Gregorian Chant

Illuminated Writing

Presented by

Mighty Merlin and Brother Dominic

Middle Ages The Three Estates

• Nobility• Clergy• Everyone else

Religion and Magic

Writing

Stone

Metal

– copper, gold

Papyrus

Writing

• Pictograms• Cuneiform• Sumerians

Writing

• Egyptians• hieroglyphics

Writing

Phoenicians Alphabet

Letters represent sounds

Writing

Greeks

Add vowels

No spaces between words

Middle Ages

Scroll

Codex

The King of Pergamon

Parchment

Making Parchment

Making the Manuscript

Writing

Writing

Seraph

Illumination

Illumination

Decorated Letter

Miniature

Marginalia

Historiated Letter

Gold Leaf - Gilding

The Structure of a Medieval Book

Monks, Scribes and Illuminators

The Rule of Saint BernardMonks and Nuns are Encouraged to use books

Medieval Best Seller

The Book of Hours