County/Rose - Indrakshi

October 2022

A HUGE thank you to my illuminator Liadan Ingen Chineada, one of my favorite poets Marguerite Ingen Lachlainn, and Sara al-Garnatiyya (principle herald of the Kingdom of Meridies) who worked as my translator.  The text is in Farsi - a language I don't read and that is written right to left.  Calligraphy is done with Dr. Ph. Martin's Spectralite 18 carat gold ink on pergamenata.

The highest compliments I received on this that I will treasure forever: a hug from the recipient and a research friend saying "For someone who doesn't know the language, you sure did great."

Combined Rose and County scroll for Indrakshi Aani Aravinda

Calligraphy by me: Dr Ph Martin's Spectralite 18K gold ink on pergamenata

Words:

"It is obvious that in the elemental world there is nothing more magnificent and noble than the precious existence of monarchs, on whose high mindedness the external order of the world depends. It is certain that to entrust a world to one person and to place the affairs of the world in the hands of one individual is to put the world of meaning to her, or rather to create the soul of the world of meaning - particularly a monarch who can detect whiffs of breezes of spiritual spring and grace the throne of success, and has become a painter in the studio of meaning, a host of the banquet of reality, an intimate in the private apartments of the visible world, and a confidant in the pavilion of unity, and who graces the throne of felicity with good fortune.

Be it known by these letters patent, read into the court of Sultan Mohammad Al Wajdi Al Abderrafi Al Manil Ibn Horrah Ibn Gowan and Brenhines Corotica merkka Senebelnae, on October 1, AS 57,that the person known as Indrakshi Aani Aravinda is to be inducted into the Order of the Rose, and then the felicitous title of Countess, which she shall bear in honor as long as the moon waxes and wanes."

Reference: Abu’l-Fizal, The History of Akbar, Vol 1, Translation by Wheeler Thackston, Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2015. ISBN 9978-0-674-42775-4 (Pgs 14 - 15)

Progress pictures of the calligraphy: