Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms

by Michelle P. Brown

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What is a florilegium? What is an incipit? What is batarde script? This book--part of the Museum's popular Looking at series--offers definitions of these and numerous other techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format. With numerous illustrations, many of them in color,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0892362170

ISBN13:9780892362172

Release Date:July 1994

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:128 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography Calligraphy Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions Decorative Arts Decorative Arts & Design Education & Reference Graphic Design History & Criticism Illuminations

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