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Understanding illuminated manuscripts : a guide to technical terms /

What is a breviary? What is an antiphonal? What is an incipit? This illustrated book offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms. Included are numerous illustrations drawn from the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, California : The J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, 1995.
Subjects:
Illumination of books and manuscripts > Dictionaries.
Bookbinding, Medieval.
Enluminure > Dictionnaires.
Reliure médiévale.
illumination (image-making process)
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Wörterbuch
Illuminierte Handschrift
Geïllustreerde handschriften.
Terminologie.
Illumination of books and manuscripts > Encyclopedias.
Manuscrits à peintures > Terminologie.
Enluminure > Terminologie.
Handschrift > Buchmalerei > Wörterbuch.
Buchmalerei > Handschrift > Wörterbuch.
Illuminated manuscripts
dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Wörterbuch.
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
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Summary:What is a breviary? What is an antiphonal? What is an incipit? This illustrated book offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms. Included are numerous illustrations drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and The British Library.
Item Description:From the Library of Craig Kallendorf.
Physical Description:127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
ISBN:0892362170
9780892362172
0712303405
9780712303408