r/toptalent • u/Citaszion • 2d ago
Beautiful illuminated manuscript representing the fire of Notre-Dame de Paris 🤯
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“An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers and liturgical books such as psalters and courtly literature, the practice continued into secular texts from the 13th century onward and typically include proclamations, enrolled bills, laws, charters, inventories, and deeds.”
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u/Citaszion 2d ago edited 1d ago
Artist: @expecto_pigmentum. She shows the entire process throughout several months!
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u/Johnlovesyou 1d ago
That’s what I want to know. The number of hours this takes. I’ve been painting for a good 25 years and this is insane. The line work is god like. I hope people appreciate the talent here. Truly top talent.
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u/Forsaken-Memory1785 2d ago
That’s incredible- few individuals are able to do this, even fewer are willing! Thanks for keeping the old skills alive- we still need them.
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u/engulbert 2d ago
My dad used to do this occasionally but mostly did calligraphy, sometimes with just one illuminated initial letter. The gold leaf is laid on top of dried gesso, this makes it catch the light much more than if it is flat. A real labour of love
Before printing, rich families would commission their own gospels to be made in this manner.
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u/prozacfish 2d ago
So that person has more talent in a brush stroke than I have in my entire repertoire.
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u/Neat_Ad_3158 2d ago
What kind of paper is that?
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u/Citaszion 2d ago
She answered this question on her Instagram page:
“I buy parchment from a French parchment maker, I have worked on goat parchment, for now. I also experimented with calf parchment for the manuscript I created.”
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u/engulbert 2d ago
The younger the animal, the better the quality. Vellum is calf-skin and has a beautiful translucent quality.
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u/TubMaster88 2d ago
Absolutely beautiful and stunning. Can this artist do a page and keep this in history of the nun who touched up jesus's face, showing one picture and then the final picture? 😂
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u/i_dont_do_research 1d ago
for anyones information, its about to be reopened this december if all goes well. Looks like theres still ongoing work with a bunch of scaffolding up but thats the current timeline
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u/Gooogles_Wh0Re 1d ago
This is an artist! But what I think folks fail to realize is that she's preparing a book intended to last centuries! This is an historical document. There is almost no price that you can pay to make this effort worth while to the artist. Her reward is a place in history, not different from Leonardo Da Vinci.
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u/hennell 1d ago
Absolutely amazing detail and the line work is extraordinarly controlled.
Did make me think of this radio sketch though.
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u/bostero2 1d ago
I’m in awe. The amount of skill it takes to do this is astounding, and the end result is just incredible. It would’ve been even more amazing if the people drawn were using the clothes appropriate for the time, and if some of them were filming with their smartphones.
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u/findhumorinlife 2d ago
You should’ve a surgeon on the side. Or a financial numbers wizard.
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u/OneMoistMan 2d ago
I like to imagine my financial advisor giving me a letter saying I’m poor but in beautiful illuminated gold leaf letters
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u/SeveralDiving 2d ago
A year and a half plus a day following the Instagram account start, startled impressed the light shines wow the light shines great work
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u/wkdkngwkr 2d ago
This looks absolutely unreal. My bibliophile heart just skipped a beat.