[Scriptoris] middle eastern charters..?

[Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyya]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Rudin" <serena1570 at yahoo.com>
> I also find it interesting that while our usual concept is to match the 
> charter
> to the recipient, not the granting Crown, we jump at the prospect of 
> reversing
> that when a Crown with an exotic (to us) persona comes along.

Actually, there's no jumping *simply* because the Crown Prince, Mahadi, is 
Moorish - though it certainly sparked additional interest on my part. There 
is a very large contingent of middle eastern persona'd folks in my area, and 
the last Golden Scroll work I did, the recipiant specifically asked if there 
were ME scrolls.  I've painted scrolls in the colors of, and with device 
elements of, the sitting crown. I've also done scrolls in the colors and 
design request of the recipiant.  (At this point, I tend to do more Golden 
Scrolls than charters.)

From: "Diane Rudin" <serena1570 at yahoo.com>
> style charter per frequently-given award.  As a warning, remember that a 
> lot of
> that style of art has words worked into it.  The line between lettering 
> and art
> is very blurred there.  Some people might be offended by the words, once 
> they
> figure (or find) out what it says.


Just as there really isn't much actual precendent in history or period for 
documents such as we create, with the fancy illumination from Books of Hours 
put onto legal documents, we don't HAVE to create designs for middle eastern 
charters that have Qu'uran quotes. There's plenty of middle eastern design 
elements that could be used that don't quote Holy scripture.

Just a thought to consider,

Zubeydah