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    • An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers and liturgical books such as psalters and courtly literature, the practice continued into secular texts from the 13th century onward and typically include procla… See more

    History

    Art historians classify illuminated manuscripts into their historic periods and types, including (but not limited to)
    Other … See more

    Techniques

    Styles and techniques of manuscript illumination varied by region, and there were distinct differences in aspects like color palette, decoration style, and peak periods of output. Certain places like the Celtic regio… See more

    Patrons

    At least in earlier periods, monasteries were the biggest manufacturers of illuminated manuscripts. They produced manuscripts for their own use; heavily illuminated ones tended to be reserved for liturgical us… See more

    Are illuminated manuscripts a Christian tradition?
    The earliest texts were typically religious in nature, including Gospels and Lectionaries. The illuminated manuscript tradition is therefore highly associated with medieval Christian Europe. However, the Islamic courts of medieval Iberia and the later Ottoman Empire had rich traditions of manuscript production and illumination.
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    Gallery

    • Leaf from a Byzantine Psalter and New Testament; 1079; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; sheet: 163 × 109 mm; Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, US)
    • Definitions of Philosophy of David the Invincible; … See more

    Sources

    • Alexander, Jonathan A.G., Medieval Illuminators and their Methods of Work, 1992, Yale UP, ISBN 0300056893
    • Coleman, Joyce, Mark Cruse, and Kathryn A. Smith, eds. The Social Life of Illumination: Manuscript… See more

    External links

    • Thompson, Edward M. (1911). "Illuminated Manuscripts" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). pp. 312–320.
    • Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles (archived 17 September … See more

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