Ancient Parchment Riddle

Artist's edition print with Celtic art by Denis Brown, 48 x 33 cm, 19" x 13". A traditional yet contemporary rendering of extracts from medieval riddle songs about the making of books from ox-hide. A limited edition of 150 prints. Click here to Order.

 

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Image size, 25 x 35 cm, overall size including a white margin 48 x 33 cm.

Text: Two riddles originally written in a manuscript called the Exeter Book and translated by Craig Williamson from his book 'A Feast of Creatures, Anglo Saxon Riddle Songs'.

The presentation has a Celtic feel without becoming a pastiche. (Traditional work should not be about plagiarizing the past- there is plenty of room for development of an individual style, though this takes years of informed study and practice.) I used a "hybrid" script derived from combining characteristics of Celtic half-uncial with a sympathetic form of italic. The illustrations feature an ox and the book that it becomes. The book displays a "carpet page" (it's practically a flying carpet in itself!), which is actually painted up of multiple details of the cows face from the other illustration.The detail reveals this- click in the picture to see it.

There's a lot of detail in subtle colors relating to the natural tones of the vellum pages- complex celtic spiral patterns were constructed geometrically with compasses, in contrast to the multitude of freehand flourishes, drawn with fast pen strokes, many of which terminate small drawn animal heads.

 

ABOUT THE ARCHIVAL MEDIA

Printed from an Epson 2100 using Epson’s 7-colour UltraChrome ink system at 1440 dpi on Epson acid free watercolor paper, a combination to ensure long lasting quality. Wilhelm Imaging Research (www.wilhelm-research.com), suggest prints using this combination of ink and media will last for over 90 years without appreciable fading , based on indoor display framed under glass. Dark Storage Stability Rating at 73°F/50%RH is indicated to last over 200 years. The detail is super fine at this resolution, being almost 10 times finer than normal commercial printing, so that even under a magnifying glass the prints hold up to very close scrutiny.

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