Cyneswyth the Quiet

Illumination for one of Cyneswyth's Laurel Book Project

at Spring Crown Tournament, 6 May A.S. LVIII (58) 2023

Pages by Doom Scroll: Scriptorium Valravn

Page 1: Lady Adelaide Half-Pint: Gouache and Ink
Page 8 Illumination: Meisterin Kolfinna Valravn: Winsor & Newton Gouach
Page 8 Calligraphy, music, inked outlines: Herrin Clara Hutmacher: Deleter Black Ink
Page 9 Calligraphy: Lady Lucy of Wigan: Noodler's Walnut Ink
Page 9 Illumination, and music: Lady Jill Dýravörður: Gouache and Ink

Page 1

Lady Adelaide Half-Pint

Page 8

Calligraphy, music, inked outlines

Herrin Clara Hutmacher

Illumination

Meisterin Kolfinna Valravn

Page 9

Calligraphy

Lady Lucy of Wigan

Illumination, and music

Lady Jill Dýravörður

Size

Page is 11" tall

Script

Early Gothic from Exemplar

Source

based upon the Chansonnier Cordiforme. It's the heart shaped manuscript of love songs. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525044884.image 

Progress

Ductus

ar

dr

he (close)

This is a j

End of word m

End of word n

ro (r touching o)

or (half r

po (touching)

pr (half r

pe

Half r seems to be used after almost any roundy letter, including aꝛ , dꝛ, bꝛ , pꝛ , oꝛ 

ar

br

dr

or (half r

pr (half r

short s

long s




I and J are identical

I don’t think there are any capital K’s, maybe m

U and V are identical

"W" is often the same as "w" when flourished

& (Et)

. (Period)

Outline of illumination (orange-brown)

Staff (pinkish?)

Music note (black)

eno[rum]
(of those)

Enoꝝ

w[cum] (with whom)

wꝰ

q̱: que

aq[ue]la

Deq[uon]y

Ro[ur] (likely.. roar)

te[m]po

m[er]cy

42v: Unsure

Ꝯ

[con]

Mor [con] larco

it is the mercy of God

est il mercy deq[uon]y

[n] or [m] 

mado[n]a 

Aulcu[n] 

Me[n] 

a[n]ima 

no[n] 

Gem[m]a 

Me[m]bra