The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times

15th CENTURY Pl amateur ancient Anglo-Saxon antique appear applied Archæological Art of Illumination artist beautiful Bible Book of Kells British Museum brush burnished Byzantine capitals carmine celebrated character Charlemagne Charles the Bald Church classical clean coat collection colour contains copy Cottonian decoration executed figures foliation folium gamboge gilding give gold leaf gold-size Gospels Greek green ground Harl Harleian heighten with white illuminated manuscripts illustrations Imperial Library initial letters JOSHUA SYLVESTER labour Libri lines magnificent manuscripts material Messrs miniatures Missal mixed monastery monks ornament painted panels paper parchment Plate powder preparation preserved Psalter pure purple red lead remarkable Roman Rome rustic capitals Saxon scarcely scribes scriptorium silver Sir Charles Eastlake specimens style surface tints traced uncial Utrecht Psalter varnish vellum vermilion volume Westwood white lead Winsor & Newton writing written yellow