Istanbul, Topkapi sarayi Museum, MS Ahmed III. 2115 (Ahmad ibn al-Husain ibn Ahnaf, The Book of the Art of Healing Horses) Marcos, Juan-José (2017). "Fonts for Latin Paleography" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2010 . Retrieved 24 November 2021. Definition of the Holy Great and Ecumenical Council, the Second in Nicaea, trans. in Daniel J. Sahas, Icon and Logos: Sources in Eight-Century Iconoclasm, Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations, 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986), p. 179. White lead, chemically basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO 3·Pb(OH) 2, and historically made by corroding sheets of lead with vinegar, and covering that with decaying matter, such as dung, to provide the necessary carbon dioxide for the chemical reaction; and Urbana, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Pre-1650 MS 98 ( Rule of Saint Benedict from France)

Ajith Fernando , Teaching Director, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka; author, Discipling in a Multicultural WorldThompson, Edward M. (1911). "Illuminated Manuscripts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.14 (11thed.). pp.312–320. I also love them all and I am also leaning toward the green! Great minds think alike! 😉 Thanks for sharing! We created Smarthistory to provide students around the world with the highest-quality educational resources for art and cultural heritage—for free.

Iron gall ink, where in medieval times iron nails would be boiled in vinegar; the resulting compound would then be mixed with an extract of oak apple ( oak galls). Gold leaf, gold hammered extremely thin, or gold powder, bound in gum arabic or egg; the latter is called shell gold. Scripts". port.sas.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 24 November 2021.Detail from Bifolium with Christ in Majesty in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary; c. 1405; tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) Rudy, Kathryn M. (2016), Piety in Pieces: How Medieval Readers Customized their Manuscripts, Open Book Publishers, doi: 10.11647/OBP.0094, ISBN 9781783742356 The blue is so pretty and the leather is so eye catching, choosing is such a tough choice! I am also very excited to see them! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial P with the Nativity; 1495; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 59.8 x 4.1cm; Cleveland Museum of Art I am also a fan of old books that have that same linen, cloth over board, woven feel… especially musty smelling ones that were used in college or something. The Interleaved journaling Bible I have has this style and I love it. It will be so hard to choose! Thanks for sharing! Have you heard about the Illuminated Bible yet? Doesn’t it sound fancy and intriguing? Just look at it! Its gold leafing and classical design is just begging me to open it up!

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Durham, Cathedral Library, MSS A. II. 10 ff. 2-5, 338-8a, C. III. 13, ff. 192-5, and C. III. 20, ff. 1, 2 ( Insular Gospel Book Fragment) Red lead, chemically lead tetroxide, Pb 3O 4, found in nature as the mineral minium, or made by heating white lead; Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, ( Chronicon Hungariae Pictum (Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum or Képes Krónika or The Illuminated Chronicle 1360)) Hamel, Christopher de (29 December 2001). The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques (1ed.). University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. p.20. ISBN 0-8020-8173-8. Lauterbach, Kreg, et al. Nostradamus lost book. TV-documentary about Nostradamus Vaticinia codex manuscript that was first aired in USA in October 2007, and then worldwide by History Channel.