I love frogs, and I found this cute little frog on Pinterest. I had to try and make a scribal trading card with froggie on it. I'm not 100% on the attribution, but it is possibly from the Spinola Hours from around 1510-1520 in the Flemish style. My frog turned out looking cross - maybe frustrated at the lack of accurate attributions on Pinterest?!
Tadpole Dog found in the Maastricht Hours (housed in the British Library; Stowe 17, folio 192r). This manuscript was created in Leige in around the 14th Century.
Another cute weird little guy; this time from the St Omer Manuscript held in the British Library, Add MS 36684.
Another weird little guy from a medieval manuscript. This one is from a manuscript held in the Morgan Library. He is from a Psalter, French (possibly St Omer,) 13th Century. MS M.79 folio 41 r.
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I couldn't resist this strange little dog bird from the Bestiaire of Pierre Beauvais, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, NAF 13521.
Another phoenix, inspired by folio 24r, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, lat. 6838B [Bestiary Second Family] Medieval Bestiary : Manuscripts : BNF lat. 6838B
Here is another one. This depressed duck is actually a phoenix.
(Grootseminarie Brugge, MS. 89/54 [Ter Duinen Aviary], folio 77v)
Oh my! It has certainly been a very long time since I posted.
I have been very busy over the last several months with multiple projects that just don't seem to have an end in sight. I've been plodding along with not much to show (so far) for my efforts.
One thing that I have recently become involved with is the SCA Scribes ten-minute-a-day 100 Days of Scribal Challenge. I found the SCA ten-minute-a-day A&S Challenge that I joined some years ago to be extremely helpful in getting into the habit of regular A&S activity, so when I saw that the Scribes were promoting a similar Challenge I was enthusiastic. I generally do my illumination in big blocks with not much in between, which is not ideal for maintaining and developing skills, so I hoped that being involved in this challenge would provide several benefits.
I have also wanted to get more involved with creating Known World Scribal Trading cards, so this seemed like a great time to pursue that. I have been doing a tiny amount every day, and I am finding that it has reignited my enthusiasm for illumination, especially my favourite areas of drolleries and bestiaries.
