I got to do a Maunche scroll!!!

 This scroll was super special to me.  It was for a dear friend and member of my household, and someone whose work I have always been in awe of.

Because Yasemin has a middle eastern persona, I did some research to find an appropriate exemplar.  I finally settled on "Bahman Ardeshir Swallowed by a Dragon," an illustration from the epic Darabnameh.   The painting was done between 1580 and 1585.  

Exemplar

The words were composed by Aislinn Chiabach.  She actually based them on the epic poem in the exemplar.  

Calligraphy by Vittorio Antonello





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