The Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, made a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day gift to the world. The Book of Kells can now be viewed online for free.
Click on the image! Enjoy!
Book of Kells
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Look at this nice White Vine Illumination and how vivid the colors still are after 900 years. You can also see the holes that were punched in with a stylus to mark where the baselines should be drawn. Tuscany, 1150, New Testament, Parchment. Perkins Library at Duke University, NC. Sheila Waters commented on this: “Interesting […] Photographs of Edward Johnston’s blackboards at the Royal College of Art and Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. ‘Kalligraphische Schriftvorlagen’ (calligraphic writing styles) was produced in the 1620s in Germany by the scribe, Johann Hering. Johann Hering
A wondeful video about making manuscripts by the Getty Museum. Don’t miss this! (Note: Both videos are from the Getty Museum’s YouTube channel, see if you can find the slight differences between the two videos!) Video from Nov 17, 2010 The HD version, from Jun 17, 2014: From the YouTube video description provided: […] |
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