Scriptorium: References


References

Below are references used on each page of the Scriptorium Lesson portion of the Codicology section of the site. In-text citations are often links directly to the online sources to avoid confusion. Parenthetical citations are from offline sources, such as journal articles, books, or lectures.

Context

Ballycastle. (n.d.). Rathlin Island. Retrieved from http://www.ballycastle.info/places/rathlin/rathlin.htm

Brown, D. (n.d.). What is a manuscript. Retrieved from http://www.heritagehawks.org/faculty/dbrown/Illuminated%20Manuscript/Index.htm

Bruce, A. E. (n.d.). Illuminations: A lesson in the art of illuminated letters [PDF]. Retrieved from http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/kmason/images/Illuminations1.pdf

Discover Northern Ireland. (n.d.). Rathlin Island. Retrieved from http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Rathlin-Island-Rathlin-Island-P8209

Keogh, A. (n.d.). The medieval history of Rathlin Island (400-1400). Retrieved from http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/medieval-history-rathlin-island-400-1400

The J. Paul Getty Museum. (2009). The medieval scriptorium. Retrieved from http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/scriptorium/

Main, L. (2015). Notes from a lecture on the medieval world [Lecture notes]. San José State University, San José, CA.

McCurdy, J., & McCurdy, J. (2011). Welcome to Rathlin Island. Retrieved from http://www.rathlin-island.co.uk/index.html

Milica of Varna. (2011). The medieval scribe. Retrieved from http://www.alderford.org/node/34

Layout

Cahill, T. (1995). How the Irish saved civilization: The untold story of Ireland’s heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. New York, NY: Doubleday.

Horn, W., & Born, E. (1986). The medieval monastery as a setting for the production of manuscripts. The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, 44, 16-47. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20169021

Polette-Niewold, L. A., Manciu, F. S., Torres, B., Alvarado, M., & Chianelli, R. R. (2007). Organic/inorganic complex pigments: Ancient colors Maya Blue. Journal Of Inorganic Biochemistry, 101(11/12), 1958-1973. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.07.009

Main, L. (2015). Notes from a lecture on scriptorium [Lecture notes]. San José State University, San José, CA.

Tillotson, D. (2005). Tools and materials. Retrieved from http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/tools.htm

Parchment

Asplund, R. (n.d.). Making medieval parchment for books and pages. Retrieved from http://www.randyasplund.com/pages/article/parchment.html

Kwakkel, E. (2014, October 24). The skinny on bad parchment [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://medievalbooks.nl/2014/10/24/feeling-good-about-bad-skin/

Inks

Baranov, V. (n.d.). Materials and techniques of manuscript production: Ink. Retrieved from http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/MMM/ink.html

Baranov, V. (n.d.). Materials and techniques of manuscript production: Pigments. Retrieved from http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/MMM/pigments.html

Gates, S. (2014). Medieval inks. Retrieved from  http://hob.library.ucla.edu/node/1855

Ian the Green. (2013, March 2016). Ink ingredients: Modern and medieval [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://scribescribbling.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/ink-ingredients-modern-and-medieval/

Kern, E.H. (2015, February 17). How-to Tuesday: How to make medieval ink [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.quirkbooks.com/post/how-tuesday-how-make-medieval-ink

Marieflemay. (2013, March 21). Iron gall ink [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://travelingscriptorium.library.yale.edu/2013/03/21/iron-gall-ink/

Marieflemay. (2013, January 17). Verdigris [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://travelingscriptorium.library.yale.edu/2013/01/17/verdigris/

Peverley, S. (2014, January 29). Iron gall ink: A medieval recipe [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://sarahpeverley.com/2014/01/29/iron-gall-ink-a-medieval-recipe/

Tillotson, D. (2005). Inks and colourings. Retrieved from http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/tools/ink.htm

Williams, E. (2009, July 14). Medieval inks [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparchment/2009/07/14/medieval-inks/

Tools

Baranov, V. (n.d.). Materials and techniques of manuscript production: Ink. Retrieved from http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/MMM/ink.html

Baranov, V. (n.d.). Materials and techniques of manuscript production: Pen. Retrieved from http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/MMM/frame7.html

Biggs, S. J. (2014, June 3). The burden of writing: Scribes in medieval manuscripts [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/06/the-burden-of-writing-scribes-in-medieval-manuscripts.html

Brown, D. (n.d.). A day in the life of a scribe. Retrieved from http://www.heritagehawks.org/faculty/dbrown/Illuminated%20Manuscript/Index.htm

O’Daly, I. (2013, October 18). Writing the Word: Images of the medieval scribes at work [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://medievalfragments.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/writing-the-word-images-of-the-medieval-scribe-at-work/

Tillotson, D. (2005). Scribal errors and corrections. Retrieved from http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/tools.htm

Tillotson, D. (2005). Tools and materials. Retrieved from http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/tools/errors.htm

Binding

Harrington, P. (2013). The Chelsea Bindery: The processes of bookbinding [Video]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/74641905

Kappes, M. (2014, March 10). Tie that bind… [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://meggokappo.blogspot.com/2014/03/ties-that-bind.html

Kwakkel, E. (n.d.). Location, location. Retrieved from http://www.bookandbyte.org/quill/pages/making-quires-and-sheets-catchword-and-signatures.php

Kwakkel, E. (n.d.). Packing it up. Retrieved from http://www.bookandbyte.org/quill/pages/binding-the-book.php

Yale University Library. (2013, July). Medieval manuscripts: Bookbinding terms, materials, methods, and models [PDF]. Retrieved from https://travelingscriptorium.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bookbinding-booklet.pdf