- Name: Lady Aaradyn Ghyoot
- Project Title: A Page in 5 Parts
- Location: Barony of Carolingia
- Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Aaradyn_Ghyoot
- Blog: https://erikamorton.studio/a-page-in-five-parts/
- Category: Scribal
In 2018 I embarked on a project to understand how vellum worked as a ground, how the materials I was already very familiar with worked on the most used ground in period, and how my process would have to change to work with this new material. I chose a source with a most excellent carpet page, and one that would be easy to do in parts: Add MS 28162, The Somme le Roi, a moral compendium compiled in 1279 for King Philip III of France. A beautiful French manuscript with heavy gold work, this manuscript features multiple pages of 4 panel depictions of the Virtues.
The finished project will be the Vellum Dragon and four separate images, each a “complete” panel as though the panels were individual images. This project is the learning section for the final project, which will be a 4 panel “missing page” from MS 28162 – 4 virtues done in the style of Somme le Roi with original artwork.
So far I have completed the Vellum Test Piece, Panel One, and Panel Two. Panel Three was started in November of 2025 and I plan to have that further along for Kingdom A&S in March where I hope to display. As I move into Panel Three, the imagery will be more secular than Panels One and Two. While my goal with the first two Panels was to determine technique, my goal with the next two Panels will be to apply that technique effectively and move toward original artwork. I will still be experimenting with the gold, but I now plan to do my gold experiment on a smaller scrap piece of vellum. I will have those tests on display (both online and in person) as they’re completed. Vellum is pricey, and I have a couple theories to test before I start back on my sketched Panel.
More information can be found at the project link above, along with my contact information.