Randy Asplund's
Tools, Materials,
and Techniques
of
Medieval Illumination
& Calligraphy
All artworks
are copyright Randy Asplund unless otherwise noted. Please contact
the artist for permissions.
I am teaching the ancient technology of
making authentic illuminated book pages. For more information,
please see my Teaching Page. This
page here is my place to put some of the written educational material
I have been generating. I am now happy to present:
Click above or title
for
The making
of an Illuminated page: A lesson
Making
the book of Ecclesiastes
See the steps of making a real medieval book today,
using all authentic Northumbrian early 8th century materials and
techniques.This first part deals with everything from the raw
parchment to the writing with oak gall ink.
and
Announcing
The
Middle Kingdom Scribes' Handbook
Third Edition
2001
By Randy Asplund
Click on the title above to download
the most recent copy of the Scribes' Handbook. It is in Adobe
PDF form, so you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to open it.
This is available as a free download from Adobe.com.
The Scribes' Handbook is more than
a resource for SCA scribes. It has a lot of information and practical
advice about selecting and using various materials and tools,
advice on gilding, examples of interesting calligraphic exemplars,
layout & design advice, and much more. This is the book to
get the beginner going and to advance the advanced scribe.
Reproduction
Tools
Articles and offerings of waxed
tablets, styli and gold punches.
Click here to see my photos of a calligraphy
stand, metal pens, and styluses of bronze, iron and ivory, as
well as pen cases and a couple of real waxed tablets.
