Wow. Wow again. This book is thought to have been created between 750 and 800 AD near Salzburg. It is elaborately tooled in gold, silver, and enamel, and decorated with jewels. Some of my research indicated the cover is more elaborate than the pages, and the covers may have been made for a different purpose than where they ended up. The pages are not as "beautiful" as other pages from more famous manuscripts. Here is a sample of one of the pages below. On some of the pages I looked at online, you could see guidelines on the pages, made by running something across the page to make an indentation. These days, we either draw guidelines with a pencil, then erase them later, or we could use a bone folder to make the indentations.
3 comments:
What a fabulous book. If it is in really good condition I'd have to rethink altering it at all. But if not, I sure would dive right in. It would be a wonderful practive calligraphy journal.
The book pictured is the real one, in a museum. The one I have is a blank journal, with reproduction covers (minus the jewels!) Sorry if I didn't explain that very well. But if you'd make me about 100 bezels with jewels, mine could look like that!
What a lovely book! Maybe you could embellish your copy with sparkly things?
I just found your blog this evening. I absolutely love the name! Your art journal pages are wonderful as well.
Peace,
Karis
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