I was handed a beautiful backlog illumination for Grainne inghean ui Neill, painted by Fiona the Volatile. She said it was based off the Lindesfarne Gospel. So I googled around a bit and found a blog from a writer who was doing research on that for a book she's writing. She had a few photos, including one page with writing.
So, comparing this page with the ones in my calligraphy books I decided it was insular majuscule, and got to work with the words I was given.
This hand was a bit harder, as the nib was to be flat horizontal. So I ended up rotating the lap desk I work on while also twisting my arm into a position that was not really comfortable. For the t's and g's there's a little extra bit on the leading edge of the top line, I left it out at first, as it would require turning the nib basically 180°. Then I went back in after the rest was done and added those in to get the correct look.
As much as it physically pained me to do this hand, I am really quite happy with how it turned out.
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