Book of Hours- Tours – The Script
As promised in my June 11, 2013 entry I will be covering the script from this book of hours. The manuscript was written in the second half of the 15th century […]
BOOK OF HOURS – TOURS
I had the fortunate pleasure of handling a book of hours that was created in Tours in the second half of the 15th century. Specific information about this book of hours […]
Manuscripts in the News 6-7-13
Normally in the first week of the month I put up links to other people’s blog and websites or I post a guest bloggers article. I had asked someone if […]
Court Scrolls – Shhh it is a secret
This post is exclusively about how we deal with award scrolls given out in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) courts. Inter-kingdom anthropology (IKA) is term to describe the study […]
Basic Ink Making – A guide
May 25, 2013 I had two different entries for ink making in the Middle Kingdom Arts and Sciences Fair. Both of my entries came in first place. But I started […]
Finding the X Height
Greetings! It has been almost exactly two weeks since my last blog post. I had a busy weekend, recovered from that, then everyone in my home became sick. I still […]
Not all manuscripts are pristine
And that’s okay. I recently handled Poole 19 at the Lilly Library. This manuscript is in rough shape and beautiful. As always please click on the image to see it […]
