- A Primer in Calligraphy and Illumination
- Best all-around primer I've seen yet online. Written by Åke Eldberg.
- Scribal Demonstrations and Displays
- If you are ready to show your stuff off, this one's got some pointers for you.
- Scribe's Handbook
- Medieval Art for Today
- By Diane Calvert... Nice! Gives limited instructions on techniques for a book of hours.
- Stefan's Florilegium
- Nice summary article on the techniques in paintings of the Renaissance.
- Kingdom of the Outlands Scribe's Handbook
- Helpful hints and pointers.
- Calligraphy and Illumination Links
- Boy, have I hit the jackpot... For any who is interested, the Kingdom of Atlantia has a WONDERFUL collection of articles online having to do with Calligraphy and Illumination. Written by our own "peers" if you know what I mean! Those Atlantian's are really with it. :)
- Cyber-Scriptorium
- Known World Scriptorium
- Lochac College of Scribes
- Scribal Arts
- Vellum Gallery of Calligraphy, Illumination, and Letter Arts
- The Scribes Bookshelf
- Making an Illuminated Cover Illustration
- I saw this and just about fell over! Who ever said the Laurels hardly ever share their secrets with us poor schmucks were wrong. This is an extremely well done article!
- Kama Pigments
- These folks really like their paint. They have online information about what is paint, dispersions, how to make paint, and recipies for binders. This is a real must if you want to try to do things from scratch.
- Stefan's Florilegium: Period and SCA painting, terms used
- Postings on the Rialto about references on paints and making them.
- Materials of Medieval Illumination
- A summary of materials....
- Yolk as a binder in Books
- On Making Paints
- Medieval European Calligraphy
- Roman, Uncial, Carolingian, Gothic... this site is pretty nice.
- Angelo's Learning Calligraphy Page
- A beginning point for reference materials. Has some pointers for lefties.
- Ikons, Windows into Heaven
- A delightful look into the craft of inconography (which I feel is close to early medieval illumination).
- Tres Riche Heures du Duc de Berry
- The quintessential example of a Book of Hours.
- Cyberpsalter
- The first word out of my mouth when I saw this site was "OOOOOOH!" Good background information and links to other "megasites" of info.
- Luttrell Psalter
- Wonderful up-close pictures, along with information. Geared towards school-age kids in Brittain, but nice all the same.
- Oxford University Bodelain Library of Illuminated Pages
- Vatican Exhibit Rome Reborn
- Medieval Images
- The British Library
- You have to do a little digging here (darn frames), but worthwhile.
- NetSERF
- A large collection of links for medieval art, including manuscripts, sculpture, and the like.
- Medieval Manuscripts
- As if I don't have enough pictures... but this one has very nice descriptions along with them.
- Meg's Content
- I looked long enough for this.... a modern example of "White Vine" Illumination.
- Calligraphy and Illumination by Veda Crewe Joseph
- Nice modern examples of medieval styles of illumination.
- Randy Asplund Medieval Illumination and Scribe Page
- Pictures rather than references. Contemporary medieval art from an SCAer, and some information on medieval implements of the scribal arts.
- On Illuminated Manuscripts
- Wonderful collection here, too, of modern versions of medieval masterpieces (what a mouthful, huh?). Very much worth the look.
- Medieval and Renaissance Book Production: Manuscript Books
- Can I say "Wow!"? This is a really good place to get the background on how they did it.
- History of Books and Printing Links
- Medieval Manuscripts: General Introduction
- A page put together by the Utah Museum of Fine Art. A good introduction on different styles.
- Medieval Manuscript Lesson Plans
- The root page for the above reference. Gives more background and also points to pages with more detail.
- History of Marginal Images
- A research paper by a student at UT.
- Manuscripts, Paleography, Codicology
- Creating French Culture: Monarchs and Monasteries
- Women Artists in the Medieval Period
- A list of women artists in the medieval ages. No big deal, but ladies should have rolemodels.
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