Tag: illuminated-manuscripts
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Manuscript Encounters IV: James Graye & a Scotichronicon
Repository National Records of Scotland Reference GD45/26/48 Title Manuscript of Walter Bower’s Scotichronicon, written by Magnus Makculloch and ‘illuminated’ by James Graye Dates [Late 15th century] This is a brief record of a trip to The National Records of Scotland archives at Thomas Thomson House on Wednesday 2 October. The primary reason for this trip…
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Experiential Learning & Close Looking: Illuminating the Zodiac Man
Experiential learning is a philosophy of learning built around the idea of learning by doing and then reflecting on the experience. This current project aims to do just that. Learning about manuscript illumination as a process by trying to recreate the objects of my studies using (as far a possible) historically appropriate materials, methods and…