The Order of the Pelican is a patent of arms level award given by the crown in recognition of dedicated service. Members of this order are known most commonly by the badge blazoned:
(Tinctureless) A pelican in its piety or
(Fieldless) A cap of maintenance gules trimmed ermine.
- Direct Link: The British Library
- Title: The Gorleston Psalter
- Origin: 1320-1604, English (Suffolk)
This scroll was created on pergamenata with Windsor-Newton gouache and Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay Black India ink. Illumination by Gianna Vettori. Calligraphy by Ginevra Boscoli. The text reads as follows:
Draw near and hear the words of the rightful sovereigns of the Midrealm, Tsar Nikolai and Tsarina Serena. In consideration of the noble virtues and distinguished service, alike in courtesy and honor as in patience and toil, of our faithful subject Sarah of the Erie Sea do create her a companion of the Order of the Pelican, to be in all places numbered a peer of Our realm. Done this 2nd day of April, Anno Societatis 50 in our Marche of the Unicorn.
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