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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4508743, member: 56"]The skills people develop are always astonishing to me. Of course, before the development of moveable type, books were manuscripts and, consequently, extremely expensive. But even after the introduction of type those skills survive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've found small calligraphic pieces (e.g. single page mottos), but nothing so grand as a book.</p><p><br /></p><p>A hand written, hand illuminated bible was commissioned in 1998 by Saint John's Abbey in Minnosota. It took 13 years to complete.</p><p><a href="https://saintjohnsbible.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://saintjohnsbible.org/" rel="nofollow">https://saintjohnsbible.org/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395583[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit off topic (but maybe not entirely): All of the text on this engraving was done by hand (at least that's my understanding), which means it was engraved backwards on a copper plate. And it's small... as small as the text in a paperback book.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]395584[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a specialty of the time, and apparently viewed as just another job. This text was engraved by Niquet L’Epine about whom nothing is known except that she was active in the 1780s – ‘90s. An unsung hero to my mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4508743, member: 56"]The skills people develop are always astonishing to me. Of course, before the development of moveable type, books were manuscripts and, consequently, extremely expensive. But even after the introduction of type those skills survive. I've found small calligraphic pieces (e.g. single page mottos), but nothing so grand as a book. A hand written, hand illuminated bible was commissioned in 1998 by Saint John's Abbey in Minnosota. It took 13 years to complete. [URL]https://saintjohnsbible.org/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]395583[/ATTACH] A bit off topic (but maybe not entirely): All of the text on this engraving was done by hand (at least that's my understanding), which means it was engraved backwards on a copper plate. And it's small... as small as the text in a paperback book. [ATTACH=full]395584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]395585[/ATTACH] It was a specialty of the time, and apparently viewed as just another job. This text was engraved by Niquet L’Epine about whom nothing is known except that she was active in the 1780s – ‘90s. An unsung hero to my mind.[/QUOTE]
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