AoA scroll for Vladimir Báthory

Text

We, Andreas and Isabella, King and Queen of the East, wish all to know the esteem in which We hold Vladimir Báthory. Accordingly, for his service to Our Kingdom, and to Us during Our Reign, We do Award him these Arms: Purpure, on a chevron inverted between three boar's heads couped argent, one and two, three equal-armed celtic crosses sable. Done this XXIst day of April, Anno Societatis XXXV, at Our Last Court, in Our Barony Beyond the Mountain.

Construction notes

Calligraphy

Hand: Derived from Drogin's Gothic Littera Bastarde, but with some modifications. Drogin's ductus does not seem to reflect any of the examples he adduces for it; in attempt to improve authenticity, I have based this hand on one of his examples. Unfortunately, since that example does not contain a complete alphabet, I had to fall back on Drogin's ductus for the missing letters.
Ink: Winsor & Newton Black India Ink
Nibs: Main text: 3/4 mm Brause. Capital: 2 mm Brause.
Spacing: 4 mm minim height, 1 cm spacing between baselines. Capital is 4 cm high.

Illumination

Source: The vines and flowers are copied from a book of hours by Simon Marmion (sp? I don't have it handy just now), specifically the Adoration of the Magi page. The colors were modified to mesh better with the heraldry.
Paints: Purple: ?; Green: Winsor & Newton Designer's Gouache Mistletoe Green (?); Blue: Winsor & Newton Designer's Gouache Sky Blue (?); White: Winsor & Newton Designer's Gouache Permanent White; Red: Winsor & Newton Designer's Gouache Flame Red; Yellow: Caran d'Ache Golden; Black: Caran d'Ache Black

Misc

Paper: Aquarelle Arches Hot Press, 9" by 12".
Margins: 5 cm on each side; border is another 5 cm

Apologies

I did this scroll in too much of a rush (something like two weeks), and it shows:

I forgot to check to see if Vladimir had registered a device until after I had already finished the text and inked in the border; at that point, rather than start over with text that contained the blazon smoothly, I had to fit it into the space I'd allowed. I had to squeeze the hand down to fit; and then I left out the last word, and had to erase and redo.
The vines should properly have some shading on them to indicate veins, but I simply did not have time to figure out how to do this properly (this is the first time I've done acanthus vines); rather than try it and mess up what I had, I decided to leave it.
The crosses on the arms are somewhat messy.