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Coronation Roll of King Charles III - header page.jpeg
Mercian posted a gallery image in FPN Image Albums
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This is the Press Association’s photo of the header page for the ‘Coronation Roll’ of King Charles III. The document is an official record of the proceedings of his coronation - who was there, who did what, of the various oaths that were sworn, and by whom they were sworn. These records have been produced for the coronations of English monarchs since the coronation of Edward II in 1308. They have (for obvious reasons) always been handwritten, and have always been written in iron-gall ink, on parchment vellum (animal skins). Because that has always been the most ‘archival’ recording medium. This Coronation Roll has broken with that tradition, in a reflection of His Majesty’s well-known concern for animal welfare, and for the first time paper has been used. The paper in question is Fabriano Artistico 100% pure cotton, archival quality watercolour paper. It is entirely free of animal products. The ink used for the body of the text is ‘carbon black’, but I have not found any mention of any brand, or whether the ink was in fact specially made for the occasion (by burning vegetable oil through a vegetable lamp-wick, and collecting the soot from the flame on a metal dish inserted into the flame, before mixing it into another vegetable oil to make the ink). The single calligrapher who wrote-out the 69-feet (21-metre) long, ~11500 word document is Stephanie von Werthern-Gill, who says that it took her 56 days to complete. During which time she kept her phone turned off, and took no breaks for weekends, in order to maintain her rhythm. And that she used classical music and breathing exercises to remain calm. At the end of all of that, the only mistake that was found in her manuscript was a single ‘i’ that had not been dotted. Thankfully, this omission was far easier to correct than a spelling error would have been. If all of it is as controlled and as beautiful as the writing on this page, I truly salute her tremendous skill. The extraordinary illumination on this page was produced by the artist Tim Noad, who also designed the ‘King’s cypher’ for Charles III - the ‘C III R’ monogram design that will appear on all the postboxes and banknotes etc that are produced throughout his reign.© Press Association
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The official ‘Coronation Roll’ of King Charles III
Mercian posted a topic in Calligraphy Discussions
Today I saw an article on the BBC News website about the completion of the official ‘Coronation Roll’ of King Charles III. It is a handwritten scroll that records all the events of His Majesty’s Coronation. These have been prepared for the Coronation of every English monarch since the coronation of Edward II, in 1308. That document spent centuries in the Tower of London, but is now held in our National Archives. The new roll is the first Coronation Roll that has ever been produced on paper, rather than on vellum (I know, I know, ‘there goes the country’, eh?). Apparently, the paper that was used is a watercolour paper called Fabriano Artistico, which is made from cotton, and doesn’t include any animal products. The ink used on the vellum scrolls was always iron-gall. For this one the decision was taken to use carbon-black ink, rather than iron-gall. No mention of any brand, or wherher it was hand-made e.g. by burning vegetable oil through a lamp wick. The document is apparently 69ft (21m) long, and it comprises ~11,500 beautifully-handwritten words. The whole Roll was written by one calligrapher - Stephanie von Werthern-Gill. She says that she created it in one long session of 56 days’ work. She wanted to keep her rhythm going, so she kept her phone switched off, did not take breaks for weekends, and used breathing exercises and classical music to keep herself calm. Apparently, after eight straight weeks of continuous work, only one error was found in the text she had pains-takingly created - a dot had been missed off a single ‘i’. Easily-fixed, and not, thankfully, a spelling error. For anyone who is interested, here is a link to the BBC News article. Also, in another ‘first’ the government has created an online version of the roll: https://www.coronationroll.gov.uk Sadly though, there don’t appear to be any images of the actual roll, other than of its header ‘page’ 😕 Slàinte, M.