Nine Gates project - Completed

My thanks goes to Paul Jones who talked me into making this replica and to Jeff Schmidt for his assistance on the graphics aspect. A special thanks goes to Mike Haspil for sharing his years of research into the Nine Gates with me, thus making this replica as accurate as possible.

Weathering the Nine Gates

I got back from work late last night and only managed to weather 2/3rds of one book. Here are some pics of some of the weathered pages:




I haven't weathered the cover yet. Saving that for last.

De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis, or The Nine Gates to the Kingdom of Shadows:

With flash:


Without flash:




The front cover:


The 5 raised bands on the spine:


The pentacle:



The back cover:


The blank flyleaves and title page:


The first woodcut - Silentium est aureum "Silence is golden"


The Porta Secunda woodcut:


The damaged S as pointed out by Fargas to Corso:


The fake 9th woodcut:



These books are still in pristine condition. I will be starting the weathering process for each book soon.