I am going to write it in the perspective of a spanish friar of an undetermined order. The problem is I have no idea; what life was like for a Spanish friar in 1492, or what it was like to cross the ocean to the new world, and I also do not know how they spoke/wrote (latin)(old spanish). I speak Spanish but, am not sure if Spanish from that era is so far removed from modern Spanish, making it illegible to the modern reader. Any reading material or references would be highly appreciated. (idk if this is the correct forum for this.)
Thank you
(this project is for fun)
Something along this style is what I would like to end up with. Everything by hand. Ive already made the book out of leather and canvas pages.
Example of what I am looking for. If anyone knows what types of colors where available and unavailable at that time as I would like to make it as accurate as possible.
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