[Cynnabar] A medieval miniature book

[Randy Asplund]

Hello folks,

I was minded to make a Bestiary, Romanesque style. Its 2-3/4" high,  
and I made a miniature medieval lectern and waxed tablet to go with it  
as a display. You can see a page showing how I made the set at: http://www.randyasplund.com/pages/article/bestiary.html

The book is a very heavily photoshopped 210 pages of printing which  
were then hand painted with gold color wherever the book had gilding.  
It was sewn onto leather sewing supports on a 12th c. style sewing  
frame, then bound with 3mm quarter sawn oak boards. The spine has  
chamois lining faced with silk fabric, the end-bands are also wrapped  
in silk thread. The clasp was made from brass. The parts that are not  
completely correct for early Romanesque are the inlays of colored  
leather and there is no documentation I know for a Romanesque book  
having a raised tooling like the knotwork border I put on the front  
(although simpler raised relief does certainly appear before and after  
this period).

Enjoy!

RanthulfR


Randy Asplund
Facebook: "Randy Asplund, Artist"
www.RandyAsplund.com
Maker of Medieval books and
Illustrator of Science Fiction & Fantasy
(734) 663-0954
2101 S. Circle Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA

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