Scolastica Caparellia Silver Brooch & Award of Arms

Scolastica Caparellia, Our

Abounding, creative, Eastern flower

Known for stitches with beautiful design 

Embroidery, meticulously fine 

For innovative outfits done in themes

Hand sewn garments with feathers, stripes and seams

She presents herself before Us today

Tindal and Alberic will not downplay

A gentle receiving her Silver Brooch,
With Award of Arms! Earned above reproach

As Eastern Consules in Ethereal Court 

Her wondrous skill set that We will purport 

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Scolastica Caparellia, Our

Abounding, creative, Eastern flower

Known for stitches with beautiful design 

Embroidery, meticulously fine 

For innovative outfits done in themes

Hand sewn garments with feathers, stripes and seams

She presents herself before Us today
Tindal and Alberic will not downplay

A gentle receiving her Silver Brooch,
With Award of Arms! Earned above reproach

As Eastern Consules in Ethereal Court 

Her wondrous skill set that We will purport

~Blogtastica Scolastica~

This assignment came with the recipient’s lovely and detailed blog. It detailed varied embroidery projects they had worked on as well as two wonderfully detailed garb projects, which I remember seeing and admiring - I definitely wanted to include a reference to them.  Although no persona information was given, I chose Chaucerian English because of the inspiration pieces that the illuminator and scribe Magdalena Lantfarerin sent me.

Scolastica Caparellia, Our

Abounding, creative, Eastern flower

 I am particularly proud of these opening lines. The recipient’s name was nine syllables long.  At first I toyed with rhyming Caparellia, but after rejecting "Cinderella" and "Mozzarella," I was inspired to add the word "Our" to the end of the line and form a complete thought with the couplet.

Known for stitches with beautiful design 

Embroidery, meticulously fine 

For innovative outfits done in themes

Hand sewn garments with feathers, stripes and seams

 These verses reference the wealth of wonderful details I found about the recipient's accomplishments in their blog.  I managed oblique references to their two outfits, which they called “Ye Old Night Owl” and “the Betsy Rossenrock."  These lines went through many iterations before I found a version I was pleased with.

She presents herself before Us today 

Tindal and Alberic will not downplay

A gentle receiving her Silver Brooch,

With Award of Arms! Earned above reproach

Like the first couplet above I feel like these run through the couplets - something I have seen Chaucer do in some of his works. I seldom achieve it myself, and I'm happy to have done so twice in this scroll - while still having the appropriate rhymes.  

As Eastern Consuls in Ethereal Court 

Her wondrous skill set that We will purport! 

 This was a little different for me in that I separated the names of TRM with their rank by a whole couplet.  I also separated the reference to the kingdom by including that in the first couplet.  By peppering the essential information throughout the scroll I challenge myself and avoid repetition from other scrolls I've done in this style.
This scroll was a struggle for me and I'm not sure why. Unlike some recipients, this one had a gorgeous personal blog with detailed photos and outfits that I had seen in person. I had a style I’ve worked well with in the past and yet I struggled.  Some scrolls are like that, even in Australia. I am happy with how it turned out though.

Went out at 22:04 of the Ninth Ethereal Court

Sparky photo from Matthias von Würzburg

East Kingdom Court Report – May 16, 2021