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Traveling Scriptorium

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Traveling Scriptorium

Species Identification of Animal Skins in Books & Manuscripts

02 Tuesday Jul 2019

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Throughout history, animal pelts have been used in the production of books and manuscripts. To learn more about how conservators identify the species of animal skins used in the making of manuscripts and bindings, Blog post on parchment and leather identification.edited  – prepared by Laura O’Brien-Miller, Conservator

pig skin detail showing tail

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Goldbeating

January 14, 2019

Nice little video about the craft of beating gold leaf by hand in France in the late 1960s. In French …

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How Lapis Lazuli is Ground and Purified

August 18, 2014

For those of you who would like to see how lapis lazuli is ground and purified according to the recipe …

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Bookbinding Terms, Materials, Methods and Models

July 17, 2013

A PDF version of the booklet on bookbinding included in the Traveling Scriptorium kit is now online. It contains sections …

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Iron Gall Ink

March 21, 2013

Iron gall ink is one of the most frequently found inks in manuscripts from the Middle Ages to the 19th …

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Verdigris

January 17, 2013

Verdigris is a blue-green pigment used in manuscript illumination, hand-coloring of maps, and prints, from at least the medieval period …

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An Online Version of the Leather & Parchment Sample Set

August 22, 2012

A high-quality version of the leather and parchment sample set available in the Traveling Scriptorium kit has been added to …

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Medieval Binding Models

May 21, 2012

Online versions of the sample sets of binding models, binding styles, leather and parchment,  and historical images of book and manuscript production are now …

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An Online Version of the Ink & Pigment Sampler Set

March 20, 2012

An online version of the pigment sampler set available in the Traveling Scriptorium kit. Please note that colors in this …

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A Small Booklet Containing Ink & Pigment Recipes

February 29, 2012

A small number of Medieval to Early Modern ink & pigment recipes compiled from various historical and contemporary sources, mostly from European …

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Related Resources

  • Beinecke Library Online Guide
  • British Library Database of Bookbindings
  • Early Modern Paleography
  • Early Modern Paleography
  • English Handwriting 1500-1700
  • Historical Book Arts – University of Washington
  • Interactive Album of Mediaeval Palaeography
  • Making Manuscripts – The J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Medieval Illumination
  • Old English Paleography
  • Papyrus Parchment and Paper
  • Scottish Handwriting
  • Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts – The British Library
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