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.