Time-lapse of creating the Canticle of the Sun

This is a time-lapse of Writing and illuminating the canticle of the Sun by Francis of Assisi.
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[@Njoofene]

I wish i could do this so i can do my family history book like this.

[@chaimgoldstein4585]

This is such a niche and fascinating job. The amount of focus and work required is quite breathtaking. And i know from personal experience the feeling of completing a piece is like no other :) just to see and hold art you created and worked hard on is wonderful.

[@ScribalWorkShop]

Thank you! I really enjoy the work, and completion is a great feeling after spending 20+ hours on a piece (or a 700 hour book)

[@androidangel787]

Ive always wanted to learn how to scribe. Stunning work

[@ScribalWorkShop]

I have a few how to videos to help, and free worksheets on the website.

[@corinroyal]

Stunning. I'm inspiried to try.

[@hazmaouini6291]

Nice work young man, so satisfying ☕👌

[@ScribalWorkShop]

Thank you very much!

[@beatricetreadwell5785]

OMG!!!😍 SO beautiful!

[@ScribalWorkShop]

Thank you!

[@James-en1ob]

This is beautiful! You should release this without music and without it being speedup. The music is nice, but I prefer the sound of the manuscript page being made.

[@ScribalWorkShop]

The actual background for most of these is a random audiobook playing.

[@Pugggle]

​@@ScribalWorkShopits still much nicer to have no background noise and just the sounds of the paper and painting

[@preci777]

negative point of the video: it ends

[@ScribalWorkShop]

Thanks!

[@craft-o-matic399]

What adhesive did you use for the gilding? Is there an over the counter equivalent I can purchase at an art or craft store, or from Amazon? Beautiful work! I am going to begin the process of learning how to do this for my correspondence. Thank you so much! Lisa ❤

[@ScribalWorkShop]

There are modern gilding adhesives available online that work fairly well and are much easier to work with than the historic one I use. Search for Instacoll and you should find it.

[@craft-o-matic399]

@@ScribalWorkShop Thank you very much! I'm enjoying your channel very much!

[@ScribalWorkShop]

@@craft-o-matic399 I am glad!

[@craft-o-matic399]

@@ScribalWorkShop At the moment, I am working on a love letter. Call it heretical, but I think it's a very creative approach to writing a love letter. So much goes into this as you well know. It's very important to me. I appreciate your help very much!

[@ScribalWorkShop]

@@craft-o-matic399 I finished illuminating Song of Songs last year, it's erotic poetry, so a love letter seems fine.

[@raulishnikovdancer2346]

Beautiful. The rabbit with the trumpet is just perfect. Question: After you are done with everything else, the text guides lining is erased? or were left just like that in historical documents?

[@ScribalWorkShop]

I leave them just like in historic documents, these were done with a lead stylus, so will rub off a little over time, but will still mostly be visible.

[@raulishnikovdancer2346]

@@ScribalWorkShop Thank you very much I wasn't sure if in historical documents the lines were visible or not. again marvelous work. I love it.

[@raymondrider5337]

Where did you get this instrumental? I love this hymn.

[@ScribalWorkShop]

I arranged (rearranged from a couple other arrangements) and recorded it for recorder quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, bass). Send an email to [e-mail] and I'll send the mp3 if you'd like.

[@Baile_an_Locha]

Your work is truly incredible. Have you been to Ireland (where I live) to see the Book of Kells in the flesh?

[@ScribalWorkShop]

I have not, it is one of my life goals.

[@void7861]

May I inquire as to how you learned all, this?

[@ScribalWorkShop]

Short answer is reading and experimentation.

[@void7861]

@@ScribalWorkShop Which books should one read?

[@ScribalWorkShop]

@@void7861 on divers arts, the craftsman's handbook by cennini, are good places to start as well as Marc Drogin's medieval calligraphy.

[@void7861]

@@ScribalWorkShop Thank you and God bless you

[@Rustic_Potato]

Was medieval calligraphy written using the fingers or arm muscles?

[@ScribalWorkShop]

At the scale it is written, although a combination, the bulk of the stress is on the hands Per an extant manuscript "hoc opus est scriptum magister da mihi potum; Dextera scriptoris careat grauitate doloris" Translated: This work is done, for Chrissake give me some grog; my right hand is killing me. When working on larger text, which is the scale most modern calligraphy is done in, it is possible to direct a lot of the movement to the arms, but when you X height is between 1-8 mm as you see in most books the arm doesn't seem to have the sensitivity to do what needs to be done.

[@each8035]

Song?...

[@ScribalWorkShop]

Be thou my vision arranged for recorder quartet.