Looks just like the real thing. What I mean by this is very many modern calligraphists take great pains to make perfection --- perfectly straight lines, perfectly sized and identical letters. If I want that, I'll just look for a Middle English font and type the text myself! You've taken great pains to make this look like it came out of an old manuscript! Bravó!
I'll hazard the guess of a temporary residence card issued by the government, there being no university name or academic institution as issuing authority. It appears to be some kind of federal level ID card. Especially down at the bit where it says "Atorite per eo Federatio revenere" --- a university wouldn't have the authority to allow or deny that. The "<<<<<<" down at the bottom looks suspiciously like what you find on a passport.
elemtilas wrote:I'll hazard the guess of a temporary residence card issued by the government, there being no university name or academic institution as issuing authority. It appears to be some kind of federal level ID card. Especially down at the bit where it says "Atorite per eo Federatio revenere" --- a university wouldn't have the authority to allow or deny that. The "<<<<<<" down at the bottom looks suspiciously like what you find on a passport.
(insert winner bell ringing)
Yep, it's a Telemor residence permit card. In this case, though, it is a permit for study, which is part of why an academic institution is mentioned. And the "<<<" at the bottom is, indeed, the MRZ (machine-readable zone), which is different for ID cards because it consists of three lines of 30 characters rather than two of 44.
And I'll dance with you in Vienna,
I'll be wearing a river's disguise;
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thigh...
Looking for subjects to appear on banknotes. Inquire within.
This is the Sadraasaler Dakru. It is based upon the general shape of the Dakru Peninsula on Tirga, which is the traditional home of the Sadraasalers. It looks like a long-necked seated dragon reaching/striking out westward into the Marizei and Bowness (two big bodies of water) from the East.
I had the good luck to find a blue wolf sejant to copypasta its seated derriere onto this dragon's body.
Bonus points go to the one who identifies the city coat of arms thatI pilferedmost resembles the Dakru insignia.
Thank goodness I read those dragony posts by Chagen, b/c I plum forgot to upload this pic.
This is the Sadraasaler Dakru. It is based upon the general shape of the Dakru Peninsula on Tirga, which is the traditional home of the Sadraasalers. It looks like a long-necked seated dragon reaching/striking out westward into the Marizei and Bowness (two big bodies of water) from the East.
I had the good luck to find a blue wolf sejant to copypasta its seated derriere onto this dragon's body.
Bonus points go to the one who identifies the city coat of arms thatI pilferedmost resembles the Dakru insignia.
Thank goodness I read those dragony posts by Chagen, b/c I plum forgot to upload this pic.
Well, the anterior --- dragon --- half is obviously the arms of the city of Kraiburg in Bavaria. Very distinctive curve to the dragon's neck, that.
The posterior --- wolf --- half comes from SVG Graphics for Heralds.
NB: while you left his jewels gules, his hind talons are imperfectly azured. There's still some traces of gules round the edges, from the original wolf image!
This is the Sadraasaler Dakru. It is based upon the general shape of the Dakru Peninsula on Tirga, which is the traditional home of the Sadraasalers. It looks like a long-necked seated dragon reaching/striking out westward into the Marizei and Bowness (two big bodies of water) from the East.
I had the good luck to find a blue wolf sejant to copypasta its seated derriere onto this dragon's body.
Bonus points go to the one who identifies the city coat of arms thatI pilferedmost resembles the Dakru insignia.
Thank goodness I read those dragony posts by Chagen, b/c I plum forgot to upload this pic.
Well, the anterior --- dragon --- half is obviously the arms of the city of Kraiburg in Bavaria. Very distinctive curve to the dragon's neck, that.
The posterior --- wolf --- half comes from SVG Graphics for Heralds.
NB: while you left his jewels gules, his hind talons are imperfectly azured. There's still some traces of gules round the edges, from the original wolf image!
Gouttes gules de sang
From his last meal, mate.
'Jewels Gules' should be the heraldic term for that weaponry
Techinically, it's from Ingolstadt, but the judges accepted Kraiburg as pretty close enough. They both use the blue panthier (new to me!) in their coats of arms.
The wolf design indeed supplied the wedding-tackle gules.