Comments for S.A. Holt Studios

Comment on Pictures of Eden’s Pelican Scroll, Finally! by Eden

Eden — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:10:35 +0000

My dearest older sister,
You have given me a gift I can never thank you enough for. It is truly a masterpiece. Please, know that my heart sings, my breath catches ever time I look at it through a veil of happy tears. Thank you for your art and for the honor you have shown me.

With my love and service
Eden

Mistress Eden Blacksmith
“Gratias ago vos pro volunteering”

Comment on Illuminating a Dress by admin

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:49:22 +0000

You use a specific type of craft glue. Ailleen’s OK to Washt-It.

Comment on Illuminating a Dress by Melissa R

Melissa R — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:30:21 +0000

Alright, so, I give — how is the gold-leafing washable? Do you have to heat or steam it in place or some such?

Comment on May 2007 King’s Champion SCA Award Scroll by Kellanna

Kellanna — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:36:28 +0000

Great work setting up your site! I don’t have time to make a comment on each post (yet!) but I love your work and will enjoy coming back and looking through your beautiful art! ~Kellanna

Comment on SCA Light of Atenveldt (service award) in Period Materials by Sara

Sara — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:47:06 +0000

This is really lovely! Thanks for posting all your beautiful work.

Are the Bourdichon Hours the same as the Hours of Anne de Bretagne? If so, you can see more of the source manuscript online at the manuscript website of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (which is called Mandragore). Everything’s in French, of course, and I haven’t figured out yet how to reliably bookmark individual pages, but here’s how to navigate to the document:

- Go to http://mandragore.bnf.fr/html/accueil.html
- Click Recherche.
- Under “Manuscrits”, the first line has an input box labeled “Cote” – enter “Latin 9474″ in that box, without the quotation marks.
- Click “Chercher” at the bottom of the screen
- Click “Images”

This will bring up a page from which you can access all the illuminations in the manuscript (almost 400 of them). It’s one of my very favorite manuscripts. Mandragore, in general, is a really fun site to browse, if you can struggle through all the French.

Kind regards,
Sara Penrose, OL
Ansteorra

Comment on SCA Light of Atenveldt (service award) in Period Materials by Susan

Susan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:52:40 +0000

Yes, I have. A couple of friends and I went out in January to see the Limbourg Brothers exhibit (they’re the ones who did “Les Tres Riches Heures” and “Les Belles Heures”. It was FANTASTIC! They Medieval Gallery permanent hall was under construction, so we didn’t get to see the stuff they usually have on display. Oh well, I guess we’ll just have to go back!

Comment on SCA Light of Atenveldt (service award) in Period Materials by Pam

Pam — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:37:34 +0000

Very cool! Have you been to the Getty Museum in LA? They have some of Bourdichon’s work in their collection. They also are running an exhibition of illuminations through May. That’s one place I would love to visit if I ever get out to LA.