This is an SCA blog documenting the thoughts, references, arts and sciences of Domina Aelia Fortunata, who resides in the Barony of Carolingia, Kingdom of the East.
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Someone I know recommended I start thinking about becoming a protege and I was wondering what you looked for in a student-peer relationship? I have a general idea, but I want more opinions before I know for sure.
I am so glad that you are giving this such consideration. The protege-peer relationship is an important one, and should be given some serious reflection! All relationships are different, because people want different things or have different ideas of how to achieve their goals. I would suggest, rather than only looking for a list of criteria, that you consider asking yourself some questions.
What is my goal?
Can this peer help me to achieve it?
How do I want to achieve my goal?
Can this peer assist me in that way?
What do I want from this relationship?
Can this peer provide me with that?
Is this someone I want representing me?
Is this someone I want to represent?
I know others will have some great feedback for you, as well, so I hope that you will find what is that you need for this decision! Best wishes.
Lararium /Domestic altars in Pompeii, and altars on the streets in Naples. The ancient Rome legacy.
Notice: I made this set of photos because I find the resemblance between the home altars in Pompeii and the catholic altars on the streets in beautiful Naples, as old as Pompeii and so incredibly similar, to be very interesting and adorable.
I am not comparing the beliefs of the ancient Romans with the Catholic faith, but the resemblance in art related to the religious.
This process comes after the copying and binding that I overviewed in my other posts, so if you haven't read those, go check them out before proceeding.
Let's get fancy.
LEATHER
One of the less expensive ways to decorate your book was to cover the spine and front and back wood boards with leather. To do this, you simply added paste to the outside of your book, stretched the leather over it, and then pasted it down on the inside of the cover. To hide the edges, you can also paste a piece of leather or wood or whatever works.
Some books are more plain while some get creative with how this is done. For example here's a book with a simple leather covering:
Stamped or engraved leather was also pretty popular and could be further decorated with paint or gold leaf.
Bookbinders and artisans could also make raised patterns by sculpting the desired art out of cord, wood, or whatever else and attaching it to the wood board cover. Then the leather could be stretched and pasted over the raised pattern and tools could be used to push the leather around the underlying patterns, making sure the details don't get lost.
Here's someone's modern reproduction that shows you what it might look like under the leather:
I should also mention that leather is an attractive option because it does a better job at protecting your book, especially against moisture.
CLOTH
Cloth was an uncommon choice for book cover decoration until around the Renaissance, but technically still an option. We don't have many surviving examples becaise fabric doesn't last as long, so it's hard to say for certain how prevalent they were. If you had access to silk or velvet, you could cover your book with that, or you could embroider the fabric for some extra oomph.
The example below is called a "chemise binding" which was most commonly used for books of hours or other personal devotional books.
METAL AND PRECIOUS STONES
"Treasure binding" is a general term for books with ivory, gold/silver, and/or gems on their covers, and they look super fancy! These were usually reserved for special books like Bibles, but I guess if you have enough money, you can shell out enough to bind your fanfiction in silver.
Treasure bindings were often made in addition to leather bindings and fixed to the board with tacks. Because they are made with valuable materials, they were susceptible to destruction - thieves or simply monasteries short on cash could pry out gemstones or rip off the whole thing to sell.
STRAPS AND CLASPS
To keep your manuscript closed (to protect the pages!) it wasn't uncommon to add straps or clasps. They came in all shapes and sizes, so you can choose which one you like best!
And... there you have it! I'm sure there were other ways to decorate your medieval book covers, but those the the few I can think of at the moment.
And have some additional nerdery about the song (includes pictures of the original manuscript—and where a scribe decided to change some notes, but the original notes were still obvious):
Sumer is icumen in is the earliest surviving complete English secular song, sung in this article’s video with all six voices indicated in th
After yesterdays post there was a lot of interest in the 14th century Tristan quilt. I added some photos to FB, but I thought it might be ni
I'm looking at this and crying because imagine being able to walk up to a Medieval sewist, telling them you're sewing a quilt with scenes from your favorite story, and they just nod and say they did the same.
SPA: Estos textiles fueron hallados en Perú (Cueva del Guitarrero) y tienen una antigüedad de 12.000 años
ENG: These textiles were found in Peru (Cueva del Guitarrero) and are 12,000 years old.
Edward A. Jolie, Thomas F. Lynch, Phil R. Geib, J. M. Adovasio. Cordage, Textiles, and the Late Pleistocene Peopling of the Andes. Current Anthropology, 2011; 52 (2)
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