Thursday, March 20, 2025

How to craft faux chocolate eggs for your egg tree...

Fake chocolatey eggs, bunnies and flowers adorn these homemade eggs hanging from pussy willow branches.

       These decorated cardboard eggs look good enough to eat! But, don't even try unless your looking for a good excuse to visit the dentist! Read how to craft faux chocolates at the our Easter blog to make some just like these if you wish...

Monday, March 17, 2025

Detail of a Heraldic Design for Coloring

Coloring Page Description: heraldic design, crest, sheild, acanthus, lions, angel harp, crown, knight's helmet

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Spanish Woodcut of The Resurrection of Saints


Coloring Page Description: Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, angels, trumpets, Resurrection  of Christian saints upon the return of Christ. Christ as King

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Crucifixion from St. Gall Gospels Coloring Page

Click to enlarge. This is the crucifixion page from this rare book of codex;
 there are only twelve pages of illustration from these Gospels.


Coloring Page Description: Christ crucified, Roman soldiers, bitter, angelsIrish Bible manuscripts

The St. Gall Gospel Book or Codex Sangallensis 51 is an 8th-century Insular Gospel Book, written either in Ireland or by Irish monks in the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland, where it is now in the Abbey library of St. Gallen as MS 51. It has 134 folios (so 268 pages). Amongst its 12 illustrated pages are a Crucifixion, a Last Judgement, a Chi Rho monogram page, a carpet page, and Evangelist portraits. Read more...
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A Scribe at Work


Coloring Page Description: monastery, scribe, writing, book, patterns, carpet page

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Christ in Glory Coloring Page

Coloring Page Description: on tympanum of doorway of Ely Cathedral, angels, Jesus, Gospels, blessing hand from the second person of the Holy Trinity, two halo types, royal majesty

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Madonna from 1518 Manuscript


Coloring Page Description: adult coloring page, a lovely Madonna from the 1500s, floral frame, flaming halo, rosary, angels, crown with floral motif, woodblock print

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The Gospel of Matthew Carpet Coloring Page

Coloring Page Description: A sample of the Gospel of Matthew carpet page, illuminated coloring page

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Acanthus with Fruit Dish

Coloring Page Description: A plethora of acanthus plus a small fruit dish by comparison by Kathy Grimm enjoy.

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Byzantine Birds Coloring Page


Coloring Page Description: birds and dragons from the Byzantine Age

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Tulips and Hearts Coloring Page


Coloring Page Description: carpet page design, art nouveau, hearts, tulips, daisies

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Thistle Design Coloring Page

Coloring Page Description: carpet page pattern incorporating thistle, stalks and leaves

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