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Soot ink and various paints on vellum.

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[–] starship_lizard@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Such beautiful craftsmanship and attention to detail! I wonder how long they spent on it.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Going from my wild uneducated guess (Wikipedia) it looks like about 5 years... and potentially 1 artist. Then again they lived on a solitary island doing nothing else, apart from the occasional shelter from viking raids.

[–] Aeolian@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would be great to see in person. Got a chance to see a copy of the Guttenberg bible, and its was stunningly beautiful in person

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, yes a chance would be great. Not familiar with the Guttenberg outside of it's first printed status. Are there pictures and illumination or just quality text ?

[–] Aeolian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There were little dudes on horseback riding around the pages, and fantastic borders. The Huntington in LA has a copy and they change the pages every now and then.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Right, I will have to check it out in real life