15th Century Writing Slope - collaborative (2013)
Hi All, I submitted this into the St Florian De La Riviere Baronial Arts and Sciences competition held September 2013. A very fast doco, but served the purpose. 15 th Century Writing Slope Collaborative effort of Earl Sir Edmund of Shotley and Lady Iglesia Delamere Multiple portraits inspired this project including all those shown in this article. Our aim was not to construct a writing slope using period techniques, but to construct a writing slope that had the appearance of the writing slopes of the period and could have been used in period. It was also important for it too look presentable, as it was going to mostly be a show piece (for demo’s etc). Finished look was more important than period techniques in construction. Brief Research and Design Choices From looking at the portraits and research of others I tend to agree that writing slopes in the form we have built probably did not exist until later in the...