I finished the scroll on January 23rd and was able to pass it off to the wordsmith and calligrapher at Highland Hearthglow in Atlantia. The scroll was presented at Ymir, in Atlantia, last weekend so I can not share the whole thing.
It was an absolute honor to work on this one, intended for my apprentice sister, to honor her service to Atlantia.
The words were crafted by Ollam Lanea Inghean styled after Gawain and the Green Knight and the calligraphy was by Lady Lucy of Wigan. It was amazing to work as a team with these very skilled women!
It was an absolute honor to work on this one, intended for my apprentice sister, to honor her service to Atlantia.
The words were crafted by Ollam Lanea Inghean styled after Gawain and the Green Knight and the calligraphy was by Lady Lucy of Wigan. It was amazing to work as a team with these very skilled women!
Our fair Atlantia, built from stone and shore and
Wreathed in azure and argent, like sky and sea,
Is graced with gentles of cunning and of wit,
Together building marvels of expertise and art.
One such scholar ventured forth from her library,
To teach, and lead, and build a community of light,
Journeying across kingdom and continent
To share techniques for needle and thread, yes,
But also for teaching, forming a colloquy of tutors
Who themselves strove to share their disciplines
With any and all who would learn, and practice,
And share, such that learning itself took root
In the garden she cultivated across many lands.
Like spring,
Knowledge grew and spread,
Ever blooming,
And such was brilliance fed,
And joy took wing.
Seeing how she labored, and with such grace,
The people called for honors from the Crown,
And an Order most august bid her join,
For Magnifica Hildegard Bergerin is good as gold.
And so the Golden Dolphins bid her come
And join their ranks as the snow begins to melt
At Ymir. And they call for her, as songbirds call together
To welcome warmth, and frolick with their kin.
For she is a leader of leaders, teacher of teachers,
A host of hosts in peacetime and in war.
The pod calls loudly from the shoreline
And Athos and Alianora, noble King and Queen,
Hear their cries and know them just, and answer:
Call her swiftly
And a Dolphin name her
This 21st of February,
AS LX, at Ymir
We sing together, joyfully.
Wreathed in azure and argent, like sky and sea,
Is graced with gentles of cunning and of wit,
Together building marvels of expertise and art.
One such scholar ventured forth from her library,
To teach, and lead, and build a community of light,
Journeying across kingdom and continent
To share techniques for needle and thread, yes,
But also for teaching, forming a colloquy of tutors
Who themselves strove to share their disciplines
With any and all who would learn, and practice,
And share, such that learning itself took root
In the garden she cultivated across many lands.
Like spring,
Knowledge grew and spread,
Ever blooming,
And such was brilliance fed,
And joy took wing.
Seeing how she labored, and with such grace,
The people called for honors from the Crown,
And an Order most august bid her join,
For Magnifica Hildegard Bergerin is good as gold.
And so the Golden Dolphins bid her come
And join their ranks as the snow begins to melt
At Ymir. And they call for her, as songbirds call together
To welcome warmth, and frolick with their kin.
For she is a leader of leaders, teacher of teachers,
A host of hosts in peacetime and in war.
The pod calls loudly from the shoreline
And Athos and Alianora, noble King and Queen,
Hear their cries and know them just, and answer:
Call her swiftly
And a Dolphin name her
This 21st of February,
AS LX, at Ymir
We sing together, joyfully.
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