Tamburn Bindery: Art and Craft of the Written Word

Step 1: Print it. Step 2: Pen it. Step 3: Paint it. Step 4: Put it together.

If you want to learn some Uncial calligraphy and use it to build your own little illuminated manuscript you can start with Beowulf! This is a great homeschool art and handwriting project to try out before jumping into the full Arthuriad or Psalter projects.

We have about 50 openings left for the April mailing of the Wonder Book Letter Club. You can follow along the story of a girl in medieval Bingen who becomes friends with St. Hildegard, who teachers her all about medieval manuscript art and illumination. Join in by Friday to get your first letter in April!

The Arthuriad subscription is live now; we start sending out the first of the illuminated manuscripts next week! $10 a month, a whole year of illuminated Arthurian stories plus medieval art tutorials in 3 different styles: Celtic, Romanesque, and Gothic.

The Arthuriad subscription is live now; we start sending out the first of the illuminated manuscripts next week! $10 a month, a whole year of illuminated Arthurian stories plus medieval art tutorials in 3 different styles: Celtic, Romanesque, and Gothic.

Fancy trying your hand at making a medieval illumination? Grab the free PDF of this printable Camelot coloring page at the Tamburn Manor Arthuriad site:

If painting and assembling your own Arthurian illuminated manuscripts is still a bit too advanced for your kids, we've got something for them too. Check out the Wonder Book Letters - our monthly snail-mail club with some illuminated goodness for all ages!

Homeschooling like Alfred the Great... I was captivated by illuminated manuscripts when I was a kid, so now my work is all about making this beautiful world of art and legend accessible to my kids and others - young ones need to engage in handiwork that is valuable and significant, and they need to imagine a world full of valor and beauty, for they will be the ones to make it! Today is the last day to join the project:

When you're coloring in your Arthurian stories, you'll see some little puzzles and typically medieval touches, like a Latin inscription for the Sword in the Stone page taken from the classical poet Aeschylus: "The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance." Last 48 hours to reserve yours!

We're starting with the Irish style for our Arthuriad project with the kids - helping them make their own epic collection of illuminated stories. Whether you want to make the whole books with us, or just get cool coloring pages every month, there's still a couple of days left to lock in!

Do you devour tales of knights, quests, and magic? Do you light up when painting or coloring epic scenes? Crave the glowing allure of ancient illuminated manuscripts? If yes, you're going to want to check out Arthuriad!

Make this year stand out; join us and make something epic! $20 a month for 2026 - learn Latin, learn traditional art and scribal styles, learn bookbinding, and put it all together for an heirloom quality project.

A little pocket Psalm book. If you want to see the whole build and get the free printable file to make your own, all the info is in the video description on Youtube:

We're 15 Psalms in - 10% of the way through the Psalter. I wanted to show off the 9-year-old's work on the first signature; she is absolutely crushing it!