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Official Grail Diary Pages
For those wishing to create a Grail Diary that actually looks like something that would be used by Henry Jones Sr, you may want to copy as much of the the actual prop pages as you can. One option is to watch the Last Crusade and take detailed notes on the few fleeting glimpses of the inside of the Grail Diary. And this is exactly what many prop replicator diehards have done. Unfortunately, only a few pages are "shown" and you don't get to see them in "hi res". But luckily for the neurotic Lucas film enthusiasts out there, there a few close ups available.
Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives
Author: Mark Cotta Vaz
Hardcover: 208 pages
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1st Ed. edition (January 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811809722
ISBN-13: 978-0811809726
Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.2 x 1 inches [Hardcover]
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches [Paperback]
Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives show 14 shots (28 pages) of the Grail Diary prop used in the Last Crusade.
This book shows 14 sets (left and right page) of what found in one of the Grail Diaries. It is important to note that several Grail Diary props were produced for the movie and that the page order differs in each. It is also believed that some of the pages found in the b-props were not present in the A-prop (hero prop).
There are concerns that the diary used in in Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives (assuming that all the pages show are from a single diary) may not share the exact page order as the "hero prop" used in the movie. Above, you can see that this Lucasfilm Archives page does not match up with the page seen in the movie. This means that the movie used a different diary or different signature/page within the same diary for that scene.
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There is also mention that the Lucasfilm Archives diary was created after completion of the film.
Grail Diary Sets
The following are from Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives, which makes them "Official Pages."
Set 1 - Venice Stained Glass Window Set
Set 2 - "X Marks the Spot"/Venice Library Set
Set 3 - "The path of the Grail..."/Lycurgus & "Drawing I have made..."/Falling Rocks Set
Set 4 - "It is possible..." & Map of the Mountain Road Set
Set 5 - "What better place than..." & "The Grail is flooded..."/Silverback Dollar Set
Set 6 - "God is love" & Dead Sea Map Set
Set 7 - The Three Trials Set
Set 8 - "This very quick sketch map..."/Obstacle & Cruciform Scrap Set
Set 9 - "In the queste..."/"Grail Mass"/Stalban/St. Alban & Omphalos
Set 10 - Drinking Stag/Blue Stag & Christ Stained Glass Window/Top of Window Set
Set 11 - Two Kneeling Knights & Knight Rubbing (Maltese Symbol) AKA Knights of the Quest Set
Set 12 - Columns/Takt-i-Taqdis & Sainte Chapelle Set
Set 13 - Roman numerals from bottom of Venice window & Wilderness of the Wanderings Set
Set 14 - "The only really significant" with large cup/Knight with Cup & Window/Melchizadek Set
Other Pages
There are believed to be at least 10 B-prop Grail Diaries made for the film. These have differing page orders and can even contain pages not found in the A-prop "Hero Diary".
Unique pages found in the B-prop Grail Diaries include.
Gulf of Akabah (photocopied) page
Robert the Boron page
1905 map page
Black Stone Floorplan
Rock Slide page
Leap of Faith spread
One of the B-prop versions of the ''it is possible to see behind'' page is placed on the right side of the spread, where as it is found on the left side in the A-prop.
The A-prop (Hero prop) and several of the B-prop diaries used 100grams smooth Ivory paper.
Some of the B-prop diaries had different paper with vertical lined texture. One such diary is in the possession of a Swede (Isberg collection) and another is believed to be in the possession of Keir Lusby, the creator of the Grail Diaries used in the film.
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The Sword and Scroll Page
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Gulf of Aqaba/1905 B prop Map Doublespread
The page on the far left is the same map from which most of the diary maps are based, but with handwritten text on top of the printed map.
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The map show on the right hand side of the right spread above is a purely hand-drawn addition to the left hand side map in the left spread above. When the two pages are put together they make quite a nice spread. Below is a digital reconstruction of what this would look like. Note that this particular page only appears in "B" props and is not present at all in the hero "A" prop diary.
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God Is Love/Iron Cross Page
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God is Love 2/Queen with grail "Garden of earthly delights"
The page on the right is the companion page to the "God Is Love" page. This particular page only appears once in any prop diary as it was printed on the back of the Venice Stained glass window spread (along with the "God Is Love" page).
If you look closely, you will notice that the top of the left chalice goes into the spine, and that line comes out on the left side of the "God Is Love" page.
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Tom of TomSpinaDesigns photos above? COW 15949
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The LEFT half of the Dead Sea Map & Takt-i-taqdis Map
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Note how this version of "The path of the grail" differs from Set 3 above.
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"For here we have..."
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Note that this text matches the text in the in the Leap of the Lion's Head insert
Map of No Names Hero Prop
This Map of No Names page became an insert half way through the film (in actuality, one of the pages is stitched to the book, and another was made as an insert). This is the very same insert that is folded up in Set 9 - Grail Mass & Omphalos above.
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de Borron set & "It is possible..."
DeBorran is not found in the hero prop
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Venice Knight & Leap of Lion's Head (Single)
COW 18221 - seems like some original images were hidden or removed from this thread.
"In the queste..."/"Grail Mass"/Stalban/St. Alban & Map of the Mountain Road
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right page Matthews page 28
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Note that the text in right page above (the page that is mostly cut off) appears to match the text in the in the Leap of the Lion's Head insert
"For here we have..."
"Even the twelve..."
"The vessel suspended..."
"The only really significant" with large cup/Knight with Cup & Iron Cross
Note textured paper
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"Only at certain times..." & Cross Fragment
Note textured paper
Venice Knight & Leap from the Lion's Head Insert
Note textured paper
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade DVD
The extra features on the DVD set include images of the diary.
the Venice spread back has the 'god is love' page and the 'queen
of earthly delights' page
the 3 trials spread back is ''rock slide'' and ''lycargus'' page
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Comic Con Diary Display
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The above images are in order per the Comic Con demonstration video shown above. When the fold out map is shown, you can clearly see "19 of 100" above it in the video, suggesting that there are 100 slides. You can see a thumbnail of the fold out map, which is also the 19th thumbnail reading left to right, top row to bottom row.
The first 19 slides above are unique slides shown in order (at least per the IPad order). This is followed by a thumbnail screen where the Brandon Alinger of prop store selected an earlier slide and repeats 6 slides starting from number 19 (fold out map).
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We get a glimpse of the de Borron set/Four Knights page on the back of these old computer game boxes.
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Other Real Grail Diaries
There are actually several Grail Diary props that were used in the filming of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Lucasfilm Collection
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It is believed that they have the original "hero" prop.
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previously found at flickr.com/photos/binary88/sets/72157601692648017
A very disappointing video with a glimpse of the Diary prop found at youtubecGKdgb8-IxbI (0:39)
Other archive photos at:
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Williams Collections
www.bedlum.net prior to 2003
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Williams Collections 2
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Holy Grail 2002 09 bedlum.net 2002 07 bedlum.net
man from Sweden
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He also has a Grail propworld.nu ID=43
Stuwil
I have contacted Stuwil and he states that he no longer has the diary or images of it.
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Keir Lusby
Original Grail Diary prop maker. He has a copy.
www.keirlusby.com/film/f08_2.htm
Christies
Sale 8978
12 December 2000
London, South Kensington
Lot Description
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, 1989
A rare prop facsimile manuscript book known as the 'Grail Diary', approximately one hundred and fourteen pages, of which twelve blank, 8°, bound in calf leather, pages and cover edges deliberately rubbed and aged, contained within the pages of the book a prop train ticket Pacific Electric Ry. Cash Fare and Joint Ticket and a prop U.S. dollar bill attached to one of the pages, the book secured with a black elastic tie -- made for the 1989 Paramount/Lucasfilm production Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade; accompanied by a ticket Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Cast and Crew Screening, 14th May, 1989, Odeon, Leicester Square; a black and white print of a signed publicity photograph of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones (signature printed) -- 6½x5in. (16.6x12.7cm.); a black and white photograph of Sean Connery as Dr. Henry Jones -- 5½x4½in. (14x11.5cm.); and two documents concerning the provenance (a lot)
Lot Notes
The plot, in this the last in the trilogy of Indiana Jones films, centres on the search for the Holy Grail, the most sought after Christian relic. Dr. Henry Jones, Indiana's father, has devoted his life to seeking out the relic, and his diary is central to the plot. The diary contains intricate drawings, notes, data, maps and descriptions of obstacles that will bar the seekers way, the culmination of years of research, which are clues to the whereabouts of the Holy Grail, which is hidden in a lost temple. Indiana is drawn into the search when his father mysteriously disappears and all he has to go on is his father's 'Grail' diary.
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We get a small view of the Grail Diary opened to the 3 trials page (bottom right corner of C-3PO image). This suggests that there are 2 blue train tickets.
High-tech hokum is changing the way movies are made.
Author: Richard Wolkomir
Photographer(s)/Illustrator: Michael Freeman (Photos)
Edition/Format: Article : English
Publication: Smithsonian, v. 21 (October 1990)
Pages: 112-125
Abstract: For the past 15 years, artists at San Rafael, California-based LucasArts Entertainment's visual-effects division, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), have been innovators in the field of special effects. ILM has produced spectacular visual effects for more than 50 films and has attracted more business than its five major competitors combined. Established in 1975 when George Lucas began work on Star Wars, ILM continues to design increasingly sophisticated and imaginative effects. Their creation begins in the ILM art department, which develops the initial storyboards that guide other ILM artists and technicians in the often complex production of background paintings, creatures, models, and film images. Increasingly, computer graphics artists at ILM are using their talents to produce unprecedented digitized images. Several ILM special effects are discussed.
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The Bprop diaries differ from the "hero" diary.
these pages do not appear in the hero prop
the gulf of akabah (photocopied) page
the Robert the boron page
the I found this map 1905 page
the Black stone floorplan
the rock slide page
the leap of faith spread
Some B-props have 11 blank pages, while some have 14 blank. Some of the B-props have the blank pages randomly throughout the diary and not just towards the end of the diary.
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