[1] The illuminated letters in medieval manuscripts vary in size. Some are the same size as the surrounding black text, whereas others occupy an entire page. Size variation indicated hierarchical ...

At the stately Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan, a 15th-century illuminated manuscript lies unfinished ... and a rubricator would draw red letters for emphasis. Then, an artist would lightly ...

This manuscript includes detailed opening pages to the chapters along with colorful treatment throughout the text. The illuminated letters cover the page and draw on geometric patterns to ...

The manuscript’s contents are distributed ... Each of the 15 significant sections of text is headed by an illuminated infilled initial, while the beginnings of certain secondary sections begin ...

What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels ... Insular manuscripts are characterized by their elaborate initial letters, and are often highly decorated with fanciful ...

Paul Getty Museum announced today that it has acquired a Flemish illuminated manuscript by Lieven van ... page miniatures and forty-four historiated initials. The text of the book was rarely ...

Anyone who has peered over the soft vellum pages of an illuminated manuscript will have marveled ... from stylized floral borders to decorated initials. A new exhibition at the J.

What it tells us about the past: The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript ... Insular manuscripts are characterized by their elaborate initial letters, and are often highly decorated ...