Date: 2014-05-14 21:34 (UTC)
darkemeralds: A round magical sigil of mysterious meaning, in bright colors with black outlines. A pen nib is suggested by the intersection of the cryptic forms. (Default)
From: [personal profile] darkemeralds
*Sighs* How... I don't even know. Nostalgic, lovely, gorgeous...

Date: 2014-05-15 19:58 (UTC)
darkemeralds: Image of an open book whose pages are turning into wings and flying away (Winged book)
From: [personal profile] darkemeralds
I learned a tiny bit about bookbinding during my calligraphy courses at university, and once had the privilege of visiting a nearby monastery library where some amazing old hand-written codices could be seen. The monk who showed them to us even turned some pages for us. I came to appreciate books as art, even while, a few years later, I went whole-hog into the digital age for my own reading and have never turned back.

The paper, the leathers and vellum or parchment, the inks and pens/quills/styli, the means of fixing colors to the illuminated page (egg tempera!), the gilding--it's an amazing and deeply engaging art, craft, and technology.

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