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A collection of currently 18 scrolls in thumbnail images with details about them. Each thumbnail image is 64K or less, so loading times should be reasonable. Full images are linked to the thumbnails and their sizes vary from 250K to 600K. I went to some trouble to maintain a high resolution so that interested folks could get a good look at the details of each scroll.

Tatiana's Laurel
Scribe: HL Alethea Charle
Recipient: Tatiana Dieugarde for Laureling
Aprox. date/style: 14th century French Gothic, Styled after "The Romance of Alexander"
Materials & Technique: Done on paper with guache paint and gold leaf. Calligraphy done with dip pen in Gothic Textura Prescisus hand.

Eleanor's Huscarl
Scribe: Alethea Charle
Recipient: Eleanor Isabeau D'Autun for her Huscarl
Aprox. date/style: late 14th century French Gothic, Styled after Duc de Berry.
Materials & Technique: Done on paper with guache paint and gold leaf. Calligraphy done with dip pen in Gothic Quadrata hand.

Sine's Laurel
Scribe: Alethea Charle
Recipient: Sine ni Shranachain's Laurelling
Aprox. date/style: 15th century France, Styled after artists Jean Columbe and the Master of the Geneva Latini.
Materials & Technique: Done on vellum with guache paint. Calligraphy done with dip pen in a bastarde hand.

Valen's Ducal
Scribe: Alethea Charle
Recipient: Valens of Flatrock for his Ducal
Aprox. date/style: 8th century German Carolingian, Styled after the Coronation Gospels.
Materials & Technique: Done on dyed vellum with gold and silver paint - each letter hand painted, gold paint in an uncial hand.

Fiona's Lily
Scribe: Mistress Tatiana Dieugarde
Award given: Calon Lily (GoA level arts award for embroidery)
Aprox. date/style: 13th century England, Early Gothic
Materials & Technique: Winsor & Newton guache on acid free paper

Crag's Baronet
Scribe: Mistress Tatiana Dieugarde
Recipient: His Excellency Master Crag Duggin
Aprox. date/style: 12th century England, Early Gothic
Materials & Technique: Winsor & Newton guache on white acid free paper

Meredydd's Laurel
Scribe: Alethea Charle
Recipient: Mistress Meredydd
Aprox. date/style: Early 15th c. Styled after Tres Riches Duc du Berry
Materials & Technique: Gauche paint and Gold leaf on Vellum

Arthur's Keeper of the Flame
Scribe: Alethea Charle
Recipient: Arthur of the Black Marsh
Aprox. date/style: 13th c. Styled after the Makajowsky Bible
Materials & Technique: Gauche paint and Gold leaf on Vellum

Alethea's Calon Lily
Scribe: Cassandra Peverell
Recipient: Alethea Charle
Aprox. date/style: Late 15th c. French
Materials & Technique: Gauche paint and gold leaf on acid free paper

Painting given for Courtly Love
Scribe: Siobhan le Blake on behalf of Lenette du Mur
Recipient: Prince Eringlen I
Aprox. date/style: 13th c. Styled after the Manessa Codex

Tristram's Laurel
Scribe: Alethea Charle
Recipient: Tristram of Lindesfarne
Aprox. date/style: 1460, Flemish
Materials & Technique: Gauche paint and gold leaf on acid free paper

Queens Prize Entry
Scribe: Siobhan le Blake
Aprox. date/style: 15th c.
Materials & Technique: Gauche paint and gold paint on paper

Recipient: Slaine ni Chiaran
Award: Calon Lily
Date: July 29th, XXXV (2000)
Event: The Kingdom Arts & Science Championship
Location: Barony of Lonely Tower, Calontir
Media: 11" x 17" Cold Press Watercolor Paper.india ink, watercolors, and metallic paint
Calligraphy: Kathleen of Three Rivers
Illumination: Uther of Three Rivers

Recipient: Jorunn
Award: Silver Hammer
Date: October 21st, XXXV (2000)
Event: 11th Century Althing
Location: Shire of Standing Stones, Calontir
Media: 9" x 17" Cold Press Watercolor Paper.india ink, watercolors, and metallic paint
Calligraphy: Kathleen of Three Rivers
Illumination, Inks: Kathleen of Three Rivers
Illumination, Colors: Uther of Three Rivers
Forthinsang Verse: Gerald of Ipsley

Recipient: Pavel
Award: King's Favor
Date: December 2nd, XXXV (2000)
Event: Crown Tournament
Location: Shire-March of Grimfells, Calontir
Media: 9" x 17" Cold Press Watercolor Paper.india ink, watercolors, and metallic paint
Calligraphy: Duchess Alethea Charle, O.L.
Illumination: Duchess Alethea Charle, O.L.
Style: 11-12th c. Spanish
Text: Master Gerald of Ipsley in the style of El Cid.

Recipient: Qamara
Award: Silver Hammer
Date: December 9th, XXXV (2000)
Event: Kris Kinder
Location: Barony of Forgotten Sea, Calontir
Media: Gouache paints and ink on bristol board
Calligraphy: HL Margarete de St. Martin Sur Mer, O.C.L.
Illumination: HL Margarete de St. Martin Sur Mer, O.C.L.
Style: Based on a page from the Koran written by Ibn al-Bawwab in 1013 AD
Reference: A History of Calligraphy, Albert Gaur, Cross River Press, 1994, pg. 102.

Recipient: Udutai Togan
Award: Silver Hammer
Date: February 17th, XXXV (2001)
Event: Calontir Court, Estrella War
Location: Estrella War
Media: 18 1/2" x 12". Cold Press Watercolor Paper, India Ink, Gouache, and Gold Leaf
Calligraphy: Kathleen of Three Rivers
Illumination: Uther of Three Rivers
Style: 12th/13th Century Persian
Text: Master Gerald of Ipsley

Recipient: Eringlin Aldhelm
Award: Laurel
Date: March 17th, XXXV (2001)
Event: Grand Court, Gulf Wars
Location: Gulf Wars
Media: Vellum, Gouache paint, ink, gold leaf
Calligraphy: Duchess Alethea, O.L.
Illumination: Duchess Alethea, O.L.
Style: A medieval writ with illumatinated letter. Calligraphy hand and illuminated letter in a 15th c. style.
Text: Latin by Master Mikhail Nikolaevich O.L.