Illumination

Gouache, gold leaf burnished, using cennino ceninine medieval receipe for gesso, on vellum

Illuminated ‘B’ (influenced by the Winchester Bible manuscript  ‘B’) using raised gesso and powdered gold burnished/shell gold burnished for lozenges with gouache on vellum. 12th cent.

Illuminated ‘C’ on vellum using raised gold leaf burnished / powdered gold/ gouache

15th cent. 

15th cent. gold leaf burnished/ powdered gold burnished / gouache

Illuminated ‘E’ gold leaf burnished (Robin Worth picture framer) Sold

Illuminated ‘a’  15th cent. on vellum raised gold leaf and flat gold burnished. gouache. Sold 

Powdered gold burnished, gouache and archival specialised stick ink.  Sold

Square sheet of gold leaf – moon gold 

Copperplate white lettering on the surface using gouache

Vellum botanical painting taken from 16th cent. Manuscript using watercolour and archival Japanese stick ink for the lettering. 

Antiqua script

Vellum botanical painting taken from 16th cent. Manuscript using watercolour and archival Japanese stick ink for the lettering.

Italic script

Vellum botanical painting taken from 16th cent. Manuscript using watercolour and archival Japanese stick ink for the lettering.

Florid script

Vellum botanical painting taken from 16th cent. Manuscript using watercolour and archival Japanese stick ink for the lettering.

 Illuminated ‘B’

Dyed vellum stretched on plywood.  Illuminated ‘B’ influenced by the Winchester Bible manuscript ‘B’). Illuminated Gold leaf burnished, flat gold and gouache.

The Lord’s Prayer in Latin

Powdered gold burnished, gouache and archival specialised stick ink, on vellum.

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