#medieval calligraphy

[cuties-in-codices]

joyful calligraphy

in the "sacramentarium gelasianum", france, ca. 780-800

source: Paris, BnF, Latin 12048

#medieval manuscripts #medieval calligraphy #sacramentarium gelasianum #medieval animals #medieval art #calligraphy #illumination #illuminated manuscript #8th century

[milkywayan]

finished text!

#personal #calligraphy #medieval calligraphy #medievalcore

[kung-fu-grandma]

I got literally one letter in before spilling ink on the page 😫 guess this is a practice page now

#congrats buddy #that’s the worst anyone has ever done it #calligraphy #medieval calligraphy #gaelpol #this was supposed to be an excerpt from Tochmarc Etaine

[flannelepicurean]

Joined a friendo in doing an online module class situation for medieval calligraphy because he was sitting next to me at the table and demanded I get in on the action. I was explaining the intricacies and foibles of calligraphing as a leftie, but sometimes when a delightful human keeps thrusting a goose quill pen at you and insisting you have a good time, you just relent and do it.

And when you finish your janky alphabet practice and they tell you, "Now make something silly!" Well... you remember that they are the reason you were able to watch Theeeee Karate Kid Part 3 and meet Terry Roundhouse Caperscheme Silver. And you remind THEM that Cobra Kai never dies.

(It had exactly the desired effect of eliciting ebullient, near-falling laughter. Crane-kicked their heart right in the face with friendship. Point: me. 😂🏆😁🥰)

#my life right now #friendship #cobra kai #terry silver #medieval calligraphy #what a combination of tags #lol #all valley tournament champion #of friendship #peer pressured into having a good time #because we're nerds #who love nerd things #hey #i like that johnny #i'm gonna use it

[tuxedolascribalblogger]

Most recent postable scrollwork

and then this last one I only did the calligraphy, but i did it night-before by lantern light outside, and day-of, also outside. so fun 😂

#scroll #calligraphy #illumination #illuminated manuscript #medieval calligraphy #medieval art

[theodicytrench]

happy birthday scary bear game. i can't believe i transcribed Markiplier's first fnaf video in medieval calligraphy in 2020

"scientists said there were no adverse mental health impacts as a result of the pandemic!" okay can the scientists explain why i was doing this then

#fnaf #five nights at freddy's #markiplier #calligraphy #medieval calligraphy #i have better materials + improved quite a lot from this but. eecks dee even #jokes #my calligraphy

[anglicanaformata]

Part of the "difficulty" copying medieval scribes is the limits imposed upon them by their quills. Ergo, I bought 100 goose feathers and cut a bunch of quills.

The ones on the left side are messed up. Two of them cracked in the wrong places, so the ink doesn't flow right and the tips aren't firm enough anymore. You can also see the one in the front is cut a little lopsided. The third is cut alright, but the pen itself is too soft so I can't write with it.

The other three I'm proud of! They all work well, although I need to experiment more with the angle I'm cutting on the pens since that affects ink flow. Based on references online, these are a bit too "steep" for Latin alphabets, i.e. the ink likely flows a bit too fast.

I stripped the feathers of their barbs (the feathery bits) because that was custom in the Middle Ages. After the Middle Ages, it was popular to leave a tuft of barbs at the tip, but no scribes ever left their quills fully barbed (i.e. the way you'd see in films like Harry Potter) since it impedes writing.

#calligraphy #medieval calligraphy #quills

[lucybellwood]

hi sorry s'cuse me but were NONE OF YOU GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT BLACK BOOKS OF HOURS???

LOOK AT THIS MAGNIFICENT GOTH-ASS SHIT

EGADDDDDDD

THE IRON-COPPER SOLUTION USED TO DYE THE PAGES WAS SO CORROSIVE THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW SURVIVING EXAMPLES

THESE BOOKS WERE LITERALLY TOO METAL TO LIVE

i can't

#illuminated manuscript #goth as fuck #medieval #illumination #calligraphy #book arts #wowowowow

[tamburnbindery]

Finished up the Lorica of St. Patrick, a re-working of an earlier design I did. 16" x 20"

#medieval #illumination #calligraphy #celtic #celtic art #norse #irish #stpatrick #prayer #rune

[die-rosastrasse]

Some of my medieval-inspired calligraphy with Florence & The Machine songs ✒️

#writing #calligraphy #spilled ink #florence welch #florence & the machine #florence and the machine #dance fever #ink #handwriting #journaling #quotes #lyrics #FATM #original art #my art #music #tattoo ideas #tattoo inspiration #traditional art #medieval #manuscript #books #dark academia #dark academia art #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark aesthetic #gothic #history #historical aesthetic #art

[capn-o-my-soul]

more calligraphy! both i and my sister (@mxmalvolio) worked on this medieval-manuscript-inspired page. i did the calligraphy, the capital letters, and the drop capital "I" as well as the outlines for the borders. she did the paintings all in the borders, all the miniatures, and the figure inside the drop cap.

for context, the text is an abridged version of "The Legionnaire's Lament", a song by the Decemberists.

behold

#finally making something of my own design instead of copying theshitpostcalligrapher's designs #calligraphy #art #the decemberists #artists on tumblr #medieval

[cuties-in-codices]

decorated initial B

in a hagiographical manuscript, bavaria, 15th c.

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 6834(1, fol. 23v

#15th century #initials #decorated initials #medieval calligraphy #hagiographies #medieval art

[milkywayan]

Working in the calligraphy commission for a friend! He will smith a medieval kitchen knife for me in return :)

#personal #myart #calligraphy #medieval calligraphy #medievalcore #lefthanded calligraphy #my hand is cramping so hard right now

[kung-fu-grandma]

God damn I love insular minuscule.

#calligraphy #medieval calligraphy

[alexlibris-bookart]

Latest completed custom ordered leather journals. Personally, I prefer aging because it gives better contrast. But this time, journals are in a natural leather color tone.

#leatherwork #leatherbook #leathercraft #leatherjournal #custom #bookworm #booklover #writing #writer #calligraphy #journaling #notebook #fountainpen #inspiration #improveyourself #motivation #becomebetter #improvement #alexlibris #bookart #beige #white #book #leather #etsy #medieval #journal #bookbinding #handmade

[tuxedolascribalblogger]

Hi!

I've been doing calligraphy since 2017 and illumination since October 2022

i use mostly dip pens and have been messing with quills a bit, though i still love fountain pens.

crow quill medieval calligraphy is possible if you're not a coward

i use lots of different inks and brands of gouache and watercolor. walnut ink is so soft omg

I'm a scribe and bard in the Society for Creative Anachronism (East Kingdom, Barony of Settmour Swamp & Østgarðr, but also Aethelmearc, Barony of the Rhydderich Hael)

obsessed with early period, persona is from post-Roman Cornwall (Kingdom of Dumnonia)

#pinned post #sca #scribal #society for creative anachronism #illuminated letters #illuminated manuscript #medieval calligraphy #calligraphy