AOA for a friend

Award of Arms for Andreas de Cauterton
by Rowen the Shiftless
Copyright 2001

Inspiration: A page from the Canterbury Tales
Woodland Animals
Flanders, Bruges, c. 1500

We are waiting on his device to pass to finish the scroll. The symbolism in this scroll is as follows: the Stag is a sign of fidelity and immortality, as Pliny asserts that eating venison gives immortality (from Pliny's Bestiary). The Peacock and Owl and the other birds I associate with flight through life and the wisdom of your adventures they're in. This were I started working on gold leaf a little more intently.. All paint is ground period pigments .
posted by Baroness Rowen on Monday, July 16, 2007 - link to this photo

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Thu, January 31, 2008 - 5:58 PM
That is beautiful!

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