Nice to see a craftsman living the life (black fingertips, so authentic). I share your medieval love, I like the book box's too, to keep loose pages safe when making and a home for it once made. My religious book I made years ago and is now half filled, I share your thrill in producing a sacred script in a traditional way. The Lindisfarne Gospel inspired me when I was about 14 yrs old. I'm no Christian at all but love working on my own sacred text, i'm jealous of your small books, mine is bigger so 30 yrs later i'm only half way through. I see the same passion in you, me, that long dead monk stretching cold cramped fingers and getting back to his work. Awesome work and lifestyle, thanks for sharing it.
This is insanely interesting! I bought a quill and some inks from you at a ren fest a few days ago and I've been writing with it every day since! I can't wait to come back and get more supplies from you!
Absolutely positively brillant work! Not just well done, but Best Well Done! Absolutely amazing! You are a true artist, and you have truly found the way to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to your task!
Brother Lucas, I‘m a Norse Pagan, truly FASCINATED by your work. Our worlds may by completely different, but I would still love to see more of your work. Please, come back!
Thank you for the encouragement! I've been taking a break from content creation (I had switched mostly to Tiktok and Instagram), but even taking a break from that fore a few months has helped my stress levels. I will be back to it soon, as I'm working on a more streamlined plan.
I watched the movie The Name Of The Rose, and have been fascinated with how monks scribed and illuminated manuscripts back then. If someone wanted to learn how to do this as a hobby, how would an absolute novice begin? Calligraphy? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you for your time in read this. I love your videos. Keep on being awesome.
Sime great work there, binding and all. If you did an entire miniature Bible how thick would that be? Imagine several inches. Ever make a wearable book of hours called a girdle book?
I have made a girdle book conversion of a printed book, and the current book I'm illuminated and have finished writing is going to be a girdle book. (It is Song of Songs/Solomon). The thickness of a miniature bible depends on the thickness of the parchment, but historically 2.5-4 inches, with the grade of parchment I can get and/or make, probably 3.5-5 inches in thickness. This would be modeled after the paris pocket bible styles.
These are great and inspiring, and I just received your quill/ink set which is awesome. I had two questions- what type of gothic was used in your Song of Solomon manuscript, and what is done with quotation marks in such period works? Are they just omitted? Having trouble finding an answer to that last question online. Thanks!
The Song of Solomon is considered a variant of Gothica Bastarda. As far as quotation marks, the first example is in a printed book in 1516, so they weren't used. Commas and Periods don't exist in the same way in some early manuscripts as well. You may find this article interesting and helpful on reading aids. www.bl.uk/medieval-english-french-manuscripts/articles/reading-aids-in-the-early-medieval-book
Incredible work! Can i ask what sort of script you've used in your pocket bible gospel of Mark? I'm absolutely amazed at how beautifully you've managed to execute it at that scale
Thank you! I am not an actual monk, but the monastic scribal period is my favorite and tends to be what I represent when I demonstrate, it also gives me an opportunity to share my passion for my faith as well.
Great video! Also, how do you find good parchment online? It’s almost impossible to find actual good parchment on the internet for projects like this lol
I am currently sold out of facsimiles, but I will be working thru a batch of hand-bound facsimiles of each of the three books I've completed this year. They tend to run $200-300.
Nice to see a craftsman living the life (black fingertips, so authentic). I share your medieval love, I like the book box's too, to keep loose pages safe when making and a home for it once made. My religious book I made years ago and is now half filled, I share your thrill in producing a sacred script in a traditional way. The Lindisfarne Gospel inspired me when I was about 14 yrs old. I'm no Christian at all but love working on my own sacred text, i'm jealous of your small books, mine is bigger so 30 yrs later i'm only half way through. I see the same passion in you, me, that long dead monk stretching cold cramped fingers and getting back to his work. Awesome work and lifestyle, thanks for sharing it.
Bro went so authentic he shaved his head 😭
Always!
GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR TU ARTE. ES TAN BELLO ESA ESCRITURA
This is insanely interesting! I bought a quill and some inks from you at a ren fest a few days ago and I've been writing with it every day since! I can't wait to come back and get more supplies from you!
I look forward to seeing you again!
Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing. The beauty of words 💖
Thank you!
Absolutely positively brillant work! Not just well done, but Best Well Done! Absolutely amazing! You are a true artist, and you have truly found the way to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to your task!
Thank you!
Look at me replying with the wrong account.
Brother Lucas, I‘m a Norse Pagan, truly FASCINATED by your work. Our worlds may by completely different, but I would still love to see more of your work. Please, come back!
Thank you for the encouragement! I've been taking a break from content creation (I had switched mostly to Tiktok and Instagram), but even taking a break from that fore a few months has helped my stress levels. I will be back to it soon, as I'm working on a more streamlined plan.
These are absolutely magnificent
Thank you!
You should draw voldemort on that pristine surface
I watched the movie The Name Of The Rose, and have been fascinated with how monks scribed and illuminated manuscripts back then.
If someone wanted to learn how to do this as a hobby, how would an absolute novice begin? Calligraphy?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you for your time in read this.
I love your videos.
Keep on being awesome.
Calligraphy is where I started, but others start with painting, and others with bookbinding.
@ScribalWorkShop thank you for your reply. I am going to look for a beginners calligraphy kit.
Sime great work there, binding and all. If you did an entire miniature Bible how thick would that be? Imagine several inches. Ever make a wearable book of hours called a girdle book?
I have made a girdle book conversion of a printed book, and the current book I'm illuminated and have finished writing is going to be a girdle book. (It is Song of Songs/Solomon). The thickness of a miniature bible depends on the thickness of the parchment, but historically 2.5-4 inches, with the grade of parchment I can get and/or make, probably 3.5-5 inches in thickness. This would be modeled after the paris pocket bible styles.
These are great and inspiring, and I just received your quill/ink set which is awesome.
I had two questions- what type of gothic was used in your Song of Solomon manuscript, and what is done with quotation marks in such period works? Are they just omitted? Having trouble finding an answer to that last question online.
Thanks!
The Song of Solomon is considered a variant of Gothica Bastarda. As far as quotation marks, the first example is in a printed book in 1516, so they weren't used. Commas and Periods don't exist in the same way in some early manuscripts as well. You may find this article interesting and helpful on reading aids. www.bl.uk/medieval-english-french-manuscripts/articles/reading-aids-in-the-early-medieval-book
Thank you very much!
Incredible work! Can i ask what sort of script you've used in your pocket bible gospel of Mark? I'm absolutely amazed at how beautifully you've managed to execute it at that scale
It is a historic 12th-13th century variant of the gothic bastarda (and in my opinion these tiny bibles are why this script exists)
Are you an actual monk? I like what you do.
Thank you! I am not an actual monk, but the monastic scribal period is my favorite and tends to be what I represent when I demonstrate, it also gives me an opportunity to share my passion for my faith as well.
@@ScribalWorkShop I like it. Great job.
Great video! Also, how do you find good parchment online? It’s almost impossible to find actual good parchment on the internet for projects like this lol
Sorry, I must have missed your comment, not sure how. You can get parchment from www.scribalworkshop.com/shop/goatskin-parchment or from pergamena.net
Are you an actual Bemedictine monk?
I am not, but that is what I represent when I am demonstrating my craft.
You should sell that stuff.
If how you to make me a facsimile.
I am currently sold out of facsimiles, but I will be working thru a batch of hand-bound facsimiles of each of the three books I've completed this year. They tend to run $200-300.