SC - parchment making video available

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to the SCA-Arts and SCA-Cooks lists,

I recieved this message today and thought some of you might be 
interested, so I'm passing this on. While this is off-topic for the
SCA-Cooks list there was some recent discussions there on parchment
and vellum.

Stefan li Rous

> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:08:22 -0500
> To: lkj at acc.umu.se, stefan at florilegium.org, cbbag at web.net, marc at harmatan.co.uk
> From: oosullivan at scriptorium.org (Dr Orlaith O'Sullivan)
> Subject: New Video on Parchment Making
> 
> The Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities is proud to announce the
> chronicling of an age-old process in a new video-
> 
> "The Parchment Makers: An Ancient Art in Present-Day Ethiopia"
> 
> This exciting new video follows the way in which books were created for
> hundreds of years, before the development of the printing press and paper
> revolutionized book-production methods.  It charts the process from start
> to finish as contemporary Ethiopian artist and scribe Meregete Berhane
> Abade works on a text for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. "The
> Parchment-Makers" details the various stages involved in the production of
> a manuscript, from the stretching of an animal hide on a frame through to
> the binding of completed pages into a book.
> 
> The methods shown are much the same as those used by artisans worldwide for
> hundreds of years, and have resulted in the creation of the illuminated
> manuscripts that are today treasures of Western culture. Also featured in
> this 19-minute video are examples of medieval codices, texts, illustration
> and illumination, many of which are highlights from The Van Kampen
> Collection, housed at The Scriptorium.
> 
> The video was written, directed, and filmed in Ethiopia by Dr. Neal Sobania
> (Hope College) and Dr. Raymond A. Silverman (Michigan State University),
> who have been working together to chronicle artistic traditions in Ethiopia
> for over ten years.  The video was produced by The Scriptorium: Center for
> Christian Antiquities in co-operation with Hope College and Michigan State
> University.  It is available for purchase, in either VHS or PAL format, for
> $10 (including tax).
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr Orlaith O'Sullivan
> Curator
> Van Kampen Foundation
> PMB 770
> 101 Washington Street
> Grand Haven, MI 49417
> Phone: 616 847-7220 / 800 333-8373
> Fax: 616 847-7230

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