New batch of ink started on Sunday based on the Palatino recipe from Scribes and Sources book. This is an oak gall ink recipe with a twist of stirring with a fig stick and adding pomegranate peel at the final stage.
Did the basic layout for all 7 plates and sketched out the illumination in pencil. Calligraphy and inking of illuminated areas on hold pending new batch of ink.
Prepped new batch of gesso based on Maitresse Yvianne de Castel d’Avignon, OL
AEthelmearc’s recipe (slaked plaster, hide glue, honey, Armenian bole, and water).