Grey Beard Tourney Scroll

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	Grey Beard Tourney Scroll from Pennsic XXXIV

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	Scribe - Maitresse Yvianne de Castel d'Avignon, OL ... AEthelmearc Feel free to come back here and visit often, but please do not "borrow" or reuse the artwork without written permission. All rights remain with the originators of the work.
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This scroll is in the Italian Renaissance style of Attavante. It was created on opaline vellum with tube gouaches and raised gilding on a gesso base. The finished size was 11x14 outside dimensions (with an illuminated size of 9x12 inches.)

Wording:

Upon on the battlefield of Pennsic XXXIV
On the XIVth of August, AS XL, two thousand and five by common reckoning, within the boundaries of the Kingdom of AEthelmearc
--name of victor--
did distinguish himself on this field by being the victor in our Grey Beard Tournament. Prowess is measured by ability & wisdom not merely by youth & vigor. Our bodies bear witness to the trials & burdens of half a century or more, yet our venerable age has not dampened our spirit or our determination to arm ourselves & take to the field. With pride & honor we did enter this list~ as much to declare victory over time as to determine the most skilled among us, who we honor with this scroll in token of triumph.

Grey Beard Tourney Scroll from Pennsic XXXIV

Grey Beard Tourney Scroll
from Pennsic XXXIV