Ms. Codex 1057 is a psalter for secular, not monastic, use, written in Trento, Italy, around 1350. Decoration includes illumination, penwork initials and animals in some margins. It's bound in late 16th c. blind-stamped pigskin with brass clasps.
WIP on a new large illustration. It’s very free flowing because i just want to enjoy the process of drawing so we’ll see if the final result is cool 😂. I just love drawing strands of hair and weird faces
This was really just supposed to be a really quick screencap study that turned into a very slightly less quick screencap study, even if it's still plenty rough around the edges.
Today's #YearOfHours is @freelibraryofphiladelphia Lewis E 131, a mid-15th century Book of Hours of the Use of Utrecht, written in Dutch using the Geert Groote translation. It includes both large penwork initials and full-page miniatures in ink and colored wash