darkcongregation:From the Great Library of the Clayr, a selection of passages from Lirael’s journey.
darkcongregation:From the Great Library of the Clayr, a selection of passages from Lirael’s journey.OKAY so, I had a High Medieval Art History class this term and instead of an essay we were allowed to authentically recreate an art form from our lectures, so I chose to illuminate a manuscript using passages and content from Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series, include Nick/Orannis’s song, the Five Charters, the warning rhyme of the dead and water and the titles of the Nercomancer’s bells. I completed it yesterday, using ink, tempera, and a gold foiling pen.The motifs are all in reference to the Burney 275, a manuscript from 1310 by a Parisian illuminator, but I incorporated Abhorsen, Clayr and Charter based symbols. See what you can spot! I am really proud of this thing, might take better photos of it when I get it back from being marked.dA Link: http://alerane.deviantart.com/art/Illuminated-Manuscript-Great-Library-of-the-Clayr-417790814 -- source link