(WALA) - The History Museum of Mobile is excited to announce the next major exhibition, Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts ... Examples of the materials—parchment, vellum, gold leaf ...
What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels, made in the ninth century Where it is from: The island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides When it was made: About 1,200 years ...
the materials used in the book manufacturing process allowed medieval manuscripts to last over 1000 years and the parchment, pigments, ink, and sometimes gold used to create them were costly. A richly ...