sacramentaire - the end

and so ........ I'm late, but I have a very good reason : my stupid computer just doen't allow me anymore to post, I know it IS old but , well ... hopefully I'm in my office now with a brand new computer and here it is, my last ALAW book :

first page

ready to bind

Inside and outside

And now I want to thank all of you for your kind messages, and your wonderful work and Fiona for organizing this emulation. I've been so happy to be part of ALAW twice, and sure will regret it on 2015

4 more

 

B, K, V and L  ... six more to go !

more fish and birds

I have a real pleasure painting those childish letters, and even more pleasure watching at all your wonderful works on letters !

sacramentaire - third part

next four letters of my free alphabet. I must admit too that all letters are done (to be sure to have the same colors all the way) and my project with them finalized, but this you'll see at the very end !

free letters part 2

The summer has been so rainy and cold this year that I had a lot of time for my letters, so here are four more, E, P, T and X

and to answer one of your comments, this is the page that inspired me :

My free alphabet.

Here are the first letters of my 2014 free alphabet.

They are from the first page of a manuscript known as the Gelase ´s Sacramentary, dated 8th century and kept in the Vaticana Library. Since only a few letters are present in this page, I'll have to imagine the missing ones.

Every letters are designed with fish and birds. The colors used are those identified in the manuscript : minium, malachite, lead yellow, lapis and vermillon.

It will be a great fun to write some words with them by the end of the year !

There you are

Last steps to march in are :

and there you are, in the Labyrinth of the Chartres Cathedrale

 

 

and to bring it with me everywhere, I folded it this way :

adding the extra Z at the rear, and made a little box to pack it

 

that's it !

and now, let's think of the next alphabet !!!

 

searching your way out ...

this time, SIX more steps for you

 

the whole place will be reached next month ...

place - 3rd and 4th steps




and here are your next two steps ... I had to draw the letters in this place all at the same time, so I cheat a little bit ... but I'm working on how to manage all these 26 square papers as a whole !

place - 1st and 2nd steps



I'm very happy to be back on this 2014 edition of ALAW. I'm French, practicing calligraphy since 15 years and starting my 6th year of medieval illumination studies.




here are the first two steps of the place I'm inviting you in, and the alphabet will guide you to the way out.