We will soon celebrate Palm Sunday, then Holy Week, and finally – Easter. In the past, especially in the Middle Ages, it was like a festival of theater – there were plays dedicated to the Christ’s Passion almost for each day. The earliest drama of this kind that we know showed…
Hairy parchment and other issues
The heritage of Antiquity survived through the storms of the first millennium mostly thanks to the Benedictines. Saint Benedict, who established the Order, made the monks work – not only in the fields, but also in the scriptorium. The libraries in the abbeys were full of books, carefully copied by…
Closed event
The lecture on the work of medieval scribe will be provided by me on Monday, April 7th exclusively for the students of the Wrokshops of Calligraphy and Illumination of Christian Society of the Religous Art Creators “Ecclesia”.
Closed event
Two lectures will be provided by me on Sunday April 6th exclusively for the students of the Barbara Bodziony’s School of Calligraphy and Illumination. I will talk about the production of medieval manuscript and about the decorated initials.