This was another collaboration with Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova Sviatoslavina vnuchka, who is always a pleasure to work with. She initially asked me to translate text she had already written, but quickly got behind my writing the text from scratch based…
Russian Scroll Text – Order of the Laurel for Lada Monguligin
This is probably my favorite text that I’ve done – at the very least, it’s tied for first place with Ruslan’s Tyger. Lada is a friend, and one of the few SCAdians who, like me, is a native Russian speaker.…
Russian Scroll Text – Writ for Pelican for Alexei Dmitriev
This was a shorter piece, and due to the scheduling of it I had very little time to write it. Unfortunately, that means I can’t find my notes – I certainly worked from some period source, the phrasing isn’t something…
Russian Scroll Text – Order of the Silver Tyger for Johanne Jensen Mikkenen
Nataliia wrote the original version of the text, based on a Russian poem known in English as “The Lay of Igor” or “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”, a poem about events that took place in 12C. The provenance of the…
English Scroll Text – Order of the Silver Wheel for Lasair an Dúnaidh
This was another scroll inspired by the Irish Annals, but I cannot recall the details. No image is available. The illuminator was Melina al Andalusiyya and the calligrapher was Robin Dit Dessaint Scroll text: Fifth of the Ides of July, AS…
English Scroll Text – Order of the Pelican for Mary Theophania Hunn
This a late period English text, but I cannot recall the specific sources I was referencing. No scroll image is available, but the Calligrapher and Illuminator was Shauna MacKenzie O’Dowd. Scroll Text: The monarch’s most royal majesty, by the advice…
Russian scroll text – AoA for Sevastian Agafangelovich Golystin
Another out-of-kingdom scroll, this time a backlog AoA given out by the Prince and Princess of Oertha, West Kingdom. Text was inspired by Charter # 3, p. 142 – 1328-1341, Inheritance Charter of Knyaz Andrei Ivanovich about ?? in the…
Russian Scroll Text – Ordre de Cheval et Lion for Ivan Leskov
Occasionally, I get asked to do scrolls for awards from other kingdoms. This one came from An Tir, and is given by the Crown upon an individual’s completion of a term as Kingdom Equestrian Champion. It looks like maybe the…
English scroll text – Order of the Silver Rapier for Caoilfhionn inghean Lochlainn
Well, some updates of the blog are long overdue…. This is actually the fourth scroll I did, but it didn’t go out for a while. Unfortunately, I don’t have an image of the final product. The text is based on…
English scroll text – Order of the Silver Rapier for Ciarán Ua Meic Thíre
This is the eighth scroll text I’ve done (for those keeping score – the fourth one has not yet been given out, so no blog post yet). This Order of the Silver Rapier, the East’s AoA level rapier award, went…