots in the gold leaf were made by pressing a large blunt needle into it. A wax seal was also requested and was made by Master Ranthulfr Asparlundr.
This scroll (left) was inspired by "The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting." The border design is from "The Delft Masters" 1430-1480 CE and the initial is from the "Artists of the Eastern Netherlands" 1460-1480 CE. The image within the "O" is the heraldry of the recipient. Because of their activity in the rapier community, I chose to top the shield with a helmet -- including mantling. The scroll commemorates his being made a Baron of the Court so I topped the helm with a Baronial Coronet and recognized their rank as Warder by including the Bronze Ring.
This scroll was created on Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windsor & Newton gouache and Holbein Pearl Gold gouache.
The inspiration for this scroll (right) was from the book "The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550."
The border design is based on "Duns Scotus, Quaestiones on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Book IV: Distinctiones 1-16." Written in Naples by Pietro Ippolito da Luni and illuminated by Cola Rapicano c.1480-5.
This piece was created on Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windsor and Newton gouache and gilded with 22K gold leaf.
In the border are badges of the recipient's Kingdom, Region, Barony, Group, and her personal device at the bottom.
The Pelican is a copy of the one that was embroidered on her elevation cloak.
The inspiration for this scroll was the October calendar page from the Bedford Master who created "Book of Hours for John Duke of Bedford." The Book of Hours is dated c.1430-35 CE, Paris, France.
This piece was created on Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windsor & Newton Gouache and Holbein Pearl Gold Gouache.
The inspiration for this piece (right) is from the book "The Golden Age: Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duke of Berry." The exemplar is from The Psalter of Jean de Berry by the Artist André Beauneveu, created some time between 1384-1402.
This scroll was created on Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windor and Newton gouache and Hobein Pearl Gold gouache.
The inspiration for this piece (left) was from the book "The Golden Age: Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duke of Berry." The exemplar is from "The Belles Heures of Jean de Berry," which was created around 1408-1409 by the Limbourg brothers, Paul, Jean, and Herman.
The scroll was created on Strathmore 100 lb Bristol paper using Windsor and Newton gouache and Holbein Pearl Gold gouache.
This scroll (right) is a compilation: the images in the corners are actual Mammen era creatures. The knot work looking designs are also ones found on a Mammen era piece. The pelican at the top is one I designed in the Mammen style. The layout of the runes is based on a rune stone at the Jelling Viking Museum.
I used as many Viking era pigments as I had: Charcoal Black and Brown Ochre were both made by me; Orpiment Yellow, Malachite, and Iron Red Oxide, and Azurite were all gifts. All of the above were mixed with an egg white binder. Also used were Ultramarine Blue, Permanent White, Alizarin Crimson, and Cadmium Red Pale. I penned the runes with Alizarin Crimson thinned to flow through a 1/2 mm calligraphy nib. The work was done on vellum.
This piece (left) is very unique. It was made for a friend of mine with a Viking-age persona. Since I have been studying the different styles of Viking-age art, I decided to included the Mammen-age Pelican that I created and also created Mammen-age rats, that are a part of her heraldry. The rats are entwined with snakelike creatures, also found occasionally in this artform. I must admit the rats were a challenge. The short legs and bloblike bodies took time to create the elements that comprise the Mammen style of Viking-age art.
The text is written in Runes and the layout was created from an exemplar from the Jelling stone in Denmark. Chemical analysis of the stone revealed that the Runes were painted red, so that's the direction I took.
Included in the border are her device, the badge of House Ironwolf, Kingdom Office, and Kingdom.
The scroll was made on pergamenta using Windsor and Newton gouache.
This scroll (right) was based also on works for Jean Duke of Berry, c. early 1400s.
The scroll was made on Bristol paper with Windsor & Newton gouache and Holbein Pearl Gold gouache.
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