Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique

CHAPTER VII. Page 98 to 105.

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THE ANGLO-SAXON SCHOOL OF MANUSCRIPTS.

The Danish invasions; revival of art under king Alfred; the _Benedictional_ of Aethelwold; signs of Carolingian influence; the Winchester school; St Dunstan as an illuminator; Anglo-Saxon drawings in coloured ink; Roll of St Guthlac; the great beauty of its drawings; Canute as a patron of art; the Norman Conquest.