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here's a fun parchment fact for you re: reusing a surface: sheepskin was often used for legal documents because it's hard to scrape out a word and rewrite without it being obviously damaged, unlike good quality calfskin where it can be undetectable that something has been altered

#parchment problems #parchment #manuscripts

trompe-l'œil

illusions of three-dimensionality (trompe-l'œil) in manuscript illuminatons from a codex containing st. jerome's translation of the chronicon of eusebius of caesarea. produced in padua or venice, c. 1480

source: Geneva, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 49, ff. 10r, 11r, and 13r

#15th century #trompe-l'œil #eusebius of caesarea #chronicon #Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea #st. jerome #illusionary art #optical illusions #initials #satyrs #parchment #manuscript illumination

~ Brown and Gray ~

#gifts #bread #parchment #twine #loaf of bread #wood #brown gray

5-8-25

Sometimes your parchment is imperfect, but you use it anyway. This leaf, from a 13th century verse paraphrase of the Bible written in France, has a large hole that was caused during the processing of the animal skin. Part of the hole was sewn up using thick thread, and then the scribe just wrote around it. (UPenn Ms. Codex 747)

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#medieval #manuscript #medieval manuscript #parchment #repair #embroidery #?#Not really #13th century #france #latin #book history #rare books

Book and Quill Computer (Off-The-Grid)

One I teased a little while ago, that I'm just bursting to release - I know you're going to love it!!

When I was making my Police Station, I started with typewriters as the computers - but pretty much all of them had some animation issue that I didn't like; then I changed to book computers and Jane's Parchment computer - and the book computers were worse than the typewriters! So for variety, I decided to adapt Jane's Parchment computer to be a BOOK computer.

Firstly, please ensure you have @janesimsten's Parchment Computer installed - it uses the same animations.

This is Off-The-Grid, and has all the options a normal computer has, but instead of typing and clicking a mouse - the Sim is writing in the book!!!!

Perfect for the Police Station, as they have to keep records, and loads of different things in book format!

You could also imagine they are writing in a journal, or writing their book directly into a book!

I've used a new ink well, a 3d model made by Incg5764 via Sketchfab; the inkwell has four colours, and each colour has a silver or a gold cap; and each version has a swatch with papers under the book, and one without; 16 swatches in total!

I guess that's all to say about it!

Download my Book and Quill Computer for free, via my Patreon!

@janesimsten has been very kind to me, and has helped me with loads of things in the past - so go check her out if you haven't already! She has the BEST things for my historical saves - Regency social rules, beautiful dancing, ballet, lute, harp, harpsichord, cello, FLUTE, FRENCH HORN, CLARANEEETTTTTT (need I go on 🤣) Don't forget to also download the Parchment Computer in order to make the book one function!

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