Yale University Library has a helpful website called the Traveling Scriptorium that’s meant to serve as a teaching aid for the study of the medieval and early modern book. It’s run by by the library’s conservators and curators and, although updates appear infrequent, what’s online is really helpful and well presented. I expect the material would work great in a classroom and their photos would look great in a presentation. Here are the PDFs that are online:
Here are samples from the Medieval Manuscripts PDF:
HT: @roger_pearse
- Ink & Pigment Sampler
- Medieval Manuscripts: Bookbinding Terms, Materials, Methods, and Models
- Medieval to Early Modern Ink & Pigment Recipes
Here are samples from the Medieval Manuscripts PDF:
HT: @roger_pearse
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