Members Sheilajeanne Posted February 1, 2020 Members Report Posted February 1, 2020 As a leatherworker, I found this extremely interesting. The cover of the book features some very fine Celtic knotwork and the raised pattern in the center has been done using a claylike substance to emboss the leather! The book is approximately 1,300 years old. It has been digitized and is available online, if you want to see anything other than the cover. “The left board is decorated with a rectangular frame with interlace patterns in the upper and lower fields and a larger central field containing a chalice from which stems project, terminating in a leaf or bud and four fruits. This raised motif was apparently made using a matrix, with a clay-like substance beneath the leather.” https://mymodernmet.com/st-cuthbert-gospel-oldest-book/?fbclid=IwAR1OZf7PjNAGOtOs9uokoQMiIULPq0nzISaoFigI4y47bAKhYD54gMDTMss Quote
CFM Hardrada Posted February 1, 2020 CFM Report Posted February 1, 2020 Awesome find! Thanks for posting. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted February 1, 2020 CFM Report Posted February 1, 2020 beautiful book! Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Riem Posted February 2, 2020 Members Report Posted February 2, 2020 And the bit of the calligraphy I could see there is exquisite! Very well preserved. What a treasure. Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
Members Prusty Posted April 25, 2020 Members Report Posted April 25, 2020 I became obsessed with this book a few years back trying to learn about historic tooling on leather. It’s a fabulous thing to look at and examine, and reveals so much about the methods used in that time period. Also, it’s encouraging to see that they made mistakes back in the 8th century and just ran with it, look at the lower left corner in the border and you’ll see the pattern goes wrong. And the upper section of knotwork they didn’t do evenly at all! Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted April 25, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 25, 2020 Yes, it's a wonderful historic treasure! And we ALL make misteaks! Quote
stelmackr Posted April 25, 2020 Report Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Wished the hand holding the book was gloved.... Wonderful condition for its age. Edited April 25, 2020 by stelmackr Quote Bob Stelmack Desert Leathercraft LLC Former Editor of the, RawHide Gazette, for the Puget Sound Leather Artisans Co-Op, 25 years of doing it was enough...
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 On 4/25/2020 at 1:52 PM, Prusty said: I became obsessed with this book a few years back trying to learn about historic tooling on leather. It’s a fabulous thing to look at and examine, and reveals so much about the methods used in that time period. Also, it’s encouraging to see that they made mistakes back in the 8th century and just ran with it, look at the lower left corner in the border and you’ll see the pattern goes wrong. And the upper section of knotwork they didn’t do evenly at all! Love old books, and there is no such thing as perfection. at least that’s what I keep telling myself. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
Members jcuk Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 Even the finest Persian carpets will have flaw in them, they believe only God is perfect maybe the same thinking there. JCUK Quote
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted April 26, 2020 Members Report Posted April 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, jcuk said: Even the finest Persian carpets will have flaw in them, they believe only God is perfect maybe the same thinking there. JCUK I’ve wondered whether it was just that mistakes like that were more acceptable to whoever it was made for. There again, only god being perfect is so much nicer sounding than “begger me, I’ve mucked up, shush.......don’t tell the customer, they’ll think it’s meant”. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
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