#medieval scriptoriums

[zentarablog]

From Manuscripts to E-Readers: 10 Milestones in Book History

The book, in its various forms, has been humanity’s most enduring and impactful medium for preserving knowledge, sharing stories, and transmitting ideas across generations. From the earliest scratches on clay tablets to the pixels on a modern e-reader, its evolution is a fascinating journey that mirrors the progress of civilization itself. Each transformation in how books are created, reproduced,…

[wimcc]

Locking a medieval monk in a room with this bad boys and seeing what he comes up with

[medievaldrollery]

For Warhammer LARP game.

Do not steal the jugs!

[ghost-shepherdess]

Verdigris pigment made to the medieval method, mainly following al-Qalalūsī's recipe from the thirteenth century Andalusi manuscript Tuhaf al-Khawāṣ. (tl. Joumana Medlej)

Verdigris is obtained by exposing copper to the vapours of vinegar/acetic acid in a sealed environment over the course of several weeks. Here i used a clean copper sheet over 12% distilled vinegar, but many more shades can be made by playing around with the copper and vinegar sources !

[yeoldegodzilla]

Godzilla had a hand at scrivening at a scriptorium in a monastery in Düsseldorf.

[forlath]

Love marginalia - shout out to @cuties-in-codices and others who search the digital depths of scriptoriums to bring us these masterpieces.

[crowtoed]

I've discovered the secrets to not smearing my ink as a lefty. - Skip lines and come back to them later when dry. - Go incredibly slow and take breaks between lines. - Right lines Left to Right. ....I need better secrets, but for practicing my Rotunda majiscules (capitals) filling out pages at a glacial pace will suffice.

[enlitment]

A medieval manuscript of Plutarch's Parallel Lives from Biblioteca Capitolare, Verona

Thought some of my mutuals would appreciate it as much as I did. Look at the flowers aaa (worth the 7 € entrance fee just for that, honestly)

[isekai-ideas]

Idea: a child who, every full moon, switches between worlds. This was a condition that they’ve had since birth, and have been extremely lucky to survive past infancy with. The monks and nuns call it “being stolen by the fae”, Child protective services call it “exceptionally prone to running away”, they themselves like to call it a custody agreement between two recently divorced universes. Either way, they know many things they shouldn’t, are inexplicably magical, and never where they are supposed to be. Switching between is always bothersome, because it’s nearly always taken them to places far from where they originally were last time. They find that if they return to the place they switched to in the other universe, they usually end up roughly in the same spot they were when they left, but that doesn’t always work out for various reasons. It is quite fun confusing the clergy with otherworldly knowledge and speaking Latin and old English to modern drunks in alleys though.

[poet-to-none]

Ghost Magnus cottagecore . . .based on this sweet lil ghost comic:

[domlafou]

Weird Medieval October. Day 11. Scriptorium.

[barnettshale]

[thecoziestdragon]

This is amazing!!!

turns out there is nothing stopping you from making a pngtuber so you can rp working in a scriptorium

[medievaldrollery]

Daily sketch: Meditation.

[el-candelabro]

Alfonso X el Sabio y la Consolidación del Castellano en la General Estoria

[duckomartinah]

My Medieval babies enjoying a date night in the scriptorium of the monastery uvu✨

(...One of the most satisfying commission I've worked on. I love them, your honor :'3)