Lady Altani Bayar Vashir

Golden Dolphin

23rd day of January 2021 A.S. LV at Andalucia Court at the Alhambra in Our Barony of Hidden Mountain

Since creating this scroll, I have learned that the use of "hack-hands" (faux scripts) are offensive and misrepresent cultures. Because of this, I will no longer use hack hands in my scrolls, but I am preserving these images for a record of personal growth in both scribal and equitable practices.

Drawing & Inking: 6.75hrs
Light Gold: 1.5hrs
Ultramarine: 1.5hrs
Text Planning: 1.25hrs
Painting: 19hrs
Calligraphy: 2hrs

Total Hours: 32

Calligraphy & Illumination

K ValravnRoxbury MillAtlantia

Text

"Lady Altani, born a woman of wisdom,raised up Newcomers, near and far.Wearing her high hat tightly on her head,hoisting her skirts with a sash,she ran upstream along the Broad banks,gathering knowledge and knotted red cherrieswith which to foster both might and mind.Wielding a sharpened shoot of junipershe dug up rugged roots, and on primed pasture, The children of Atlantia were well nourished,Until they became rulers, each their own.Those pupils of patient, noble Altanibecame wise, and lawgivers.They said among themselves,‘Let us support her who supported us.’They ran downstream along the Broad banks,Gathering knowledge and knotted red cherrieswith which they found the favorof We, Wise Anton V and Luned IV.Bending new needles into fishhooks,they caught the Golden Dolphin in the sea.Tying all she had taught them together into nets,They raised the Golden Dolphin from the sea .Thus, they, and We, support her who supported Us.
Given this 23rd day of January, A.S. LV at Andalucia Court at the Alhambra. "
Lord Ishmael Stedfast ReedRoxbury MillAtlantia

Materials

Winsor & Newton Gouache
FineTec Champagne Silver GouacheDr Ph, Martin's Iridescent Calligraphy Colors 11R Copper Plate GoldNoodler's Bulletproof Black InkBrause 3/4mm Nib
Laid Paper

Substrate Size

8.5" x 11"

Completion Date

17 January 2021

Script

Faux Persian

Source

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446548?searchField=All&sortBy=Date&what=Illuminated+manuscripts&ao=on&ft=turkish&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=18 Shahnama (Book of Kings) of FirdausiAbu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)1475–1675Attributed to Iran, TabrizLeather; tooled and gilded; ink on paperH. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm)W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)