Gerald's Book, Topographica Hybernica

Gerald's manuscript would have been written on wellem vellem is stretched calf skin. And the stories and recountings of ireland in this book were accompanied by drawings and illustrations by gerald himself, in particular on the margins. He painted these in a style called tinted drawing. It was a really simple way to illustrate manuscripts in the english started it. How gerald would have intended this book to be consumed is he probably would have read it himself in front of royal audiences.