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A Primer of the Art of Illumination for the Use of Beginners With a rudimentary treatise on the art, practical directions for its exercise, and examples taken from illuminated mss.

Delamotte, F. (Freeman), 1814-1862· 4 chapters· 11,830 words

=_Plates._= Monograms: 7th and 8th centuries i. From the Bible of Charles the Bald, 9th century ii. From a Bible, 12th century iii. Opus Anglicum iv. Hours of S. Louis v. Les Merveilles du Monde, 1409 vi. Chronicles of England, Edward IV. vii. Hours of Henry VII. viii. Hours o...

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3. Part I.

In a work of a merely practical character anything like a critical or historical dissertation on the art of illumination would of course be out of place. The growing or rather r...

4. Part II.

Several obvious reasons combined in mediæval days to make vellum the almost exclusive vehicle for illuminated writing. It was the substance on which most manuscript books were w...

2. PART II.

=_Plates._= Monograms: 7th and 8th centuries i. From the Bible of Charles the Bald, 9th century ii. From a Bible, 12th century iii. Opus Anglicum iv. Hours of S. Louis v. Les Me...

1. PART I.