Monday, 15 December 2025

Early Medieval Fish Illumination - Embroidery- waves ⚓


I've gone back to this one again .

I decided to fill in all the lines in between the fish , representing the waves , as on the manuscript illumination .  

I have mentioned before that this is from an 11th century lectionary manuscript illumination from the Abbey de Silos . In the National Library France .


I'm using cotton embroidery thread for these very thin lines . It's going to take a long time stitching them in .
 It must have taken a very long time and a great deal of care for the monk scribe drawing them in with his quill and ink .


                                                                  πŸŒΏπŸ•Š️🌿


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