by Toni Watts | Mar 17, 2015 | Medieval Manuscripts, Out and About, Recent Work
The Luttrell Psalter is full of imaginative marginalia. Nevertheless, the simple image below remains one of my favourites and is one which I really enjoyed painting. I’m not at all sure about the purpose of the ‘golf clubs’ the shepherds are holding,...
by Toni Watts | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog
There are a wealth of wonderful medieval manuscripts, and, thankfully, increasing digital access to them. I’ll find one that especially attracts me from time to time and post it here. Sometimes they’ll be funny, sometimes thought provoking, sometimes just...
by Toni Watts | Jan 31, 2015 | Recent Work
Here’s a piece I’m working on at the moment, inspired by that wonderful Lincolnshire manuscript, the Luttrell Psalter. The psalter, or book of Psalms, was commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell in the fourteenth century. This manuscript was not the first to...
by Toni Watts | Jan 25, 2015 | Blog, Workshops and demonstrations
I thought I’d just give you a quick update on my latest manuscript workshops. The manuscript illumination ‘taster session’ at the Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle, on March 7th is now fully booked. However, I’m running the same workshop...
by Toni Watts | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
The perils of old age… It’s hard to believe that we are on the verge of a new year already. The latter stages of 2014 were fairly grim. My father (87 years old) fell and sustained a ‘life and limb threatening’ fracture of his thigh bone. He was...
