Understanding illuminated manuscripts : a guide to technical terms / Michelle P. Brown.

"What is a historiated initial? What are canon tables? 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...

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Main Author:	Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.) (Author)
Other Authors:	Teviotdale, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Cover), 1955- (Editor), Turner, Nancy, 1960- (Editor)
Other title:	Illuminated manuscripts
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2018]
Edition:	Revised edition /
Series:	Looking at.
Subjects:	Illumination of books and manuscripts > Terminology. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Terminology. Bookbinding, Medieval. Enluminure > Terminologie. Enluminure médiévale > Terminologie. Reliure médiévale. 06.10 manuscript studies: general. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Illumination of books and manuscripts > Dictionaries. dictionaries. Terminology. Dictionaries. Dictionnaires.