Useful links and resources for Designing, Painting and Wordsmithing Charters and Scrolls.

Painting Requirements for Kingdom Awards Badges:

goutte_Aug20

jambedelion

LionLance

Ordre-de-la-Main-de-Saint-Nicholas

Hastae Leonis

Grey-Goose

SableGauntlet

Silver-Lily

Belated-Rose

Silver-Rose

Grace-of-An-Tir

Order-of-Sanguins-Thorn

OrderSablePheon (1)

Ordre-de-la-Griffe-et-du-Lion

Ordre-de-lEsperon-et-du-Lion

Armigerous vs non-armigerous awards

Customary Tools and Materials:

• Basic Design Kit
• Supports – Papyrus, Parchment and Paper

Paper SPECS

• • A Papyrus Recipe
  • A Parchment Recipe – by Theophilus Presbyter – 12th century
  • Making Parchment Paper or Imitation Vellum – by Eden Workshops

Design Elements:

• Basic Elements of an Award Scroll
• Basic Elements of an Achievement Scroll
• Scroll Text Resources:
  • The Address – Audience
  • The Intitulation – Royal Titles & Names
  • The Notification and Exposition – Recipient Name & Deeds
  • The Corroboration and Date – Verification, Validation & Date
  • The Affirmation – Black Lion’s Affirmation of Arms
  • Opening Phrases – Alternatives for an Illuminated Capitol
  • Towards a more Period Text – by Baron Adhemar de Villarquemada

Seals:

• Approximate size outlines of the Kingdom Seals:
  • An Tir’s Great Seal & Signet Ring Seal – size examples
  • Black Lion’s Seal – size examples
  • Pendant Seals – by Elisabetta Annisa Gabrielli

Basic Heraldry:

• • Heraldry on Scrolls – Do’s and Dont’s

Personal Heraldic Achievements:

• • An Tir Heraldic Achievements – Information Guide
  • Simple Example Graphics for Heraldic Achievements
  • An Tir Roll of Arms – by The An Tir College of Heralds
  • The OandA – Search Forms for the SCA Armorial

• Calligraphy:
  • Ruling off Guidelines for Calligraphy
  • Rubrication in the Text
  • Glossing a Foreign Text

Foreign Hands:

• • pseudo-Arabic ductus
  • pseudo-Cyrillic ductus
  • Elder Futhark ductus Germanic – 2nd to 8th CE
  • Younger Futhark ductus Scandanavian – 8th to 12th CE
  • pseudo-Greek ductus

• Tools and Materials:
  • Painter’s Basic Kit
  • Winsor & Newton Gouache – by courtesy of Winsor & Newton
  • Material List used for the Domesday Boke

• Heraldic Colors