Trimaris Book of Kings
An Overview
More
than 10 years ago, Master Rolant created a grand book for the Kingdom
of Trimaris. This book was meant to house the history and unbroken
lineage of the Crowns of Trimaris. Starting this year, we will make this
dream a reality. Our Kingdom is brimming with talented artisans in the
arts of calligraphy and illumination. This project will highlight the
progress and achievements of each Royal Reign in Trimaris and will also
be used as a stage upon which we will show the skills of our best and
brightest illuminators and calligraphers.Each reign will be represented as a page in this book.Our
first step in making this project a reality will be to collect
information from our former Crowns of Trimaris. Each reign will receive
an interview sheet asking for information concerning their page in the
Book of Kings project. Each previous set of royals will receieve an
interview sheet that will collect information from them about their
reign page. Royal pairs that have reigned more than once will be given
an interview sheet for each reign.- What style would they like the illumination/calligraphy to be rendered in.
- If any, do they have a preference of a particular scribe to complete their page.
- What colors would they like strongly represented on their page.
- What achievements from their reign would they like highlighted on their page.
Once
we have collected this information, we will contact their preferred
scribe for the project. If no preference has been given, the information
about the requested style of illumination and calligraphy will be
presented to the College of Scribes so that artisans may volunteer for
the project. By providing the illumination and calligraphy style
information we will hope to attract those who are most comfortable with a
particular style to come forward and volunteer for reign pages.Once
a scribe is found for a reign page they will be supplied with the
interview page from the formal Crown and one sheet of pergamenata per
reign page.- Pages
will be marked for cut down size and usable space. Sheets will be given
whole to scribes, rather than pre-cut down so that the scribe will have
some test page area to work with as scratch paper.
- All
pages will be done on the recto (front) side of the sheet with the
verso (back) side left almost entirely blank. Information about the
artist will be calligraphed at the bottom of the verso side of each
page. The verso (back) side of each page will be left mostly empty to
serve as a page protector for the next reign page.
- Natural
pergamenata is selling at $2.85 a sheet for 19.5"x27.5" natural colored
text weight. 100 loose pages will be purchased at a cost of $285.00
plus shipping. This will be a one time expenditure by the Triskele
Herald.
Scribes
will each receive an instruction sheet that outlines sizing, material
requirements and content requirements. For archival purposes artists
will need to conform to certain material standards.- All
gilding should be flat gilded on the page, not raised gilded. Raised
gilding will be more difficult to house in book form and gesso used to
achieve the raised gilding may chip or crack as pages are turned.
Gilding adhesive will be a modern, store purchased, gilding size. Period
recipes generally contain honey, sugar or gum Arabic which may attract
insects to the artwork. As the book cannot be stored in a frame, we
would rather avoid the chance of luring Florida's many insects to this
piece of art by making it less delicious.
- Modern
purchased pigments will also be utilized for the same reason. Many
period paint binders contain compounds that are tasty to insects. Many
scribes in Trimaris have already encountered missing paint of
long-stored art pieces. Using modern gouache helps to minimize the use
of binders and again, make the book less delicious.
- Each
scribe will be provided with a handout of preferences for each reign
page. These preferences will be solicited from the King and Queen of
each reign and passed on to the scribe.
Process, delivery and display:- Scribes will be asked to photo document their process.
- Pages, when complete, should be delivered directly to the project coordinator.
- New pages will be publicly displayed at the next Kingdom event after they are completed.
- New pages will be presented in Royal Court to Their Majesties Trimaris at the event where they are displayed.
- The Book of Kings project will be displayed at Kingdom Arts and Sciences Faires.
- The
Book of Kings project will have a companion website. Each reign page
will be a page on the website so that we may display this work, the
process, our artisans and our history to the world.
We
will start with out most recent sets of Royals and work our way back to
the earliest beginnings of Trimaris. An attempt will be made to contact
each set of former royals for information about what they would like
included on their page. If the Royal pair cannot be found, assistance
will be asked of those who knew them well to attempt contact and get
them in touch with the project coordinator. In the event that the Royal
pair cannot be found, persons close to that reign will be sought so that
the story and flavor of each reign can be gathered from those who were
close to the Royals.The
physical Book of Kings made by Master Rolant is a masterpiece of
leather work that will be a proud and fitting home for this repository
of the glorious history of Trimaris and for such gems of scribal arts as
will be created.If you would like to assist, please do contact us.Project Coordinator |
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