Embroidered medieval manunoscripts...
There is no shortage of holes in medieval manunoscripts. Sometimes this is deliberate and serves the work.
Sometimes it's because the parchment-maker's knife (which is dried animal skin) went a bit awry while scraping an imperfection. Anyway. Repairs are just as common as holes.
Except in this 14th century manunoscript in Uppsala, Sweden. The flaws are repaired, or at least hidden by embroidery.
This was done by the nuns who acquired the book in 1417. It is silk embroidery, the colours of which, you will notice, have survived the centuries.
( Via MlleTitam )
Décembre MMXXIII
There is no shortage of holes in medieval manunoscripts. Sometimes this is deliberate and serves the work.
Sometimes it's because the parchment-maker's knife (which is dried animal skin) went a bit awry while scraping an imperfection. Anyway. Repairs are just as common as holes.
Except in this 14th century manunoscript in Uppsala, Sweden. The flaws are repaired, or at least hidden by embroidery.
This was done by the nuns who acquired the book in 1417. It is silk embroidery, the colours of which, you will notice, have survived the centuries.
( Via MlleTitam )
Décembre MMXXIII