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Understanding illuminated manuscripts : a guide to technical terms / Michelle P. Brown ; revised by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale and Nancy K. Turner.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Looking atPublisher: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018Edition: 2nd ed. ; revised editionDescription: ix, 118 pages : illustrations (colour), facsimiles ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781606065785
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.67 23
LOC classification:
  • ND2889 .B76 2018
Summary: What is historiated initial? What are canon tablets? What is a drollery? This revised edition - part of the popular Looking At series - offers concise definitions of many elements of illuminated manuscripts, demystifying the techniques, processes, materials, terminology, and styles used in the making of these precious books.
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions 2019 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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First edition 1994.

Includes bibliographical references.

What is historiated initial? What are canon tablets? What is a drollery? This revised edition - part of the popular Looking At series - offers concise definitions of many elements of illuminated manuscripts, demystifying the techniques, processes, materials, terminology, and styles used in the making of these precious books.

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