Back on my bullshit

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 It has been a minute!  Been distracted with looking for work, eventing season, the world descending into madness...

So have a fun scroll I did a for a friend awhile back.  She has an Italian persona so I went a little overboard with what's essentially a step above a thank you card.  Note the entire map of Italy in the capital complete with an orca!

 

Purple floral border around Latin script with an illuminated capital 
 

In progress capital that was ~1.25 inches square
 
The border is based on a prayer book from Milan ca. 1430 (MS M.944 fol. 19v).  The capital is also based on a 15th C. example, but I can't remember the exact source.
 

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