January 26, 2014

Award of Arms - January 2014

An Award of Arms is given by the Crown and grants the right to bear and display arms. The recipient was Bubba of Winchester, read into court on January 25, 2014 in the regency court of Calum and Constanza in the Barony of the Cleftlands.
The Award of Arms was created on pergamenata with Windsor-Newton gouache and 23K gold leaf. The calligraphy was done by Ginevra Boscoli using black India ink and a Brause nib. The text reads as follows:

Be it known to all that we Cellach, King by right of Arms of the Middle Kingdom & Vukasin our Queen send greetings. We have heard much good of Bubba of Winchester, who has made himself worthy of advancement by his service wherever there is need and his skill with a bow in times of war. In recognition of these good works we are minded to make unto him an Award of Arms and bestow upon him the right to bear the arms Or, a   popinjay proper and on a chief wavy azure three goblets argent. Done this 25th day of January, AS 48 by the hands of our Regents Calum and Constanza, fourth Baron and Baroness of the Cleftlands, in or lands of Brendoken.
Finished work.
Inspiration piece.