
Turning the Pages of an Old Book
What I learned from handling a painted manuscript, and what a scribe’s day was like.

November 5, 2026 · 7 min
How I imagined a church carved down into the rock, and what I borrowed from real stonework.
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A research letter every Monday: a source, a map, a decision and a page I threw away.

What I learned from handling a painted manuscript, and what a scribe’s day was like.