Illuminated Manuscript

 It has been a long time since I have done any calligraphy.  Thinking about it I am surprised to realize it has been ten years since I have belonged to the Royal City Calligraphy Guild!  What!  How!  Nevertheless, I do appreciate the beauty of calligraphy and illumination.  I was excited to see the beautiful manuscripts at the cathedral in Siena, Italy when we were there.  They were remarkably well preserved.  I was surprised at the size of the books.  They were quite large, each page being about 12 inches by 22 inches.  I didn't measure obviously so that is a guess.  I tried to find that information online but wasn't able to access it immediately and didn't want to go down a research rabbit hole!

The books are beautiful.  There weren't a lot of people there at the time so I did get to enjoy them for a bit longer than usual.  There was just enough light in the room for the gold to really gleam.  How wonderful that these treasures have been so lovingly preserved.