Altavia Anniversary

This year the Altavia Anniversary theme was Arthurian Legend. So my entry for the A&S was to repaint my shield with a mash-up of "Courtly Love" with art and poetry from the High Middle Ages. The art was stylized from examples in the 1340 Codex Manesse, a tome of who's-who of poets, writers and performers called "Minnesangers" in Old High German in Central Europe at that period. The text I used came from a famous troubador of the time, Guillaume de Machaut. I finished it in just a couple days, amazingly, but didn't get any of the rest of the garb made.

Unfortunately, Uncle Bear's father Art Wood passed away that morning. He left early to be with his sister and help at his dad's house.