In Foliis Folia:
EXHIBITION – IN FOLIIS FOLIA: TREES AND FORESTS IN CHANTILLY Until 30 September 2024. Cabinet des livres Chantilly Trees spark […]
Mussel gold, Shell gold
Making your own gold powder to use it for: chrysography and gold paint. Gold is an integral part of medieval […]
Exploring historical blacks
Black in medieval manuscripts In his book: ” The Materials And Techniques of Medieval Painting” writes Daniel V. Thompson: “The most important black […]
Gallica BnF
Searching a library full of beautiful manuscripts and more. Gallica is the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France […]
Brazilwood
Dye, ink and pigment . Braziel wood was an important source for red- and pink-coloured hues in the Middle Ages. […]
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Rijmbijbel [Rhymed Bible] by Jacob van Maerlant
A special workshop at the Royal Library (KBR) in Brussels On Saturday 27 May 2023, I had the privilege of […]
The Psalms as a source of inspiration
A Psalter with penwork after a medieval model My previous post : ‘Making a Psalter on a medieval model’ ended […]
Medieval painting techniques
About the meaning of the latin verb ‘matizare‘ in various medieval handbooks to the art of painting. On day two […]
Gum water
Gum Arabic, in addition to clarified egg white or also called glair, was one of the most used binders for making paint in manuscripts. Furthermore it was also used as an adhesive for applying gold leaf. (Gold ground).
Vine black – Noir de vigne – Rebenschwarz
Vineyards in the Champagne region, France. In an earlier post on Burgundian black, I wrote: “Besides ink, several other blacks […]
Model-Book Drawings and the Practice of Artistic Transmission in the Middle Ages
Did medieval illuminators use examples? EXEMPLUM Model-Book Drawings and the Practice of Artistic Transmission in the Middle Ages “During the […]
Clarea
Clarified egg white or glair Binders in medieval paint recipes In this post, I would like tot start discussing the […]
Grisailles in manuscripts
Beauty in shades of grey Those who think of medieval miniatures mainly see colourful depictions provided with the necessary golden […]
Saint George and the Dragon
Saint and hero in manuscripts Saint George’s fight against the dragon is a subject that is often depicted in illuminations, […]
Painting with real lapis lazuli pigment
A special experience When talking about medieval pigments, the blue ultramarine, or lapis lazuli, is perhaps the most familiar pigment […]
Iris green
About a vegetable colour green on the medieval palette Most of you know them, blue irises, beautiful flowers with a […]
Making a Psalter after medieval model
(Psalterium, dit Psautier de Blanche de Castille) I had long wanted to make my own book, write and illustrate it […]