Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Manuscript Project

The first draft:


The second draft: spacing, colors, and (ahh!) a bit of white out not satisfactory.


Trying again, fixing spacing, and laying out different colors in this one:


And this one:


Drafting a border...


Based on this:
(A page from the 14th Cen. Metz Potifical which actually was intended to be pigmented)


Putting the border on the lettering. Not so happy with it.


Drafting another border:


Inspired by this:
(Page from Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose, Circa 1440)


And the "S" curves in this:


Also referencing the rod on Asclepius, a symbol of medicine.

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