Over the last two years, parchment has proven to be a contentious issue in the UK Parliament. This blog post reconstructs a debate about parchment in the UK House of Commons in April 2016.
via Parchment and Parliament: Vellum making headlines — Dutch Anglo-Saxonist
Last month I took a ferry to the Western Isles. There is much to say about the wild, bleak beauty of the islands, and their resilient inhabitants, but this is about Harris Tweed and natural dyes. A well-timed tweet from @HTAarchive advised me not to miss a display at the old Drinishader schoolhouse, on Harris. […]
Where did the medieval painters find materials for their beautiful artworks? From nature, of course! In contrast to modern artists, who have available thousands of different preparations derived from petroleum, medieval artists had at their disposal only resources from Mother Nature. They therefore needed to rely on their deep knowledge of how to transform this […]
via Colours from nature: the identification of organic dyes in miniature paintings — The Book
The Medieval Minx Looks at Medieval Inks 