More on the personal seals in the Archives. Following a blog published in July 2015, this is a more detailed look at the value and importance of personal seals from the point-of-view of their history, usage, ownership and designs. Most ...
Strange creatures represented in medieval manuscripts are not uncommon. They can be seen mostly in the margins of many early European illuminated manuscripts and early books dedicated to animals are generally known as bestiaries. Some of our own manuscripts at ...
The Medieval Seals at St George’s Chapel Archives or a Geek’s blog My background has been rich in the conservation and restoration of many historical artefacts mostly on paper and parchment, books and paintings and in the service of the ...
Once the scribes and illuminators had completed their exemplary work on the vellum pages the quires were re-assembled in the correct order and the binder would start to sew each quire with linen thread around upright thicker leather thongs within ...
As we have seen in my previous blogs most manuscripts were written before they were decorated. Scribes often doubled as page designers, planning the hierarchy of decoration in line with the articulation of the text. They left room for the ...
My last blog ended thus…’with the parchment, ink and quill ready, the scribe could start work on the text.’ Anyone who has seen early manuscripts will perhaps understand the bewildering number and diversity of different styles of script there are, ...
In my last blog I wrote about quire structure of the parchment, prepared not only for the binder, but crucially for the scribe and the artist to fashion their magic with masterly hand-writing and radiant illustrations and historiated initial letters. ...
My blog dated 23 January gave a short introduction to the remarkable natural material called parchment or vellum and its durability. The collection of medieval documents and early books at St George’s Archives and Chapter Library is testament to its ...
Over the next few months, St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library will be publishing a series of blogs written by one of our invaluable volunteers. Peter Eley is the founder of conservation supplies company, Arquiva Conservation, which has supplied ...
In December, through the joint efforts of the Capital Development Team and Archives & Chapter Library, the College was awarded a two-year grant totalling £9,000 from the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust towards the preservation of medieval and early modern documents ...