![]() ![]() It is an extravagant and boldly illuminated work but also delicate in it’s design and use of color and served as a wonderful inspiration for my work. Created between 14, the Ottheinrich Bible ranks among the 100 most beautiful Illuminated manuscripts in the world and is an incredibly important benchmark in art, religion, literature, and history of Europe. In researching historical European manuscripts I stumbled across a scan of the Ottheinrich’s Bible’s opening page. Given the romantic nature of the text, I wanted a soft, dreamy color palette full of pinks and purples for this piece but also one that was rooted in history. ![]() ![]() This sonnet, with its beautiful description of undying love, is arguably one of the world’s most beloved poems and is often read as part of wedding ceremonies or incorporated into marriage vows. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,īut bears it out even to the edge of doom. Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. ![]() That looks on tempests and is never shaken An acanthus leaf border in peaceful hues of green, blue, pink, and purple gracefully trails down a golden column framing one of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 ![]()
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