This scroll was created for my good buddy and SCA half-brother, Lord Olrik van Lubbeke, when he was given his Award of Arms. Oli is a good, honest seaman with no designs on anyone's personal property. If you believe that, I own a bridge in New Amsterdam you can have for cheap.
Oli was once a merchant in the Hanseatic League, so the ship in the initial is a Baltic cog of the type used by the Hansa in the Middle Ages. I got the image I used for the sketch from our friend Baron Fum's webpage. The flag the cog is flying is the ensign of the Free City of Lubeck, Olrik's home town. He may not be very welcome there at the moment, and I think he usually flies a different sort of flag, but since red and white are my colors as well I couldn't resist. Once we get his arms registered (if the heralds cooperate, it will be "Per bend sinister gules and sable, two anchors or") I will add the blazon to the text and paint the emblazon in the shield blank, and get the Brigantia Herald to sign his portion of the scroll. When we get that done I will make him let me re-scan it so I can update this page.
The design of the border is derived from yet another Bodleian manuscript: Bodleian MS. Douce d. 19, folio 42 recto. The initial "P" is loosely based on a "D" from the Murthly Hours, folio 54 recto. The paints were Winsor and Newton gouache again, except for the gold, which is Holbein Pearl Gold gouache. It comes pretty close to the look of shell gold without the expense.
This was a fun scroll to design and make. Knowing that it was going to a friend made it that much more fun, except that I also was worried about making it an especially good one.
