 Little Fox | ½ of Lauralie | Ravenclaw with a Hufflepuff heart and a Gryffindor soul | #HouseNATARIANA
Clara didn't feel like contributing this time round. She knew exactly what Illuminated Manuscripts were, but the urge to show off or share her knowledge wasn't there as she knew Professor Glendower would tell everyone anyway.
Instead, she wrote down notes, taking from her own knowledge and what other people were adding.
The manuscripts were handwritten, in a time before printing, which was where the word 'manuscripts' actually came from. They were made from a type of parchment know as vellum, made from animals skins that had been stretched and treated. The 'illuminated' part, however, referred to the way the scripts were decorated - often with colours and gold patterns - to aid understanding of the text. Well, that, or to look pretty. Quite fascinating, if you asked her. |