Title: Understanding illuminated manuscripts
Description: 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.
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dictionaries, Illuminierte Handschrift, Terminologie, Manuscrits à peintures, Buchmalerei, Wörterbuch, Handschrift, Enluminure, Geïllustreerde handschriften, Manuscripts, Terminology