Bygone Arts

As part of the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I paint details onto an illuminated letter T.

As part of the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I paint details onto an illuminated letter T.

In the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I polish gold leaf. If you are interested in learning how to do raised gilding, ...

In the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I erase a mistake by scraping the mistake off with a knife.

In the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I write text on parchment using walnut ink and a Brause nib.

In the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I write text on parchment using walnut ink and a Brause nib.

As the second step in making a reproduction of a page of a medieval manuscript, I create ruling lines on the parchment.

As the first step in making a reproduction of a page of a medieval manuscript, I create prick-marks on the margin of the parchment. These will ser...