I've done the first two pages of the #calligraphy (sort of) project I've started yesterday: the estimate is around 10 pages, a bit more than I expected, but still doable, so I will go on until the end, rather than stopping at the first page and calling it done.
Peek preview of the first page:
If you recognise what this is and want to comment please use the spoiler CW, so that other people can hazard a guess.
I expect bigger hints to appear on page 3 (should I say folio 2 r? :D ), but that hasn't been copied yet. (and this was also one reason why I decided not to stop at the first page: I wanted that hint and another later one to be there :) ).
I will post a link to the text I'm copying when the project is done (don't hold your breath, I'm slow, maybe a page per day?).
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •I forgot: pelikan india ink in sepia brown on somewhat heavy vellum paper (I have no idea which one: I've had it for more than 15 years), using a Brause n°180 1mm nib.
I know, it should have been iron-gall ink (of which I do have a bottle), but this felt more mock-medieval rather than historically accurate, and I believe it fits.
I don't have a quill (at the moment), so that choice was taken for me (still, metal nib fits with the mock-medieval theme, so it's fine).
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Aaron Crow
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in reply to Aaron Crow • •@Aaron Crow in the picture there are two mispellings where I've written the right letter over the wrong one :D
After taking the picture I've scratched away the wrong bits with a blade, thick vellum paper is good at being mistreated like that, and it doesn't show much.
Having ways to deal with the errors rather than them ruining the whole project helps a lot.
The other trick is using relatively cheap supplies: if I was working on real vellum I would be panicking too :D
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Moar pages
On these pages there are three words (repeated multiple times) that may give a hint on what this is about. Page four (the third picture in this post) has all three of them.
(Please use the spoiler CW when guessing)
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Yes! ok. almost. It is a Star Trek fic. It *a* first. And I don't think it fully qualifies as slash, but it is Kirk/Spock.
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it is! (a fanfiction of) (not mine)
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •page 7 is done (no pictures yet, nor enough light to take them :D )
The estimate is now up to 10.5 pages, but finishing in the weekend looks realistic. (unless my hand starts to hurt and I have to stop for a week)
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •page. 10. done!
next step: taking the finished object pictures.
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •And the people who guessed guessed mostly right: it's this #fanfic : archiveofourown.org/works/4243… (chapter 2 is the translation + notes).
I can't find the post here on the fediverse where I found about this pic, but thanks to whoever posted it!
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •Done!
The following 7 images are pictures of the pages of a manuscript booklet with the text of archiveofourown.org/works/4243… written in insular script. While the pictures in the previous posts of this thread were of the flat sheets, here they have been folded in half and assembled in the right order (but aren't sewed together or anything).
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