For darker stains on props for D&D (e.g. treasure maps) I've always used coffee powder with barely enough water to dissolve it. Then use drops of that for stains, smears and blotches.
So impressed by your level of commitment to this craft! Dying the paper, making the quills, the rabbit skin glue, gilding, use of pigments, the many steps to binding etc.! Finished product is amazing. I’d love to know the context of your craft and artistic life! Certainly, there is a heavy karmic connection to past life/lives in this endeavor, no question of that!
Modern rainwater is often acidic and has other pollutants. It was used then to avoid the calcium in hard water. Today you may want to use distilled water. Art Prof.
The main ingredient in oak gall ink is tannic acid - it literally burns the letters from the page over the years. I think the rainwater is a lovely touch!
Yo this the kind of art I like doing too. The kind where you just find the most random and scattered ideas, and bring them together into one big piece! From forests, to mines, all for one piece. That is art to me :), true time, true dedication, true detail, and true strength in making with what you have got. Wonderful piece!
What an extraordinary piece of work. Your attention to detail, both historical and practical, is astonishing... The whole video was brought beautifully back to period with the excellent choice of music. I am totally amazed and congratulate you on your commitment and skill.
very good work! i think your calligraphy work is great, especially compared to some of the less legible historical examples. sometimes i swear the scribe just got bored and started doing vertical strokes until their shift was over lol. I would also love to know where you got your feathers, ive been trying to source some for quills for ages but i just cant find a reasonable price
love this video for the recreate progress, we often think of our world as it have been existing like that for centuries, but that's not the case here. I loved all the process Good luck on future proyects
Emma! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing work from the actual manuscript to the video production thank you! All the way from the desert of Arabia, Omar.
What can I possibly add? Wow! Respectful salutations from an amateur English would-be artist. Absolutely loved the accompanying music - completely authentic, lovely mix of instruments.
Thank you very much. I found your making of a pen especially informative--I hadn't known about the need to temper the quill, and it was a surprise to see how brittle and hard to cut it was. The story I've heard is that the best blue was made from lapis lazuli, which came from Afghanistan. So, definitely the most expensive pigment, which is why Mary is dressed in blue, until in the Early Modern period there was a new red, even more expensive (? from the Americas). I doubt if cadmium red was used; AFAIK the normal red for highlights in lettering was cinnabar, mercury sulphide. Greens were I think arsenic based, or verdigris. As you say, white was lead based, and so were some yellows. Health and safety nightmare, and the trope in _The Name of the Rose_ of a poisonous manuscript was as close to life as the perils of radium watch dials. The vegetable colours were a lot safer, though not as brilliant. You were unhappy with your ink. Actual ink in mss that I've seen varies from a pretty pale brown to a nice intense black. Either the iron gall ink was used, or carbon black suspended in gum arabic. I suspect the carbon black would give a more intense colour. Your ink seems very liquid in the close ups, and a bit blobby: I'm really not sure about this, but I wonder if you had problems using medieval ink on modern parchment. Your writing surface seems pretty impermeable, whereas my impression is that medieval skin surfaces would take in more of the ink. I suspect modern parchment is as machine-made as possible (the process of making parchment is pretty messy, and not at all suitable for vegetarians), and so has a more finished surface. The workflow seems to have been normally that a scribe prepared the parchment and wrote the text. For flash initials, they would leave a space, often with a small letter to indicate what fancy capital needed to go in there. The sheets would then go to a second worker to do capitals, and perhaps rubrication. You can see that this failed occasionally, because there are books with the spaces for the initials which have never been used. Lastly, sheets would be sent off for the illustrations. Separating sheets has obvious potential for foul-ups, and indeed there are medieval mss misbound in their first putting together. You were very brave using gold leaf.
Hi, i don’t know if you’ll respond to this because the video is 2 years old at this point, but i really want to learn this craft so i can write out the bible by hand. How did you start learning calligraphy? books?
Just some ideas for you - you can reach out to your local SCA chapter scribal group, watch tutorials online, practice by tracing, using books, or even taking some classes. Good luck! (I like illuminating rather than calligraphy, so I find a font I like, print out my text and use a light board. But that’s also a good way to get the feel initially)
There were turkey species in mediaeval Europe from which to make quills? I thought turkey product wasn't available in Europe until after sustained transatlantic trade.
When brushing, it is important to use decisive single strokes rather than to sketch with short, rapid and loosely controlled bursts. If you need to, try bringing your eyes closer to the work in order to get a better visual orientation. Then, breathe slowly and commit to the stroke while exhaling. I know it sounds excessive, but I assure you it is the way of the master painter.
Hi have a couple of questions on older manuscripts were the guidelines kept? If so were there particular hands where the guidelines were kept as a stylistic option or as a functional option? Do you erase guideline and if so does the ghose lines still show through? For example if there is and ascended or descender will they not be glazed over by the ink and thus part of the final product? On older manuscripts where there are no guidelines seen is it the case that the guidelines became part of the ink lettering. Is there any medium that fades quickly, for example a thype of ink or graphite that will fade fast and leave no impression of a guideline. Are there any links to manuscripts which illustrate the use of guidelines?
Because I've recently been doing bookbinding on the Renaissance Artisan Project, someone sent me this link and I want to thank you for the pleasant 27 minutes I just spent watching your video. I deeply envy your collection of pigments. Was this for an A&S competition, or school project, or just for fun? (You might've said and I just missed it.) Whatever your reasons, well done you. Regarding your experience with gold leaf, I confess I haven't mustered the nerve yet to do much with it. (Soon) However, since I spend a lot of time going out on these limbs, creatively, I try not to be too hard on myself for not picking up in an afternoon what someone spent a lifetime mastering. Thanks for the video! I hope you make more. :)
ua-cam.com/video/eCbA_aCyOEo/v-deo.htmlsi=41XfSsiUXn8sFWks The Medieval Small Abacus. This small medieval abacus, attributed to the innovations of Al-Khwarizmi, was a pivotal tool in shaping the numerical calculations and digit paleograms of the era. This abacus reflects the ingenuity of medieval computational tools, bridging physical representation with the abstract formation of digit shapes in paleographic studies. Thanks
@@miceknight_designs amazing ! what are your skills - interests- or specialties? because what I am doing is modern I am digitizing it... then will want to make many "real" ones from the printable manuscript... I just started book 4 of 15-or so.. ( this digital art has been fun to learn but I cant wait to get back to learning more hands on skills in the book making tradition. I mainly was an oil painter most my life.. but would start a band every once in awhile.. then all this william blake like long time festering images words philosophical, metaphysical poetry,and linguistic mind games came flowing out.. hence the manuscript wants life breathed into it by many hands. its a lot to explain. but thanks for your response!
The traditional instrument is a kind of whistle, I believe, and more shrill to modern ears than a flute. This dance music was common around the time the original manuscript was made. It probably should have been recorded at a lower volume for this video. I have seen some handcraft videos with only the ambient sounds of the hand work recorded. Not ASMR but very mesmerizing.
For darker stains on props for D&D (e.g. treasure maps) I've always used coffee powder with barely enough water to dissolve it. Then use drops of that for stains, smears and blotches.
So impressed by your level of commitment to this craft! Dying the paper, making the quills, the rabbit skin glue, gilding, use of pigments, the many steps to binding etc.! Finished product is amazing. I’d love to know the context of your craft and artistic life! Certainly, there is a heavy karmic connection to past life/lives in this endeavor, no question of that!
Modern rainwater is often acidic and has other pollutants. It was used then to avoid the calcium in hard water. Today you may want to use distilled water.
Art Prof.
The main ingredient in oak gall ink is tannic acid - it literally burns the letters from the page over the years. I think the rainwater is a lovely touch!
Wow! I have been wanting to do this for so long and this video hyped me up quite a bit! Thank you! :D Wonderful work!
I find your documentation and work extraordinary.
Thank you for all of the hard work throughout the processes.
Looks great, I have done something similar to this and it’s takes forever lol and scribes did entire books back then!
I fracking LOVE your reference section! I'm a few videos into researching Medieval bookbinding, and you just gave me all the sources. YOU ARE AMASING!
I LOVE your dedication - this turned out absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much for cataloguing the entire process. It’s incredible! :D
What a wonderful project. Not only a marvelous job, but superb photography. I hope we see more of you.
Yo this the kind of art I like doing too. The kind where you just find the most random and scattered ideas, and bring them together into one big piece! From forests, to mines, all for one piece. That is art to me :), true time, true dedication, true detail, and true strength in making with what you have got. Wonderful piece!
Fabulous and fascinating. Thank you.
Perfect for our medieval homeschool unit. Thanks for sharing!
What an extraordinary piece of work. Your attention to detail, both historical and practical, is astonishing... The whole video was brought beautifully back to period with the excellent choice of music. I am totally amazed and congratulate you on your commitment and skill.
That book is so beautiful. I'm amazed by it.
What a great job - both in the process, detailing your methodolgy and references -- and the final result. Congrats!
Amazing work 👍
I’d love to see you making more of these. Bravo 👏
This was so cool,thank you for sharing!
Very nice work. Admire your patience
very good work! i think your calligraphy work is great, especially compared to some of the less legible historical examples. sometimes i swear the scribe just got bored and started doing vertical strokes until their shift was over lol. I would also love to know where you got your feathers, ive been trying to source some for quills for ages but i just cant find a reasonable price
So beautiful
love this video for the recreate progress, we often think of our world as it have been existing like that for centuries, but that's not the case here. I loved all the process
Good luck on future proyects
Emma! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing work from the actual manuscript to the video production thank you! All the way from the desert of Arabia, Omar.
Awesome! beautiful work, must have taken a long time to complete.
Awesome. I've always found gesso to work well when laying gold.
とても美しいです！自分で全て作ってしまうなんて素晴らしいですね🥰
What can I possibly add? Wow! Respectful salutations from an amateur English would-be artist. Absolutely loved the accompanying music - completely authentic, lovely mix of instruments.
Thank you very much. I found your making of a pen especially informative--I hadn't known about the need to temper the quill, and it was a surprise to see how brittle and hard to cut it was.
The story I've heard is that the best blue was made from lapis lazuli, which came from Afghanistan. So, definitely the most expensive pigment, which is why Mary is dressed in blue, until in the Early Modern period there was a new red, even more expensive (? from the Americas). I doubt if cadmium red was used; AFAIK the normal red for highlights in lettering was cinnabar, mercury sulphide. Greens were I think arsenic based, or verdigris. As you say, white was lead based, and so were some yellows. Health and safety nightmare, and the trope in _The Name of the Rose_ of a poisonous manuscript was as close to life as the perils of radium watch dials. The vegetable colours were a lot safer, though not as brilliant.
You were unhappy with your ink. Actual ink in mss that I've seen varies from a pretty pale brown to a nice intense black. Either the iron gall ink was used, or carbon black suspended in gum arabic. I suspect the carbon black would give a more intense colour. Your ink seems very liquid in the close ups, and a bit blobby: I'm really not sure about this, but I wonder if you had problems using medieval ink on modern parchment. Your writing surface seems pretty impermeable, whereas my impression is that medieval skin surfaces would take in more of the ink. I suspect modern parchment is as machine-made as possible (the process of making parchment is pretty messy, and not at all suitable for vegetarians), and so has a more finished surface.
The workflow seems to have been normally that a scribe prepared the parchment and wrote the text. For flash initials, they would leave a space, often with a small letter to indicate what fancy capital needed to go in there. The sheets would then go to a second worker to do capitals, and perhaps rubrication. You can see that this failed occasionally, because there are books with the spaces for the initials which have never been used. Lastly, sheets would be sent off for the illustrations. Separating sheets has obvious potential for foul-ups, and indeed there are medieval mss misbound in their first putting together.
You were very brave using gold leaf.
Please make more videos like this!
This hardcore. Respect.
Beautiful
Amazing project
UNA VERDADERA MARAVILLA!
Amazing work! What is
the Manuscript about?
Did you try to find out…
or just copied the text?
Hi, i don’t know if you’ll respond to this because the video is 2 years old at this point, but i really want to learn this craft so i can write out the bible by hand. How did you start learning calligraphy? books?
Just some ideas for you - you can reach out to your local SCA chapter scribal group, watch tutorials online, practice by tracing, using books, or even taking some classes. Good luck! (I like illuminating rather than calligraphy, so I find a font I like, print out my text and use a light board. But that’s also a good way to get the feel initially)
@@Anjulie7 thanks for the tips, much appreciated
There were turkey species in mediaeval Europe from which to make quills? I thought turkey product wasn't available in Europe until after sustained transatlantic trade.
Wow this is brilliant 👏👏
It was fun to watch this video!! Instagram to keep up with latest projects?
Very Informative thanks for posting this.
When brushing, it is important to use decisive single strokes rather than to sketch with short, rapid and loosely controlled bursts. If you need to, try bringing your eyes closer to the work in order to get a better visual orientation. Then, breathe slowly and commit to the stroke while exhaling. I know it sounds excessive, but I assure you it is the way of the master painter.
Gorgeous
This is *amazing!*
Thanks for sharing
Amazing work, ma'am. Thank you!
Subscribed.
how much do u sell them and who buys them, and how long did it take u for one book
What i don't get did she Use now animal skin or Paper 😅?
Hi have a couple of questions on older manuscripts were the guidelines kept? If so were there particular hands where the guidelines were kept as a stylistic option or as a functional option? Do you erase guideline and if so does the ghose lines still show through? For example if there is and ascended or descender will they not be glazed over by the ink and thus part of the final product? On older manuscripts where there are no guidelines seen is it the case that the guidelines became part of the ink lettering. Is there any medium that fades quickly, for example a thype of ink or graphite that will fade fast and leave no impression of a guideline. Are there any links to manuscripts which illustrate the use of guidelines?
Please make more videos
Lovely!
Because I've recently been doing bookbinding on the Renaissance Artisan Project, someone sent me this link and I want to thank you for the pleasant 27 minutes I just spent watching your video. I deeply envy your collection of pigments. Was this for an A&S competition, or school project, or just for fun? (You might've said and I just missed it.) Whatever your reasons, well done you. Regarding your experience with gold leaf, I confess I haven't mustered the nerve yet to do much with it. (Soon) However, since I spend a lot of time going out on these limbs, creatively, I try not to be too hard on myself for not picking up in an afternoon what someone spent a lifetime mastering. Thanks for the video! I hope you make more. :)
Really cool!!!
Weren't turkeys a New World bird?
Labor of love 😉👍🎉
Bravo!!
вау, попробую сделать так же!
Where did you learn the art?
Where did you buy parchment from? I cannot find any full skins.
From a company called Pergamena!
Simplismente maravilhoso eu estou querendo fazer um oficio divino assim também mais é divicio
John 14;6. Awesome job ✝️
ua-cam.com/video/eCbA_aCyOEo/v-deo.htmlsi=41XfSsiUXn8sFWks
The Medieval Small Abacus. This small medieval abacus, attributed to the innovations of Al-Khwarizmi, was a pivotal tool in shaping the numerical calculations and digit paleograms of the era.
This abacus reflects the ingenuity of medieval computational tools, bridging physical representation with the abstract formation of digit shapes in paleographic studies.
Thanks
looking for people to help make a modern illumined manuscript!
I’m interested if you’re still looking!
@@miceknight_designs amazing ! what are your skills - interests- or specialties? because what I am doing is modern I am digitizing it... then will want to make many "real" ones from the printable manuscript... I just started book 4 of 15-or so.. ( this digital art has been fun to learn but I cant wait to get back to learning more hands on skills in the book making tradition. I mainly was an oil painter most my life.. but would start a band every once in awhile.. then all this william blake like long time festering images words
philosophical, metaphysical poetry,and linguistic mind games came flowing out.. hence the manuscript wants life breathed into it by many hands. its a lot to explain. but thanks for your response!
Were scribes paid for their work or was it deemed their religious duty?
turkey feather
Keep this away from the British museum
Agreed
Impossible. Before she realises, the British army will break into her home and "save from devastation" all art that soldiers will find.
Where is result?
🎶 volume becomes annoying!
Your calligraphy is down to your form,…… you are pinching the pin inwards.. less fingers on the quill. Flow is paramount… it’s not a biro…
almost everything you did is wrong I hope no one is cooping you.
Oh it was so nice when that flute stopped. Unfortunately it started up again. However, your art was very nice.
The traditional instrument is a kind of whistle, I believe, and more shrill to modern ears than a flute. This dance music was common around the time the original manuscript was made. It probably should have been recorded at a lower volume for this video. I have seen some handcraft videos with only the ambient sounds of the hand work recorded. Not ASMR but very mesmerizing.