Tyger's Cub - Angeirsson

September 2024

The second scroll I did that month went to a friend's kiddo.

Words and calligraphy by me. Illumination is by Lauralee (a scribe from Meridies).

Word were loosely based on text from the Ynglinsa Saga, verse 20. From the Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturlson (c.1179-1241)

Tindal was the name of the king, who ruled with Emerson as his consort. About the deeds of the Eastern youth, they commanded Feilinn to write of it thus: --

"Arngeirsson the Dragonslayer, the mighty warrior,
It is no hidden secret thing,
Has gone to show his skill,
Axes and knives find their target.
For friends old and new
He extends his hand.
The raptor pack of these tiny tygers
Brave Arngeirrson invites them to join.”

And so it came to be that Arngeirsson was named a Tyger’s Cub, and bore the sigil of the order with pride. It was the 14th day of September, as the sun started to set and the skalds gathered to tell their stories in fair Stonemarche, A.S. 59.

Tyger's Cub - Connor

 September 2023

The last scroll I did as Princess after I had said "I promise I won't do any more scrolls."  This is for the child of some dear friends and I was not going to let this one pass me by.  He's a great kiddo and deserves nice things.  I went with a more "grown up" style of scroll for the Cub, because I felt like he's appreciate the nod to getting similar scrolls to his parents.

Order of the Tyger's Cub for Connor Shinnock

C&I by me.  Calligraphy is 18K gold ink on perg, Illumination is from 1500s Italian Book of Hours

Side by side with the exemplar

Some in progress pictures:

Tyger's Cub - Arya

I love the Tyger's Cub award.  Plain and simple it is one of the best we give out in the kingdom.

I did something to my right hand/wrist, LARPed, and then irritated my wrist to the point where I needed to use a brace for a bit.  I did a bulk of the calligraphy pre-brace.  Doing the calligraphy and illumination completely fatigued me and it took a lot longer than I thought to finish it up.  I also somehow could not find my exemplars of carolingian miniscule or my copy of Drogan.  I ended up doing the calligraphy in a chancery hand instead.  Because of the time crunch and fatiguing issues with my wrist, I recycled a source.

The only downside with this scroll is the quality of the photo makes it so you can't see the bit of whitework/detailing.

Recipient: Arya the Braider
Award: Tyger's Cub
Hand: Chancery
Words: Alys Mackyntoich
Specs: guache on bristol
Source: Gorleston Psalter, England (Suffolk), 1310-1324, Add MS 49622

Tyger's Cub - Cody

This was the first scroll that I attempted to write my own words from a period source (I blame Alys for inspiring me to attempt it).

The scroll got away from me a bit as I had a sudden attack of life right before the deadline which involved multiple trips to the vet with Daenerys.

I am not unhappy with the scroll, but I have a lot of thoughts on how it could have been better.  It is what it is.   The best part about this assignment was actually seeing the recipient get the scroll (small adorable child awkwardly getting an award = adorable).  Lots of smiles were had and I felt a lot better about it.

Scroll Assignment: Tyger's Cub
Recipient: Cody of Endwearde
Hand: carolingian miniscule
Specs: Guache on bristol
Source: Text based on Frederick II Letter to Henry III of England (1229),
Artwork based on "Castle Ramparts with Knightly Pursuits" by Joseph Frenchman. Hebrew bible. Spain (1299-1300)

Things to work on - Outlining, Non-wiggly vertical lines.