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Location art for The Matter of Being
Support our Kickstarter for more surreal art like this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmob/the-matter-of-being
You can even design a location for me to draw. :)
#indiedev #indiegame #MastoArt #Kickstarter #indieGames #art #surreal #surrealLandscape #visualnovel #vn #tmob #TheMatterofBeing #Weatherfactory #CultistSimulator #BookofHours
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All the Saints in the Book of Hours by Jean Colombe
Located in the 15th-century Christian prayer book Heurs of Louis de Laval is a set of eye-catching imagery. This was the work of French miniature painter and illuminator of manuscripts Jean Colombe (1430-1493).
Considering yellow is our favourite colour, the many and layered golden arches disappearing into the back of the artwork is incredibly precise. Away from the religious overtones (as we’re not religious), it’s just very appealing. Modern, yet so very historic, all at once. Thusly! Let’s explore this a little further.
The Rich Religious Iconography of All the Saints
Jean Colombe is famous for works such as Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (circa 1412), intricate illuminated manuscripts.
But it’s the yellow images we’re focussing in on, which appeared in 1480’s Heurs of Louis de Laval, which you can see in the facsimile copy below.
This work is astonishing, really, with some 1,200 miniature paintings spread across 700 pages, which are now safely ensconced in the Bibliothèque nationale de France museum in Paris.
An illuminated manuscript was formally prepared, with all the fancy Medieval style font flourishes and the like. Colombe didn’t do everything in Heurs of Louis de Laval by himself, but he did contribute most of the work. What’s carried through to the modern day are two striking images, male and female saints.
The theme seems to be the collective splendour amongst the holy, with the many Saints sprawling back into the background so their various halo merge into one; as if that is god almighty itself as an entity.
From a modern eye (especially if you’re as irreverent as we are), there’s a comical element. Everyone crowded together, smirking, showing off their halos.
But we also just love the layered approach to the halos tapering off toward the back. Like a wave of spiritual delights, eh?
A Little Bit About Books of Hours and Jean Colombe
Again, these are small miniatures in the work, quite removed from some of the more grandiose pieces from the Middle Ages. The intricacies carried through the generations ahead, as by the 17th century French Beauvais Manufactory historic tapestry factory pelting out fantastic works.
You can see some of those in the excellent Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series by Charissa Bremer-David.
However, we should note books of hours were a lot different to a tapestry. Here’s someone who actually knows what they’re on about to inform you.
Heurs of Louis de Laval was commissioned circa 1470 by Louis de Laval, Lord of Châtillon, and the work was wrapped up circa 1489. Yes, then, this thing took over a decade to complete.
Jean Colombe was the most distinguished French illuminator of his era, so most of the work was led by his direction. Asides from these books of hours, he worked on chronicles of Christian Crusades, plus assisted other illuminators with finishing their pieces.
Other than this, there’s not much more information about who he was as a person. All that’s left is his rather exquisite art, with All the Saints seemingly custom made for yellow obsessed bloggers many centuries later.
#AllTheSaints #Art #artHistory #Artistic #BookOfHours #History #Iconography #illuminatedManuscripts #JeanColombe #Lifestyle #painting #Religion #TheHoursOfLouisDeLaval -
All the Saints in the Book of Hours by Jean Colombe
Located in the 15th-century Christian prayer book Heurs of Louis de Laval is a set of eye-catching imagery. This was the work of French miniature painter and illuminator of manuscripts Jean Colombe (1430-1493).
Considering yellow is our favourite colour, the many and layered golden arches disappearing into the back of the artwork is incredibly precise. Away from the religious overtones (as we’re not religious), it’s just very appealing. Modern, yet so very historic, all at once. Thusly! Let’s explore this a little further.
The Rich Religious Iconography of All the Saints
Jean Colombe is famous for works such as Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (circa 1412), intricate illuminated manuscripts.
But it’s the yellow images we’re focussing in on, which appeared in 1480’s Heurs of Louis de Laval, which you can see in the facsimile copy below.
This work is astonishing, really, with some 1,200 miniature paintings spread across 700 pages, which are now safely ensconced in the Bibliothèque nationale de France museum in Paris.
An illuminated manuscript was formally prepared, with all the fancy Medieval style font flourishes and the like. Colombe didn’t do everything in Heurs of Louis de Laval by himself, but he did contribute most of the work. What’s carried through to the modern day are two striking images, male and female saints.
The theme seems to be the collective splendour amongst the holy, with the many Saints sprawling back into the background so their various halo merge into one; as if that is god almighty itself as an entity.
From a modern eye (especially if you’re as irreverent as we are), there’s a comical element. Everyone crowded together, smirking, showing off their halos.
But we also just love the layered approach to the halos tapering off toward the back. Like a wave of spiritual delights, eh?
A Little Bit About Books of Hours and Jean Colombe
Again, these are small miniatures in the work, quite removed from some of the more grandiose pieces from the Middle Ages. The intricacies carried through the generations ahead, as by the 17th century French Beauvais Manufactory historic tapestry factory pelting out fantastic works.
You can see some of those in the excellent Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series by Charissa Bremer-David.
However, we should note books of hours were a lot different to a tapestry. Here’s someone who actually knows what they’re on about to inform you.
Heurs of Louis de Laval was commissioned circa 1470 by Louis de Laval, Lord of Châtillon, and the work was wrapped up circa 1489. Yes, then, this thing took over a decade to complete.
Jean Colombe was the most distinguished French illuminator of his era, so most of the work was led by his direction. Asides from these books of hours, he worked on chronicles of Christian Crusades, plus assisted other illuminators with finishing their pieces.
Other than this, there’s not much more information about who he was as a person. All that’s left is his rather exquisite art, with All the Saints seemingly custom made for yellow obsessed bloggers many centuries later.
#AllTheSaints #Art #artHistory #Artistic #BookOfHours #History #Iconography #illuminatedManuscripts #JeanColombe #Lifestyle #painting #Religion #TheHoursOfLouisDeLaval -
I wrote an article about character design for our narrative stzrategy game! Let me know what you think! :D
https://www.commonlogic.co/2026/07/23/whats-the-deal-with-character-design/
#tmob #mastoart #mastoartist #article #TheMatterofBeing #indieGame #indiedev #gamedev #visualnovel #weatherfactory #cultistSimulator #bookofhours #characterDesign
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The Kickstarter for The Matter of Being (our occult visual novel strategy game) is now live!
I'm the art director/main artist for this project, so please support it, if you want to help me continue making art!! 😤 🙏
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmob/the-matter-of-being
We also have a demo on Steam, so you can get an idea of the project!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3869880/The_Matter_of_Being/
#tmob #TheMatterOfBeing #cultistSimulator #weatherfactory #bookofhours #indiedev #indiegame #mastoartist #kickstarter
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New #BookOfHours added to CoKL, @labnf Lat 922. Pretty 15th C Gothic in pink, blue and gold
https://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/914
Highly localized to Poitiers, including dedication of the cathedral on Oct 17 (not even in Grotefend), and unusual "Earliest Pentecost" on May 15.
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New #BookOfHours added to CoKL, @labnf Lat 922. Pretty 15th C Gothic in pink, blue and gold
https://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/914
Highly localized to Poitiers, including dedication of the cathedral on Oct 17 (not even in Grotefend), and unusual "Earliest Pentecost" on May 15.
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Secret Histories universe feels too complex for me, but gosh, I love the atmosphere of Book of Hours. The music, the title texts, the handdrawn details. It is such a comfy, beautiful game, and I doubt that any 3D realistic design would achieve that for me.
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Secret Histories universe feels too complex for me, but gosh, I love the atmosphere of Book of Hours. The music, the title texts, the handdrawn details. It is such a comfy, beautiful game, and I doubt that any 3D realistic design would achieve that for me.
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I recently finished reading Richard Wollheim's "Painting As An Art".
I found much of it stimulating in the close attention paid to particular pictures and thought provoking with regard to his theory of "seeing in" as the way to understand our perception of paintings.
On the other hand, his use of psychoanalytic theory left me with questions.
Surprisingly, his use of this theory reminded of some recent reading of mine in evolutionary psychology. Both Wollheim and the evolutionary psychologists stress the significance of a common human nature and are inclined to downplay the importance of systems of symbols or culture in general.
I do think that a substantive concept of human nature makes sense, and I am open to the possibility of evolutionary psychology and psychoanalytical theory contributing to an understanding of of human nature.
Altogether less agreeable to me is the tendency of these theories to smuggle in a social ontology in which culture is merely the creation of atomized individuals. One can believe in the evolved nature of the mind and allow for the possibility of certain kinds of psychic forces at work in the individual without denying the importance, still less the existence, of social facts. Thinking about languages as at once learned and used by individuals but also existing as entities external to those individuals is helpful here.
Image: The Construction of the Tower of Babel -- Folio xvii, The Bedford Book of Hours -- 1423 - 30 - The British Library.
#Wollheim #RichardWollheim #PaintingAsAnArt #EvolutionaryPsychology #Psychoanalysis #SocialOntology #Art #Philosophy #IlluminatedManuscript #BookOfHours #BedfordBBookOfHours #15thCenturyArt #TowerOfBabel
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I recently finished reading Richard Wollheim's "Painting As An Art".
I found much of it stimulating in the close attention paid to particular pictures and thought provoking with regard to his theory of "seeing in" as the way to understand our perception of paintings.
On the other hand, his use of psychoanalytic theory left me with questions.
Surprisingly, his use of this theory reminded of some recent reading of mine in evolutionary psychology. Both Wollheim and the evolutionary psychologists stress the significance of a common human nature and are inclined to downplay the importance of systems of symbols or culture in general.
I do think that a substantive concept of human nature makes sense, and I am open to the possibility of evolutionary psychology and psychoanalytical theory contributing to an understanding of of human nature.
Altogether less agreeable to me is the tendency of these theories to smuggle in a social ontology in which culture is merely the creation of atomized individuals. One can believe in the evolved nature of the mind and allow for the possibility of certain kinds of psychic forces at work in the individual without denying the importance, still less the existence, of social facts. Thinking about languages as at once learned and used by individuals but also existing as entities external to those individuals is helpful here.
Image: The Construction of the Tower of Babel -- Folio xvii, The Bedford Book of Hours -- 1423 - 30 - The British Library.
#Wollheim #RichardWollheim #PaintingAsAnArt #EvolutionaryPsychology #Psychoanalysis #SocialOntology #Art #Philosophy #IlluminatedManuscript #BookOfHours #BedfordBBookOfHours #15thCenturyArt #TowerOfBabel
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Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!
I wonder if this cute critter could have been an inspiration for the Bile Demon from Dungeon Keeper or the Oracle Envoy from Elden Ring.
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Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!
I wonder if this cute critter could have been an inspiration for the Bile Demon from Dungeon Keeper or the Oracle Envoy from Elden Ring.
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BOOK OF HOURS en français grâce au mod de Wareita ! Windows et Linux, Steam et GoG [FR-Linux]
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#BookOfHours maybe stick to finding links that match the search terms, google
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#BookOfHours maybe stick to finding links that match the search terms, google
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My favourite tune from #BookOfHours sound track is Sea Holly. To me it suggests ineffable mystery and feels very fitting for the theme of the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oNxC9MKKuo&list=OLAK5uy_lajz8KsT1rwMQC6eP88WluFRcoD2Akz6s&index=15
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My favourite tune from #BookOfHours sound track is Sea Holly. To me it suggests ineffable mystery and feels very fitting for the theme of the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oNxC9MKKuo&list=OLAK5uy_lajz8KsT1rwMQC6eP88WluFRcoD2Akz6s&index=15
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I’m starting to get the hang of how to do things in #BookOfHours, but I’m still missing one key ability: How to make more ink. The game takes place in early 20th century, so enlarging your hoard of books involves a lot of letter-writing. I’m beginning to suspect that the single vial you start with was supposed to be used to order more. But on the other hand, the game doesn’t seem to have a failure state, so there’s probably an another way. I have a small garden, but no relevant skills.
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#BookOfHours is from the same software company that made the Cultist Simulator. While imminent doom is a key mechanic in the latter, the former is much more laid-back. You find yourself on the beach, apparently a survivor from a shipwreck. You establish yourself in the village and begin settling into the old manor at the tip of the peninsula. I haven't gotten into the occult yet, but I expect it's coming.
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#BookOfHours is from the same software company that made the Cultist Simulator. While imminent doom is a key mechanic in the latter, the former is much more laid-back. You find yourself on the beach, apparently a survivor from a shipwreck. You establish yourself in the village and begin settling into the old manor at the tip of the peninsula. I haven't gotten into the occult yet, but I expect it's coming.
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@benmcramer
I never needed DataView until I started trying to use Obsidian to track my information and progress in #BookOfHours and it became invaluably useful. -
@benmcramer
I never needed DataView until I started trying to use Obsidian to track my information and progress in #BookOfHours and it became invaluably useful. -
Does any one of you have “Cultist Simulator” and/or “BOOK OF HOURS” on Steam and would be willing to give me their cards? I’m only missing a few of them.
Boost appreciated.
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Est-ce qu’il y a des personnes parmi vous qui ont « Cultist Simulator » et/ou « BOOK OF HOURS » sur Steam et qui ne sont prêt·e·s à se débarrasser de leurs cartes ? Ils ne m’en manquent que quelques unes.
Partage apprécié !
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People who have played to “Cultist Simulator” and/or “BOOK OF HOURS”, what would you say is your primary aspect?
It’s in two poll because Mastodon doesn’t let me set a poll with ten options. Please, vote only one.
2/2
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People who have played to “Cultist Simulator” and/or “BOOK OF HOURS”, what would you say is your primary aspect?
It’s in two poll because Mastodon doesn’t let me set a poll with ten options. Please, vote only one.
1/2
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Another miniature #BookOfHours from the Houghton, 2020HEM-78, was uploaded to #CoKL today
https://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/879
More interesting miniatures than interesting saints, except an unidentified Bishop A(g)nastasius on Feb 1 (below)
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons @bookhistodons -
Another miniature #BookOfHours from the Houghton, 2020HEM-78, was uploaded to #CoKL today
https://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/879
More interesting miniatures than interesting saints, except an unidentified Bishop A(g)nastasius on Feb 1 (below)
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodons @bookhistodons -
Medieval Manuscripts: The Book of Hours of Lorenzo de’ Medici https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/medieval-manuscripts-the-book-of-hours-of-lorenzo-de-medici/ #BookofHours #medievalmanuscripts
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Medieval Manuscripts: The Book of Hours of Lorenzo de’ Medici https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/medieval-manuscripts-the-book-of-hours-of-lorenzo-de-medici/ #BookofHours #medievalmanuscripts
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Write your own story in the style of the Middle Ages! 🖋️ Our Book of Hours notebooks bring medieval elegance to your daily notes. ✨ https://www.redbubble.com/people/medievalists/shop?artistUserName=Medievalists&collections=4144217&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant #BookOfHours #HistoryLovers #NotebookLovers #Medieval
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Write your own story in the style of the Middle Ages! 🖋️ Our Book of Hours notebooks bring medieval elegance to your daily notes. ✨ https://www.redbubble.com/people/medievalists/shop?artistUserName=Medievalists&collections=4144217&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant #BookOfHours #HistoryLovers #NotebookLovers #Medieval
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#39 - On débloque de nouveaux livres à lire ! - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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#38 - Hiver et Calendrier de l'Avent - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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#37 - Tout n'est pas encore catalogué - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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#36 - Encore plus de salles ! - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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#35 - Et si on enfermait la Peste - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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#34 - Fabriquons nos propres Souvenirs - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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Dr. Aubière: “Tell me about your dream. The dream of the stair.”
Me: “It’s not the worst. But it’s not much fun.”
Dr. Aubière: “Which is the worst?”
Me: “The dream of the wood. I don’t like the dark.”
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Weather Factory announced that their third game’s working title is “the name of a beloved book from the Secret Histories”.
Which one do you think is the more likely?
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#33 - Pleins de petites leçons à améliorer - BOOK OF HOURS [FR]
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I should be coding on my spare time project, but the #HouseOfLight DLC for #BookOfHours is just too good.
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CW: (Minor) Book of Hours spoilers
I can't tell if being a #gamedev is helping or hindering my enjoyment while #gaming...
(Yes, I really did just organize my notes for #BookOfHours by putting them into an sqlite database...)
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The latest #BookOfHours has been uploaded to #CoKLdb, Houghton 2020HEM-56. This _tiny_ manuscript was a challenge to work on, but quite lovely in its way. It's from mid 15th C Milan
https://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/871@bookhistodons @medievodons #medieval #Medievodons
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One can only descend again, and hope... 😉
Cheers for the encouragement! It's been a learning curve so far, but love the meta way observations and increased understanding of the cards, story and game's mechanics mirrors the in-game #CultistSimulator world - really captures the vibe of slowly uncovering hidden knowledge, etc.
Re: #BookOfHours - I almost picked it up, then learned of this and decided to go chronological... I'll def check it out though, so thanks for the recommend!
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@imalcolm
That's the spirit!
One by one, the layers shall peel back, and lid after lid shall open before your eyes, peering through the skein of the real into the Real.Also, if you enjoy #CultistSimulator, you're likely to love #BookOfHours which is a lot lower-pressure and fail-case-resistant but even more delightfully abstruse.
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New #BookOfHours added: #Houghton library 2020HEM-50, from c. 1450-75 Italy. Like the rest of Emerson donation it's SUPER tiny. This was rebound poorly, and out of order in the late 19th C(see below), but appears complete. The calendar is sparse, with only 106 entries, and some errors. Interesting is a trio of date corrections, one each in Jan, Feb, and April, using marginal letters
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons
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@thegamerstavern
I am still totally immersed in #BookOfHours as I get steeped in its lore and challenges in anticipation of its upcoming expansion release. -
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The Book of Hours and the Body Somaesthetics, Posthumanism, and the Uncanny
This book explores our corporeal connections to the past by considering what three theoretical approaches - somaesthetics, posthumanism, and the uncanny - may reveal about both premodern and postmodern terms of embodiment.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Book-of-Hours-and-the-Body-Somaesthetics-Posthumanism-and-the-Uncanny/Lindquist/p/book/9780367504526
#BookOfHours #ArtHistory #MedievalHistory
