For U.S. patrons

Bespoke manuscript illumination, made for your story.

A subject, passage, image, or occasion gives the page its starting point.

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Start an illumination inquiry

The process

From your brief to a singular illuminated work.

Each original begins with what you want the page to hold. Your subject, wording, imagery, occasion, and format guide its individual composition.

  1. 01

    Share the idea

    Tell us about a subject, text, reference imagery, occasion, and preferred format in the commission inquiry.

  2. 02

    Shape the composition

    The page is composed for your brief, bringing its words and imagery together as a distinct work.

  3. 03

    Make one original

    The result is a one-of-a-kind illuminated manuscript commission made with gold leaf and tempera.

The materials

Gold leaf and tempera, informed by manuscript tradition.

Real 24-karat gold leaf and historically informed tempera are part of the making of each original, bringing a material connection to the illuminated manuscript tradition.

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Real 24-karat gold leaf

Real 24-karat gold leaf brings luminous detail to the original manuscript composition.

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Historically informed tempera

Historically informed tempera brings color to the work, drawing on the material language of manuscript illumination.

Begin with a brief

What would you like your page to carry?

Share your subject, text, imagery, occasion, and preferred format through the existing commission inquiry form.

Share an illuminated manuscript brief