Medieval Illumination
About Jackie in the SCA
Jackie is a scribe in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in the Middle Kingdom. She began learning illumination art in 2002 with her first scroll to commemorate a friend's wedding. Since then she has created scrolls for the Society at a variety of award levels, as well as for private commissions such as graduations, weddings, stationary, and personal gifts. Jackie teaches several hands-on classes on manuscript art including the Intro to Illumination Art series, 14th Century Manuscripts, and Italian White Vine. Jackie has received several awards within the Society for her teaching and work with illuminated art including the Order of the Willow and the Order of the Evergreen.
Request Your Own Scroll
Personally designed illuminated art is great for weddings, certificates, holiday greeting cards, personalized stationary. These hand crafted pieces make a wonderful gift for a friend or for yourself! If you would like a piece designed especially for you, please contact me by email to discuss your needs. Pieces are priced based on complexity and size, as well as any special materials requested. All art is done on Italian parchment with 23K gold (white or yellow) and Winsor&Newton gouache paints.
See More Examples of Jackie's Illumination
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Purple Fret |
Order of the Cavendish Knot |
Gift to House Kheperu |
Scribal Articles
Scribal Materials
Papyrus paper was a product of the Ancient Mediterranean, first documented in Egypt and then also produced in a number of locations across the region such as Syria and Jordan. It was made from unrolling and then layering strips of the pith of the papyrus plant forming sheets. The paper was then rubbed or pressed smooth with a stone or shell to even out the fibers of the surface nap. The sheets could be used individually, but were most usually glued end to end forming one long continuous sheet called a rotulus or “scroll”. The quality of the papyrus varied, with the lowest, roughest version used for common, everyday applications. » Read more
Red Letter Day
In the Sworn Book of Honorius, the reader is instructed to construct a magical symbol using a number of different colored inks. But what was the scribal significance of the colors? A medieval book was typically written in black ink, and before the 9th century, was block text with little or no spacing between words.
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Skin of a Virgin Kid
During the Middle Ages in Europe, the favored writing material was parchment, made from the skin of animals. Skins of varying qualities and cost were commonly available, and the common form of parchment became specifically defined as being made from the skins of young sheep, goat, or other non-bovine animals.
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How to Create Italian White Vine
The Italian white vine style and script is a product of the Humanist movement in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. The movement began with a group of scholars and intellectuals dedicated to the study of Ancient Rome and Greece, which included the subjects of grammar, logic, rhetoric, history, and philosophy – all of which they believed were the necessary knowledge for a human to truly be free and live as individuals.
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