This series of videos comes from an American graduate student who works as a calligrapher who specializes in reproductions of medieval manuscripts. The videos explain in some detail the process of creating your own manuscript. You can visit her website by clicking here.
As the first step in making a reproduction of a page of a medieval manuscript, I create prick-marks on the margin of the parchment. These will serve as a guide when I create ruling lines later.
As the second step in making a reproduction of a page of a medieval manuscript, I create ruling lines on the parchment.
In the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I write text on parchment using walnut ink and a Brause nib.
In the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I erase a mistake by scraping the mistake off with a knife.
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