May 3, 2025
This project consisted of two parts: and official document scroll and a "story" scroll telling what led the award to be given. My part on this was to do the very long story scroll.
Pelikan 4001 black and Dr Ph Martin bright red ink on pergamenata.
Calligraphy by Æsa feilinn Jossursdottir (main text scroll) and Thyra Eiriksdottir (charter scroll)Words by Gun∂ormr Dengir, Aelia Fortunata, and Cosmas of Prague.
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| Some light scraping needed to be done, but this was basically the final piece of my half of the project. |
Exemplar:
Bautzen manuscript of Cosmas's Chronicle of the BohemiansVIII.F.69; Library of the National Museum in Prague; Prague; Czech Republic;https://www.manuscriptorium.com/apps/index.php?direct=record&pid=AIPDIG-NMP___VIII_F_69___2NZEPX1-cs#search Chronicle of the Czechs
Wolverton, Lisa and Cosmas of Prague. The Chronicle of the Czechs. The Catholic University of America Press, 2012. Project MUSE, https://muse.jhu.edu/book/24839.
Main Text
Here begins the next chapter of the Chronicle of the East
Anno 56 - As the Ram departed the skies, Ryouko'jin Of-The Iron-Skies and Indrakshi Aani Aravinda were crowned king and queen of the East, soon after Mohammad triumphed on the field and he and Corotica were crowned Prince and Princess of Tir Mara.
Anno 58 - Under an ill-omened eclipse, Matthias and Æsa feilinn were crowned king and queen. A second eclipse of the sun followed their reign, darkening the skies at mid-day.
Anno 59 - Crowned at the end of the previous year, Emerson reigned as King Consort with sovereign Tindall II, well remembered for his well attired court. At the closing of the year Ryouko'jin and Indrakshi, second of those names, were crowned to great acclaim
Anno 60 - The law, as they commonly say, has a nose of wax and the king has an iron hand and a long arm, so that he can bend it however he pleases. Thus the king proclaimed that his tournament was to be fought with thin blades of steel. There, with all the leading nobles of the empire—dukes, margraves, satraps, and barons—agreeing and praising it, that Caesar chose an heir, one to rule Tir Mara and then his own lands, after his fate.
There too, with the esteemed of the kingdom standing at his right and left, the nobles and comites sitting in a wide circle, and all the warriors standing behind them, Anezka Liska z Kolina was summoned to be present before them. In a loud voice the King began to praise her, describing her skill with blade and how all were transfixed by the beauty of her lunges. When faced with a foe, just as a flame let loose in a dry haystack rages and consumes everything in a moment, so too she disarmed her adversaries with iron and threw them into despair. Oh Hell, he proclaimed, how many victims will be given you! Open your workshops to receive souls from this Czech. Much more was said praising her study of the art of Fabris, a marvelous interpreter of the martial page. Finally both King and Queen were seen to write their signs, with their own hands, on the privilege given to her that day inducting her into the Order of the Golden Rapier
Charter
English
Ryouku'jin our Emperor and King, and Indrakshi, our beloved queen, both second of that name, confirm that Agnes of Kolin otherwise (seu or sive?) Anezka Liska z Kolina, is a member of the Order of the Golden Rapier, and may claim the rights and bear the badges as per the law and custom of the East.
Done in Glenn Linn, AD 2025, first regnal month, Indiction 3, AS 60, 5 days before the nones of May
Latin
Ryouku’jin Imperatorque Rex, et Indrakshi, Regina amata nobis, secundum nominis eorum, Agneti Coliniensis nominatur Anezka Liska z Kolina conferunt collegiam esse Ordonem Spathae Aureae, meretur ac benificios ac insignia de iure moribusque Orientalis.
Datum Glenn Linne, a.d. MMXXV, regnum mense primo, tertia indictione, a.s. LX, V nonas maii
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