If anyone’s wondering, these documents are huge, written in inks on fine (super hi quality, like 150ish g art paper) calf vellum. My side sword & glasses for comparison.
. a book a day 20 books in the first 20 days of January 2020 (w/ ancillaries) . found, altered, recombined book pages w/ ink, collage & found case . #paintbook #artbook #foundart #alteredbook #ink #brushwork #collage #vellum #stamping #foldout #bookaday #oneaday #jamienewton #maplereach #tualatindrainage #oregon #pnw https://www.instagram.com/p/B7mAE15FF5g/?igshid=eskcgzeha0r1
A beautiful #finebinding of Poetical Works of Robert Browning from the #lisabaskincoll. The binding was done by Zaehndorf’s of London for the Royal School of Art Needlework. The binding is hand- painted #vellum over stiff board that includes vine and flower motifs and the initials RB. #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #bookbinding
Mage Origin. The repository holds mostly rubbish but it’s rightfully mine by the laws of looting and I never return any of it. And I always had the feeling Surana/ Amell was Irving’s favourite student, so he lets it slide anyways. This is my first comic for my favourite game ~
Some books in old bindings may not be entirely what they seem… in addition to housing the text of the main book, they may also harbor fragments of much older manuscripts! Known as “manuscript waste,” these fragments range from single teeny tiny strips to reinforce the binding’s inner structure to entire pages that could be recycled into covers. The strength and durability of vellum means that sometimes when such waste is found, its work of origin can be determined.
From around the 15th to the 17th century, attitudes towards religious practice fluctuated throughout Europe. A particularly violent shift occurred in England under the reign of Henry VIII, in which monasteries (and their books) were all but destroyed. This, as well as numerous less noticeable changes of religious opinion, meant that many religious manuscripts (particularly liturgical works like songbooks) were suddenly outdated; And due to the fact that the majority of medieval manuscripts were written on vellum, an expensive and sturdy material, people were loath to simply throw them away. Instead, they recycled the vellum in creative ways, reinforcing not only book bindings but clothesas well!
(The practice of reinforcing bindings with waste didn’t stop in the 17th century- examples of books using printed paper waste can be found in bindings done all the way up to the 20th century!)
(Books from Senate House Library, the University of Glasgow Library, and my personal collection)
Manuscript waste is such an interestiing topic in book history.
Saying “Hello” to September means I’m saying hello to more than just a new month in my planner. Fall is about new goals and new routines. Maybe it’s the beginning of a new semester, but I’m more energized to set goals in the fall than in the new year. This fall I’m saying hello to a new University and a new way of taking classes. I’m saying hello to more memory keeping and reflection in my planner this month. I’m saying hello to new routines and new head spaces. So hello to September! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #helloseptember #hellofall #cocodaisyplannerchallenge #stalogy #stalogyobsessed #stalogy365 #stalogyb6 #stalogylover #stalogynotebook #stalogybujo #stalogyplanner #travelersnotebook #travelersnotebooks #b6 #b6stalogy #b6planner #b6travelersnotebook #b6tn #b6stalogy365 #b6stalogy365 #laurenphelpsdesigns #acetate #vellum #vellumdashboard #planneraddict #planner #plannercommunity #plannerlove #plannerlife #succulents https://www.instagram.com/p/CEnabXtJMEh/?igshid=a3vk0ryjvmco
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is the Black Hours, one of a very few manuscripts on vellum that is dyed black. This image is of folios 18v and 19r shows Whitsun (also known as Pentecost).
