1866 The Art of Illuminating - 95 plates - on cd

The Art of Illuminating

as Practiced in Europe

From the Earliest Times

Illustrated by Borders,

Initial Letters

and Alphabets

Selected and Chromolithographed by

W.R. Timms

with an Essay and Instructions

by M.D. Wyatt

London:  Day and Son, 1866

Digitally Preserved and Delivered  on CD

• 96 pages text

• 95 plates in b&w and full chromolithograph color

 

Chromolithography by Timms, and an essay discussing practical instructions by Wyatt, list of illustrations, and 95 chromolithographic plates showing details of manuscript illumination in different states of development from the 6th through 16th Centuries.

 

A wonderful reference for those interested in illuminated manuscripts, in calligraphy, in early alphabets, or the design of pre-incunabula books.

 

The text is an interesting historical and practical look at illumination - whether on plaster, on vellum, etc.  This is followed by a List of Plates, which are taken from manuscripts dating from the 6th century (and available only in the Bodleian Library or the British Museum etc), to those 8th century designs described by Count Bastard in a treatise in the National Library of France and others, to the 16th century illuminations from the Etymologicum Magnum by Calliergi, and others.  The list gives detailed information on the location, origin, history and text of each plate.  The plates are absolutely fantastic.  The colors are bright and clean.  The illuminated letters, the alphabets are really incredible. 

This 1866 early reprinted edition has been carefully preserved and is presented on CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This archival of The Art of Illuminating will be delivered on CD Media. 

Compatible with Windows & Mac Systems.

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