Portuguese cooking and research; creative recreation of medieval subtelties
To all persons to whome these presents shall come Lars and Mary kinge and quene of North shield sendeth greetings. Whereas aunciently from the beginning the vertuous acts of worthie persons have ben comendid with sondry remembrances of there good deserts, And being apprised of the achevements of oure subject Faerisa Gwynarden in the researche and creation of medieval portuguese cooking and sotelties, we are moved to make her a Companion of the Order of the Laurel and name her a peer of oure realme with all the rights and responsibilities thereof to have and enjoy for ever without impediment let or interuption of any person. In witnes whereof we have caused to be made these oure Letters Patent and have sett hereunto oure hands and seale in oure baronie of castel rouge the second day of september anno societatis .xli.
Text is loosely based on an English Patent of Arms, circa 1576. Illumination is based on the Visconti Hours. Almost everything pictured is based on one of Faerisa's subtelties.