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Painting, Tempera on Other
Size: 22 W x 10.6 H x 1.2 D in
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Early Medieval style illuminated manuscript for sale. Created 2002-4 by artist, Diane George. On calfskin manuscript vellum, using iron gall ink and handmade egg tempera paint using 'early' pigments, as identified by the British Library Raman Microscopy project. This manuscript was made for my Masters Degree studies, 2002-2004, at the Princes School of Traditional Arts. It has been on loan to St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire,Wales. It is on calfskin manuscript vellum, and is painted in iron gall ink and handmade egg tempera paint. The pigments used are genuine verdigris, minium, orpiment, indigo, lamp black, rose madder and ochre. The pages measure 360mm x 270mm. The manuscript is hand bound in goatskin leather, dyed "English Red", over quarter sawn oak boards. There is a raised and embossed design on the front of the binding, with four raised bands on the spine. The rear of the binding is plain. There are six illuminated pages and 19 pages of text, in two columns per page with 32 lines of text per column. There are two blank vellum leaves at the front of the manuscript and three at the back. Two of the illuminations are carpet pages in the style of early, insular manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Lichfield Gospels. The other four illuminated pages are a portrait page of St Thomas, a title page (featuring a gilded cross), a page featuring a design based upon a simple shield and an incipit page. The incipit page has a large illuminated initial 'W', followed by six lines of display capitals. The text is bordered on three sides with borders containing tiny birds. The display capitals are surrounded by a rubricated design comprising hundreds of tiny dots of genuine minium. The text is in half uncial, in iron gall ink. There are 92 decorated capital "J"'s in the manuscript in addition to many other, more simple, painted letters. The pages are all pricked and double blind ruled. The designs are all my own, worked up from first principles, and have a geometric subframe, based upon sacred geometry. I have all of my studies, drawings, plans and preparatory work for this manuscript. As no previous exemplar existed, I had to meticulously plan out where each letter and space would go and made several mock ups before embarking upon the vellum. The manuscript took me about 15 months in all to make. It comes with a very simple oak box, with hinged lid. The hinges were made by a blacksmith we know (Phil Rayner of Somerset) and the oak lid and sides are covered with chased and repoussé worked copper, with a central glass cabochon. The box measures 435mm x 330mm x 75mm. This manuscript is for sale and if you are interested, please contact me via Saatchi with your offer. The manuscript took 4000 - 5000 hours in total and is believed to be the first illuminated manuscript of the Gospel of Thomas.
Painting:Tempera on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:22 W x 10.6 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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I was born in Anerley, Penge, UK in the year of the Rooster. All the rest of my family are Snakes.... :-) I've loved art all my life - I'm a compulsive doodler. I hope that I have now, through my artworks, taken doodling to a whole new level ;-) The main inspiration for my work is early Celtic. One day, many moons ago (more than I care to admit to), I saw a reproduction of a page from the Lindisfarne Gospels. I thought: "Wow! How do you do that?". So I set about trying to find out. Doodling alone can only take you so far. There comes a time when you have to seek out those who know more than you, and this led me to The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London. I did look at all the usual art colleges, but we weren't really singing from the same hymn sheet, shall we say. At the PSTA I met many wonderful, unique, learned and inspiring people - such as Prof Emeritus Keith Critchlow, Dr Martin Lings, Dr Nassar Mansour, Aidan Hart and many others. Through their teachings and example, I gained new understanding of art, life, the universe and everything ;-) So I now probably fit in with standard art colleges even less than before. Is that good or bad? My paintings are entirely hand made and are executed mostly in egg tempera, acrylic and gold leaf on paper, calfskin vellum, glass or gesso panel. I make my own quills and egg tempera paint, regularly raiding local Welsh beaches for shells to use as paint palettes (they work well and they're free - what more can I say?). I do not, however, grow my own cows or make my own vellum (very yukky process). I am very happy to let someone else do that bit. Each painting can take up to four weeks to complete. Most of that time is spent on drawing out the design, using a set of Victorian compasses, a sharp pencil, a ruler and lots of tracing paper. I live in Burry Port, South West Wales with Himself and our large, dribbly dog.
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