Lady Nyvein bat Rav Adam

Golden Dolphin

29 May A.S. 56 2021

Calligraphy & Illumination

K ValravnRoxbury MillAtlantia

Text


Flowers, peerless by compare, Are deeds of Nyvein, like fairGems coating the diadem:
The Gloriosa lily,Red as pomegranate wine,Flashes splendor, a cut ruby;Her words are as divineAs these, a fire in the airBy passion lit to lay bareThe unrighteous, and condemn.
Beloved Daphne, winterBloom, subtly swirls pink and white,Aroma sweet as packed myrrh;Nyvein’s service is such light,An uplifting warmth of care.Should darkness or cold ensnare,Her sunrise arrives to stem it.
Lilies of the Nile, sapphiresWhich spark in all direction,Like when lightning strikes the spireSignalling inspiration --These too Nyvein shall wearIn her wreath, for everywhereShe heartens others, stirs them.
Can sunlight hide from the eye?Can choice perfume be concealed? Can blossoms choose to be shy,And bury their color in the field? Neither can Nyvein, daughterOf Rav Adam, suppress her Nature.She gives, and moves, ignites and blooms,And thus she new glory assumes;For Anton, Luned both concur:The Golden Dolphin shines in her.
Done the 29th day of May, 2021At the Gem Joust of Caer MaerA.S. LVI
Lord Ishmael Stedfast ReedRoxbury MillAtlantia

Materials

Winsor & Newton GouacheIron Gall Ink by Greenman Calligraphy and Supply - Batch 20210108

Substrate Size

11" x 14"

Script

Humanistic

Source

Illumination: Add MS 88887, Date 1475-1525, Folio 30vhttp://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_88887_fs001r# http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Add_MS_88887 Patterns or models of alphabets and borders (the 'Macclesfield Alphabet Book')Materials: Parchment.Dimensions: 250 x 175/170 mm (text space 160/200 x 115mm).

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