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A Primer of the Art of Illumination for the Use of Beginners / With a rudimentary treatise on the art, practical directions for its exercise, and examples taken from illuminated mss. cover

A Primer of the Art of Illumination for the Use of Beginners / With a rudimentary treatise on the art, practical directions for its exercise, and examples taken from illuminated mss.

Chapter 4: English and French Specimens.
By F. Delamotte
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This manual introduces the history, defining characteristics, and practical techniques of medieval illumination for beginners. It outlines stylistic origins and examples from museum-held manuscripts, explains how illuminated decoration differs from other ornamentation, and gives step-by-step guidance on materials, colour handling, and gilding. The work includes progressive exercises and coloured plates modeled on authentic manuscripts, advice on purchasing pigments and tools, and corrective notes on common misconceptions, aiming to equip readers to study historical exemplars and to practise illumination with informed technique.

English and French Specimens.

 
DATE. NAME OF
SPECIMEN.		 POINTS TO
BE NOTED.		 WHERE TO
BE FOUND.		 PAGE IN[11]
GUIDE
BOOK.
9th cent. Latin bible, written on vellum, according to the Vulgate, as revised by Alcuin. Character of initials displaying the first principle mentioned. MS. Saloon,
upright
Case (A.)		 30 (MS.)
12th cent. A volume of a Latin bible written for the monastery at Arnstein. Initial letters, “In Principio,” covering entire page, and interlaced. Do.
Case II. (B.)		 30 (MS.)
Abt. 1300 The Books of the Maccabees. Arrangement of illustrations, in rows of medallions— displays little or no principle—but is curious. Do.
Case, 4th
compartment
(D.)		  29 (MS.)
End 14th or
beginning of
15th cent.		 Fragment of a Lectionary written for Lord Lovell, and presented by him to Salisbury. This is a brilliant specimen, though it has been maltreated. Observe the framework or border—the filagree work—ivy leaves—miniature scene illustrative—coatsof arms introduced, &c. Do.
6th
compartment
(F.)

30 (MS.)
1493. Les Chroniques de France.
All are well worth studying, for the beauty of the borders, as well as for general arrangement.
King’s
Library,
Case X.
20(KL.)
1493
and
1498.		 Hours for the use of the diocese of Rome (Paris.)—Pigouchet    
1493 L’Art et Science de Rhetorique (Paris.) A good specimen of the counterchanged border. Do.
Case VII.		  13(KL.)
1470 Justinus’s Abridgement of Trogus  Borders and Initials. Do.
Case X.		  19(KL.)
1471 Fichet—Rhetoricorum libri. Do.
Case X.		 19(KL.)