One of my sons gave me a book for Christmas called “The Bible of Illuminated Letters.” Even though the instructions call for all sorts of hoopla that I’ll probably never do (like mixing your own colors and using gold leaf), it’s a very appealing art form, so I decided to give it a try when I sent him a thank-you note.
The “T” was from the Celtic chapter of the book; there are lots of others to choose from but I decided to start with the easiest.
“Illuminate” means “to make something visible or bright by shining light on it.” The earliest forms of illuminated manuscripts were for religious use in the monasteries of medieval Europe. How fitting to illuminate the words of Him who is our light.
And there will no longer be night;
they have no need for lamplight or sunlight,
because the Lord God will illumine them;
and they will reign forever and ever.
Revelation 22:5
You know what’s going to happen to this post in the morning…
Lynniebeemuseoday 
Illuminate for us, the varieties of calligraphy in the book!
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I’d like to try all of them! Thanks for the idea.
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Maybe he’s just trying to get even for all those home schooling assignments that you gave him? Can gold leaf now be applied these days with a felt-tip pen? I hope you created your remarkable first effort sitting on a high stool at a slanted drafting table wearing a scratchy Benedictine robe. For historical accuracy, of course. 🙂
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I’ll have to ask him if he has ulterior motives for the gift. 😄. I used gold watercolor paint on it, but I also have a couple pens that have gold ink in them. Who needs gold leaf, right? Let’s pretend I was very Benedictine when working on this. No one need know otherwise. Shhh…
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