Artwork for the Cover of the Compleat Anachronist, based on “Death of John the Baptist”, from the ninth-century Chartres Gospel (Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale lat. 9386, fol. 146)

The ninth century isn’t usually my style, but in a pinch…

A little drawing done for an upcoming issue of  the Compleat Anachronist. I was asked to draw a scene similar to a facsimile of the source material, but leaving out the actual sword-death parts. I executed this in ink on pergamenata, then scanned it and prepped it for publication.