#parchment

trompe-l'œil

illusions of three-dimensionality (trompe-l'œil) in manuscript illuminatons from a codex containing st. jerome's translation of the chronicon of eusebius of caesarea. produced in padua or venice, c. 1480

Sometimes your parchment is imperfect, but you use it anyway. This leaf, from a 13th century verse paraphrase of the Bible written in France, has a large hole that was caused during the processing of the animal skin. Part of the hole was sewn up using thick thread, and then the scribe just wrote around it. (UPenn Ms. Codex 747)

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Book and Quill Computer (Off-The-Grid)

One I teased a little while ago, that I'm just bursting to release - I know you're going to love it!!

When I was making my Police Station, I started with typewriters as the computers - but pretty much all of them had some animation issue that I didn't like; then I changed to book computers and Jane's Parchment computer - and the book computers were worse than the typewriters! So for variety, I decided to adapt Jane's Parchment computer to be a BOOK computer.

Firstly, please ensure you have @janesimsten's Parchment Computer installed - it uses the same animations.

This is Off-The-Grid, and has all the options a normal computer has, but instead of typing and clicking a mouse - the Sim is writing in the book!!!!

Perfect for the Police Station, as they have to keep records, and loads of different things in book format!

You could also imagine they are writing in a journal, or writing their book directly into a book!

I've used a new ink well, a 3d model made by Incg5764 via Sketchfab; the inkwell has four colours, and each colour has a silver or a gold cap; and each version has a swatch with papers under the book, and one without; 16 swatches in total!

I guess that's all to say about it!

Download my Book and Quill Computer for free, via my Patreon!

@janesimsten has been very kind to me, and has helped me with loads of things in the past - so go check her out if you haven't already! She has the BEST things for my historical saves - Regency social rules, beautiful dancing, ballet, lute, harp, harpsichord, cello, FLUTE, FRENCH HORN, CLARANEEETTTTTT (need I go on 🤣) Don't forget to also download the Parchment Computer in order to make the book one function!

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parchment, mother of pearl, watercolor, c. 1760