Right now, Bertrik and I are distracted
from actual scribal work by planning an event inspired by Jacob van
Maerlant, that will include some cool scribal stuff!
Jacob van Maerlant, popularly known as
"father of all Dutch poets" was a Dutch scholar and poet of
the 13th century (1230/1300). His works include all of world history,
instructions on how to capture an elephant (by sending naked virgins
singing into the woods), a treaty on how to be a good ruler and much
more, all written in Dutch.
We are planning to have scribes tables
at the event (one for the adults and one for the kids) for working
with some of the beautiful illuminations from manuscripts of
Maerlants work, and a short talk on Maerlants life and work.
Bertrik will make paint and gesso at
the event, and we'll have some goldleaf for people to try (and
probably some fake leaf for the kids). We're also working on handouts
and examples based on two manuscripts for people to work on at
different levels (color in an outlined illumination, practice lots of
whitework or capital letters, copy an entire page or design your own
based on the elements taken from the manuscripts), with some
background on the manuscripts and the texts.
These are the manuscripts we're working
from:
A bestiary (manuscript from around
1350):
Biblical history (manuscript from
1332):
So, if this sounds like fun, we'd love
to have lots of scribes join us!
For more information and reservations:
Hannah
Two illuminated pages from the Rijmbijbel
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