 Unforgivably Cursed | adultescent
Nessa watched as students began passing around the examples and gathering their supplies. They had some pretty good thoughts about the questions she had posed to them as well. "You all have about the right idea in regards to why the gold and silver was applied to the illustrations," she smiled at those that ventured a guess. "They were meant to add something special to the books. Many of the original books were religious in nature and it was in reverence to a higher power." And though the metals weren't especially included for endurance, she really liked Cutty's theory. She hadn't heard that before, but it was an insightful connection that she'd have to give more thought.
But no one had really stumbled on why they were so well-preserved. "Here's a fun fact, everyone," she began as they continued to get ready for the next part of the lesson. "These books were created during the Middle Ages, also known as the Dark Ages. It was a time when literacy rates were somewhere between 10 and 25%. Most of the population couldn't read, even the people writing these books. They simply copied the letters and words from an original manuscript. And many of the people who owned these Illuminated Manuscripts were illiterate themselves, so they were simply displayed and not handled." Which is a big part of why they survived so well. "Why do you think people who could not read them would still want to own one?"
Once she saw that most of them were able to get the supplies needed, she turned to address the class again. "After you have all the things I asked you to collect, it will be time to create your book!" Super exciting. "First you will take each piece of parchment, fold it in half, then fold it in half again. This is called the signature." She demonstrated with a piece of parchment herself. "Once you have all of them folded, you will stack them neatly together and glue the end into the spine of your book cover, using the spell Adhero." That would be the middle. She had a few pieces all ready to go and she demonstrated this step as well, casting the spell as she drew a line down the spine of the book cover with her wand.
"Next, take your decorative papers and fold those in half. Take one, glue half of it to the inside cover and the other half to the first page, again using Adhero. This will make sure the book pages and the cover are all nice and secure and won't easily fall apart." Again she demonstrated by drawing a line on the inside cover and first page with her wand, and casting Adhero before pressing the decorative paper to the inside book surfaces. "And then you will do the same for the inside back." Once they were finished assembling, then they could work on the illustrating part. "If you have any questions to this point, let me know. I'll be walking around to make sure everyone is doing alright.."
__________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________
ended like a moth in flames______________________
______________________don't you worry I'll be fine
_________________________________________________you were good for the plot line |