A long-awaited project

[acanthusleaf]

Finally done!!

There were many adventures along the way, and I'll need to get some better photos - I'm having a heck of a time with the reflections and glare. But it's done! Ha!




And from a slightly different angle:



I'll be bringing this for show-and-tell to Girlie Monday. I so need a drink.

ETA: The lettering is Aldith's motto, four times around the band - Ars gratia artis, "art for art's sake" the design is based off a wedding crown from 1460.

Comments

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have documentation for an Italian renaissance coronet. Muahahahaha!

:-)

[the-celestia.livejournal.com]

Seconding this....I've only ever found the jeweled headband thingy myself. Would love to see docs for an actual IR coronet...Please?

[acanthusleaf.livejournal.com]

There is a portrait on page 445 of Lightbown of Caterina Cornaro by Gentile Bellini. It says it's Venetian, from 1500. She is wearing a coronet that would work very well in the SCA. I've been planning to take digital photos of some of these pages, because the images aren't online anywhere and the book is unobtainable. I don't think posting them on the Internet is a good idea, though. Send me an email with your email address and I will send you the photo. This will help kick me in the butt to actually take the photo. :-)