Living by the Rule ~ Sainsbury Centre

 

we went to see "Living by the Rule: Contemporary Meets Medieval" at the Sainsbury Centre. we honestly weren't there to meet the contemporary, we were there for the very old books and other medieval items and it was incredible for that.

these carvings were from the cloisters at Norwich Cathedral which is somewhere I go quite often so that's really cool.

this book is from the year 700. 700. the book on the right is from the 1300's, also incredibly old!

getting to see hundreds of years old drawings is amazing. and look at that guy showing through the page, just, wow. who is he?

look at these ladybirds! and bees! and that gold leaf! irl it looked almost liquid.

seeing handmade things from so long ago is sort of, I don't know the right word, grounding? reassuring? they drew little creatures, I draw little creatures! they did embroidery, I do embroidery!

getting to see old things is very cool and lovely and this was a great collection.