Medieval Manuscript Reproduction, Part 5a: Painting an illuminated letter

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

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Howto & Style

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• medieval
• manuscript
• historical reproduction
• illuminated manuscript
• painting
• art
• calligraphy

[chrisgosnell1]

@columbaomega  on her website it says that she used gouache paint.

[qwerty61799]

you have the most steady hand i have ever seen!!! its sooo nice



[BarneySecurity]

i envy you so much, and i love you in the same time.

You are a beautiful pearson if you can make beautiful things like that.

[CapitolCityJake]

Freaking awesome......you should make a whole Bible!!!!

[pigmental23]

Real parchment, you can see the follicle marks.

There is no real substitute.

[markof6969]

Hi!

Congratulations for Fine Arts, expected to put more videos, LUCK

[columbaomega]

I'm very impressed with your series of videos, outstanding quality! What kind of paint are you using here? ...acrylic, tempra, gouache, oil? I can never find any information on the proper paint, or at least the modern equivalent of that from antiquity.

[Buraion]

wow you really take your time

i dont think id be patient enough

[rmcdaniel423]

Traditionally, parchment (or vellum) is indeed a highly refined animal skin. I do believe she is working on true parchment here. Look at her 1st video in the series. You can see the irregular shape of the material. The closest paper product that I have seen, to simulate the look and feel of parchment, is called "Pergamenata". It can be found online through a few specialty calligraphy and book-binding suppliers.

[vervegrande]

Thanks for sharing your craft with your Youtube audience! What kind of paint are you using for our painting and is parchment a type of paper product? From what I understand, in the past, parchment was made from sheep skin.