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**Nancy's illuminiatures** @MerlyBlack@mastodon.art · Apr 8

Nancy's illuminiatures @MerlyBlack@mastodon.art

Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Nancy, a disabled freelance medieval #illumination painter and #calligraphy artist from the south of France. I try to do this for a living!

I have a small Ko-fi shop with bookmarks, cyanotypes, and larger paintings:
https://ko-fi.com/illuminiatures/shop

Thank you for watching, and please — do not hesitate to boost! It is vital for small businesses like mine!

A gold leaf gilded capital A intertwined with white vine. The space between the branches is painted in blue, green or red, with tiny little white or golden dots.

Ten white hunting dogs in a forest. This is taken from the "Livre de Chasse" (hunting book) of Gaston Phébus, count of Foix, France. They evolve in a lush environment of trees and bushes. The "sky" is actually made of tiny red, blue and golden squares.

The text reads "écoute avec ton esprit, plutôt qu'avec tes oreilles -- Confucius". It means "listen with your spirit rather than your ears". The text has a red "e" initial with a golden accent. It is framed in a golden square, on which two red dragons are intertwined.

Two men are hunting a beaver. One man, wearing a green and red tunic, is pointing at the beaver while looking at the other man. He is holding an axe. The other man, wearing an orange and blue tunic, holds a spear. The blue beaver on the bottom right seems to be tearing his testicles away, so the hunters can't kill the poor animal for its musk. They are figured as two orange dots behind the beaver.
Illustration copied from the Aberdeen Bestiary.

**Advanced Persistent Teapot** @http_error_418@hachyderm.io · Apr 1

Apr 1

Advanced Persistent Teapot @http_error_418@hachyderm.io

Dear Fedi art folks, can you put me in touch with someone who can make an illuminated page? Preferably someone either within the UK or who can ship it to the UK.

#calligraphy #illumination

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Mar 28 *

Mar 28 *

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

For the coffee people :D

It's on A5 off-white textured watercolour paper. The purple 'offee' ink has a very slight gold shimmer to it.

Edit: Sold!

'But first, coffee',calligraphed in Carolingian script.

The 'but first' is in small black letters, the Coffee is in big purple letters but the first C is big and illuminated, painted brown and bronze with coffee plants with green leavesand red berries, and swirling vines in shimmering green ink.

Angled view showing the metallic and iridescent ink on the C catching the light

Angled view showing a faint gold shimmer in the purple ink of the text

#Calligraphy #Illumination #MastoArt

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**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Mar 28

Mar 28

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

Done! ( @lavaeolus )

'Sharing isn't immoral - it's a moral imperative.
Aaron Swartz, 2008:
Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto'

Calligraphed in black ink, Carolingian script, with the first 'S' large and ornate, in green and gold with swirling vinesand flowers, and a blue-purple bird sitting on top.

Angled close up of the S showing the iridescent and metallic colours of the vines, leaves, bird, flowers, and gold highlighting catching the light and shimmering brightly.

A flat view of the 'S' showing the flat colours when they're not catching the light and shimmering.

#calligraphy #MastoArt #Illumination

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Mar 27

Mar 27

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

One of two for @lavaeolus done :D

Calligraphed in black ink, in Carolingian script, with a decorative border of leaves and vines and flowers twirling around a gold bar, in red, blue, and green with orange flowers:

'Those with access - you have been given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world is locked out. You have a duty to share it with the world.
Aaron Swartz, 2008:
Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto'Calligraphed in black ink, in Carolingian script:

'Those with access - you have been given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world is locked out. You have a duty to share it with the world.
Aaron Swartz, 2008:
Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto'

Angled view showing the light catching the metallic paint in the gold bar and flower middles, and in a thin gold line traced around the whole border

#Calligraphy #Illumination #MastoArt

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Mar 17

Mar 17

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

Finally finished this commission for @slowwriter - yay! :D

Calligraphed in green ink, Blackletter script;

Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren.

The first 'B' is big, green and gold, and in its own blue box. The writing is framed in bordersof repeating pattenrs in blues, greens, reds, and gold, and there's a sketched illustration of a barren field with a fence, tree, and some birds, beneath the text.

Angled view of the top showing the gold ink catching the light

#Calligraphy #MastoArt #Illumination

**ErosBlog Bacchus** @ErosBlog@kinkyelephant.com · Mar 5

Mar 5

ErosBlog Bacchus @ErosBlog@kinkyelephant.com

Nuns, apparently: "Hey, I'm feeling horny, let's go pick some dick off the dick tree!"

https://www.erosblog.com/2013/11/15/penis-tree-the-picking/

ErosBlog · Nov 15, 2013Penis Tree: The Picking - ErosBlogApparently back in the day, chaste nuns who still liked the dick had to pick it off a tree:... Tagged: sex blogging, nuns, penis tree

#Medieval #Art #Penis

**Deborah League** @DeborahLeagueFineArt@socel.net · Feb 23

Feb 23

Deborah League @DeborahLeagueFineArt@socel.net

Glowing landscape after the storm.

ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/illuminated-landscape-after-the-storm-deborah-league.html

$Illuminated landscape after the storm. Beams of light pour through breaking storm clouds. Rain continues falling to the right of center. The combination of strong light and moisture in the atmosphere refracts the colors of a rainbow. Sunlight sparkles on standing water, wet plants, and mist. This landscape showcases the luminous colors often seen after a rainstorm.$

#ayearforart #buyintoart #mastodonart

**Nancy's illuminiatures** @MerlyBlack@mastodon.art · Feb 21

Feb 21

Nancy's illuminiatures @MerlyBlack@mastodon.art

Good morning Fediverse, here is an older #illumination I painted back in 2017, on vellum. The background is gold leaves on a 3D undercoat called "gesso". It is taken from the Aberdeen Bestiary, and it depicts an asp viper and a man. See alt text for the story!

And, yes, now I use a ruler for the outer frame... LOL

Do you like it?

A man wearing a red tunic, blue pants, and a helmet is holding a large triangular shield and a stick. While he hits the ground with the stick, the blue winged, fire-breathing asp tries not to hear that mesmerising noise by blocking its ears with its tail and some grass. It has paws, and it's leaning on a weird medieval tree with "fruit" that looks like artichokes. The background of the image is ornate with gold leaves, and there's a wobbly red frame around the image because I didn't use a ruler!

#MastoArt #MedievalArt #Painting

**noco｜Flower Photographer** @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp · Feb 15

Feb 15

noco｜Flower Photographer @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp

ephemeral.

#photography #nature #art

**noco｜Flower Photographer** @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp · Feb 14

Feb 14

noco｜Flower Photographer @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp

electrical flowers.

#photography #nature #art

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**Athenenoctua** @Athenenoctua@mastodon.gougere.fr · Feb 13

Feb 13

Athenenoctua @Athenenoctua@mastodon.gougere.fr

Une très belle lettrine enluminée pour #JeudiManuscrit, extraite du "Compte de recepte et dépense des deniers de l'Aumône générale de Lyon tenu par Symphorien Thellusson" en 1555.
Que de beauté pour un livre de comptes !

En vente à la boutique des #ArchivesDeLyon sous forme de tote-bag

Cote CH/E/165, fonds de l'hôpital de la Charité

#archives #grotesque #enluminure #illumination

@archivistodon
@histodons

Sur une partie de page de papier vergé au format rectangulaire, on voit au centre une lettrine enluminée, en haut et en bas un texte manuscrit d'une écriture ancienne à l'encre noire et à droite un timbre humide (tampon) des archives de la Charité à l'encre bleue.

L'enluminure est composée d'un cadre rouge stylisé de forme carrée à gauche et avec des sortes de rouleaux à droite. Le fond est doré et piqueté, avec au milieu de la lettrine une plante avec des feuilles vertes et des fleurs rouges.
La lettrine arrondie, de couleur bleue et verte, est composée de 2 visages souriants et grimaçants, mi homme mi animal, dont l'un de profil et l'autre de face. Un autre visage à droite du cadre, coiffé d'une parure et barbu, sourit lui aussi.

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Feb 5

Feb 5

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

Doing a thing :)

'unch nazis' calligraphed in uncial script in green ink, with a pencil sketched ornate 'P' at the front, and some sketched pencil acanthus corner elements forming part of a border that will frame the text

#MastoArt #Calligraphy #Illumination

**Matthias** @XoMEoX@pixelfed.social · Feb 5

Feb 5

Matthias @XoMEoX@pixelfed.social

#photo #photography #iphone #iphone16pro #iphoneography #art #lamp #light #illumination

#illumination

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Feb 4

Feb 4

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

Two commissions in progress ^.^

My calligraphy commission info is here: https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/111857234489797989 and I can work to your budget

Calligraphed in dark green ink, Blackletter script, with a pencilled box placeholder where there will be an illuminated 'B' to start the first word:-

'(b)ehold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren.'

An edge of a piece of paper showing black ink line art of vines, leaves, and flowers swirling around bars.

#CommissionsOpen #Calligraphy #Illumination

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Jan 31

Jan 31

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

Fin!

A quote from Lord of the Rings calligraphed in green ink insular script and surrounded by a decorative border.

The quote reads,

"I wish it hadn't happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

The border is swirling vines, leaves, and flowers in reds, greens and blues, curling around gold bars, and outlined in sparkly gold.

Close up angled shot showing the detail in the text and the gold ink catching the light.

#CommissionsOpen #Calligraphy #LotR

**Matthias** @XoMEoX@pixelfed.social · Jan 23

Jan 23

Matthias @XoMEoX@pixelfed.social

#photo #photography #iphone #iphone16pro #iphoneography #art #illumination #light

#light

**Unseelie Butts** @welshpixie@mastodon.art · Jan 17

Jan 17

Unseelie Butts @welshpixie@mastodon.art

Finished this fun Red Dwarf commission :D

My hand holding up a piece of A4 paper with illuminated calligraphy on it. The calligraphy, in red ink insular script, is the lyrics to the Red Dwarf theme song. It's framed in a border of red and grey acanthus leaves swirling around gold bars, with grey rocky asteroids in three corners, and the Red Dwarf mining spaceship in the bottom right corner.

Angled view from the corner showing the detail in the spaceship. The spaces between its metal cage-funnel at the front of the ship are filled in black and dotted with stars. The gold paint catches the light.

#Calligraphy #Illumination #MastoArt

**Coach Pāṇini ®** @paninid@mastodon.world · Jan 13

Jan 13

Coach Pāṇini ® @paninid@mastodon.world

#Paramatma, the universal soul or supreme consciousness in #Hindu #philosophy, parallels #Neoplatonism’s concept of “The One”.

In Neoplatonism, emanation from “The One” mirrors the dynamic interplay of prakāśa (#illumination) and vimarśa (#reflection) in Paramādvaita philosophy, emphasizing a cyclical process of outflow and return.

The #Nous is compared to Paramatma but aligns more closely with Hiranyagarbha in Hindu thought due to its subordinate role to the ultimate #FirstPrinciples.

**noco｜Flower Photographer** @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp · Jan 10 *

Jan 10 *

noco｜Flower Photographer @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp

flower heaven.

#photography #nature #art

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