| 7/1/1989 | Award of Arms(East) | Crusade for the Bright Rose | Morguhn III and Maurya |
This was my 4rth scroll text, working on a long-standing backlog. starting with the assignment
Good morning Matthias,
Here is your wording assignment:
My AOA was service to the barony of Bhakail and the Kingdom as Chatelaine, Archer Marshall and Middle Eastern Dance mistress
Words must start with an “O”, and should be between 110-130 words (or negotiable by the calligrapher who is cc’d here but this is a good starting point).
Please have the wording completed and sent to the calligrapher within 2 weeks if possible.
Thank you!
-Feilinn
Having a deadline is great, I know I have a tendency to let things sit if it due sometime in the distance future, so I appreciated this touch, rest of the requirements came from the blank/exemplar used.
With a tight deadline, I looked to keep it simpler and in this one I mainly reviewed what goes into a medieval sounding award text from the one of the people I’ve learned the most from is the wonderful Alys Mackyntoich
In particular from that post award texts have the following major points
- The Who = which Crown or Coronet is bestowing the award, and to whom?
- The What = what award is being given;
- The Why = why is the award being given; and
- The Act = an SCA “scroll” serves as validation and confirmation that the award was given.
For the insperation I found what will soon be one of my favorite sources, the (The (Gelnhausen Charter; April 13, 1180). Putting it together this is what I came up with.
Of all the kind, just and noteworthy deeds, none rises so high in our eyes as those that pass on knowledge to others. One who practices these deeds is our fair Genievieve de’ Charbonneau whose immense, considerable and timely works as a Middle Eastern Dance mistress, Archery marshal and Chatelaine have moved many in our populace to proclaim her name to our ears.
Therefore, do we Morguhn Just King, and Maurya Dread Queen with these present letters award her Arms in a form meet, just and fitting for one of her worth:
Per bend sinister rayonny Or and pean, in dexter chief an opinicus segreant to sinister sable
Since human memory is short and does not suffice for a crowd of things, the authority of those who preceded our age, the divine emperors and kings, has decreed that those things were to be written down which the progress of fleeting time generally removes from the knowledge of men and as such we has set our signs manual on this present charter
Done this day, the 1st of July, at the Crusade of the Bright Rose A.S. 24
Calligraphy by Thyra Eiriksdottir
Illumination by Lisabetta Medaglia
Words by Mathias Grunwald
The backlog deputy was happy 🙂
Amazing. Thank you so much!
-Feilinn
And for the curious I squeaked it in just under the two-week deadline.