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Artist // Hobbyist // Varied
- Mar 17
- United States
- Deviant for 14 years
- csrapp.wix.com/artinminiature
- She / Her
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My Bio
Hello, I'm Cheryn (also known as Merwenna)! I do a lot of calligraphy and illumination-related art, especially for the Society for Creative Anachronism to be used as awards - most of what you see in my gallery are award "scrolls".
Several of my pieces are done with historically accurate ground pigments and animal skin parchment, though I most frequently use gouache on pergamenata. I also enjoy combining medieval aesthetics with modern subjects just for kicks! I've dipped my toe into bookbinding and panel painting, I enjoy painting unexpected accessory items like parasols and wooden chests every now and again, and I am currently learning more about paleography and manuscript conservation.
I'm from the US but am currently living in Budapest - also trying (and failing) to learn Hungarian! I do take commissions, so don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. :)
Several of my pieces are done with historically accurate ground pigments and animal skin parchment, though I most frequently use gouache on pergamenata. I also enjoy combining medieval aesthetics with modern subjects just for kicks! I've dipped my toe into bookbinding and panel painting, I enjoy painting unexpected accessory items like parasols and wooden chests every now and again, and I am currently learning more about paleography and manuscript conservation.
I'm from the US but am currently living in Budapest - also trying (and failing) to learn Hungarian! I do take commissions, so don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. :)
Tools of the Trade
gouache, pergamenata; sometimes vellum or parchment and period ground pigments with glair, sumi ink
Other Interests
Society for Creative Anachronism, history, art history, epic things
Source: Frontispiece of the “Heironymus Corvina” (1488; Florence, Italy), consisting of St. Jerome’s commentaries on the epistles of St. Paul.
This book was commissioned by Matthias Corvina, King of Hungary from 1458-1490, for his royal library in the city of Buda. Like most of the books he collected (now referred to as “corvinas”), this one was commissioned from the great illuminators of Florence. This particular book was illuminated in 1488 by Gherardo and Monte di Giovanni, two brothers at the head of a very prominent atelier in renaissance Italy that produced multiple books for the Hungarian royal lib
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The Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta
War of the Wings VIII
Instructors: Letia Thistelthueyt (spyder.bug@gmail.com)
& Merwenna de Rannowe (csrapp@vt.edu)
Manuscript History at a Glance
- Between 1561 and 1562 Georg Bocskay, court secretary to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, wanted to show off his skills by making a model book of calligraphy. (No really, he made it almost entirely to show off his technical skill, range of hands, and demonstrate his intellectual value.)
- Thirty years later (1591-96), Emperor Rudolf II (Ferdinand's grandson) commissioned Joris Hoefnagel to illuminate the book.
- Became a visible debate between the two art f
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Kicking Your Scrolls Up A Notch
War of the Wings VIII
Instructors: Merwenna de Rannowe (csrapp@vt.edu)
& Letia Thistelthueyt (spyder.bug@gmail.com)
Finding a Source
- Look for something appropriate for recipient and/or the award being given (based on their persona, interests, aesthetic tastes, heraldry, etc.)
- Some trademarks of particular illumination styles:
Celtic good for animals; gothic styles for figures & animals; later period for scenes with landscape aspects; anything with roundels for lots of badges & heraldry, etc.
- Make sure you pick a source that is deadl
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Hello Cheryn, first, thank you for the favourites! :3 Second, oh my god, your work is marvelous. I reckon I can learn from you. 
Thank you! I love your calligraphy, so ditto!
Happy Birthday !!
Thank you!! 
Thank you so much for the favs!!!
Thank you for the favs,and watching!!!
In the name of Sindeon I thank you for the fav and also for the following of our facebook page! Good news: we decided that from February, we will upload every content in Hungarian as well as in English 
So thanks for following us - if you want to join any of our program, you are more than welcome.
So thanks for following us - if you want to join any of our program, you are more than welcome.