Illuminated manuscript
I’ve been working on a hand measured, inked, and drawn illuminated manuscript of Cassilda’s song from Chambers’s original book and have just about finished the text. I’m about to start on the illustrations, but the problem is I don’t know what to do. While I am very familiar with the typical medieval border and letter illustrations most commonly found on these types of texts, I want the art to distinctly reflect the source material while simultaneously keeping that style of illustration that make those old manuscripts such a unique art form. So my main question to all you fellow tkiy enthusiasts is do you have any suggestions for how I should incorporate the king in yellow into my manuscript without losing the charm of the artistic stylization of traditional medieval illuminated manuscripts? Other than the colour yellow of course. Keen to hear your ideas.