My Pelican scroll

[herveus]

Recently, Allasondrea delivered my Pelican scroll to me. It was worth the wait.



About the scroll, she said:

The scroll was done on prepared 8x10" vellum.
The calligraphy was done using cut goose quills with iron gall and red pigmented ink.
The illumination is based on the Hours of Jeanne de Navarre, The Adoration of the Magi, French, mid-1300s.
The gilding was done using fish glue and 23k patent gold leaf.
The colored pigments were suspended in a gum arabic solution. The pigments used were vermillion, lapis lazuli, chalk, lamp black, yellow ochre, and brown ochre.

Comments

[cfram.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the details - it puts the work in the proper context :)

Amazing

[amykb.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[sunniva-kyrre.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. I know a little of the whole story on it. Worth the wait, indeed!

[wombatgirl.livejournal.com]

Damn. That's lovely.

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. Worth waiting for!

[ubiq31.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[shaunacarrick.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Looks like the work of art it should be - well done to the scribe!

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I look forward to seeing this take its rightful place of honor in your family's scroll collection.

[silme.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!!

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

Vivat to you, and to the scribe!
This piece deserves pride of place.

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

That is absolutely beautiful.

[margaretc.livejournal.com]

Lovely!
That's quite a wait.

[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

I knew I should've tried to get going earlier...Amazing!