This stunning book contains more than 160 different animal species, including birds, snakes and mammals.ģ. One incredible example is the Westminster Abbey Bestiary, dating roughly 1275-1290 CE. Naturally, these secular, factual subjects lent themselves well to the highly detailed illustrations we associate with illuminated texts. Others took a secular form, illustrating plants, beasts, maps, or even constellations and astrological predictions. Some monks made a type of illuminated text called a ‘Book of Hours’, with a list of hourly devotional prayers. While it’s true that many medieval, illuminated manuscripts contained Biblical stories, this wasn’t their only role. They Contained Stories, Prayers and Even Addresses Westminster Abbey Bestiary, 1275-1290, from Westminster Abbey, via We can see this in the stunning Book of Durrow, made in Ireland, made between 650-700 CE, adorned with Celtic knotwork and animal motifs.Ģ. Makers had to painstakingly write out every letter by hand, while finely detailed areas of decoration and accompanying illustrations demonstrate many, many hours of dedicated hard work. This solid cover sometimes featured gold, ivory and jewels. They then hand sewed them together and bound them with a solid, leather cover. Skilled artisans made book pages from calf, sheep or goatskin. This made them highly desirable and expensive objects. The entire process involved in making illuminated manuscripts was lengthy, costly, and incredibly time-consuming. Illuminated Manuscripts Took a Long Time to Make Page from the Book of Durrow, 650-700 CE, via The New Liturgical Movement To purchase a copy of the Laureate Quilt Pattern click here.1. To download the pattern, click on the link below:Īlthough I do my very best to insure there are no typos or mistakes, sometimes mistakes happen. You can always send me a message at or leave a reply below, to let me know if there's one in particular you want to use, and I'll make it a priority. Keep checking back here or on instagram to see what new letters I add if you're looking for a specific one. I'm calling these letters "Illuminated" because they remind me of the old, beautiful drop cap or initials used in books and illuminated manuscripts. If you would rather make a plain letter instead of making the leaves, you can just subsitute the "stem" with a 2 1/4" x 8 1/2" rectangle. Each of the blocks is 8 1/2" and they look so cute inside the wreath with the continuation of the leafy theme. Included is the supplemental instructions you will need to put them in your wreath block if you choose. The pic above shows the block in Christmas colors, but my plan is to show you soon another in beautiful spring colors. But when you start to really think about it, a lot of the letters have the same shapes, so I started to work my way through them by starting with similar looking letters. When I originally thought about designing these letters I talked myself out of it because it was overwhelming to design an entire alphabet. I've been working (day and night!) on designing this alphabet for you to use with your Laureate Quilt and all the letters are free!! I've been trying to knock out as many as possible, and will continue to add to this page until they are all complete. Hello everyone, I have something cute to share with you today.
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