Transcript
Book 1, Chapter Seven: The Ascent, Pages 135 and 136
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Come, friend mine, to this chapter of booke one.
Thou art witness to our hero kynge brave;
And his Servant wise and long suffering,
As they venture forth to mysteries straunge.
In the forest deep a tremendous sight
Catches fast our great kynge’s observant eye.
“Servant,” he asks, pointing at creatures high —
Two beasts of avian face and mammals paw.
“Pray tell, what are they, those two curious things?”
Chapter Seven 135-136
New chapter! New style!
These are the first few pages in the new style, so things are gonna look a little wobbly as I figure out the best process and brushes that both nail the manuscript look and make drawing that sustainable.
Footnotes:
Alexander – Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, (ff 1. 209 – 215) same as the Prologue
Bucephalus – British Library Talbot Shrewsbury Royal MS 15 E VI, f. 21v
The Servant and the donkey are just themselves. Luckily I don’t have to do much to translate his outfit to the European fashion – pillbox wool hats were on trend Renaissance era Italy. (though at one point I wanted him to have a fun Flemish chaperon).
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