As Josh closes in on the last pages of the manuscript (and I fall further and further behind him with my work), I thought you might like to see a recent rough-out page he produced, to fine tune the spacing before committing to parchment. Here’s ten versions of it thru various ‘lenses’.
About 4 months ago Josh and I decided to create our own illuminated manuscript of Megillat Esther, the biblical book that is read on the holiday of Purim. This and the Pesach seder are the Jewish books most commonly illustrated and artistically embellished. Josh and I decided we were ready for the challenge.
Josh is doing the Hebrew calligraphy, and I'm doing the illustrations and illumination. Not surprisingly, Josh is forging ahead much faster than me. Here is a sampling of what we've accomplished...
