Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts

A Guide to Technical Terms

• Author(s): Michelle P. Brown,
• Publisher: Getty Publications
• Pages: 127
• ISBN_10: 0892362170
  ISBN_13: 9780892362172
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles / Paper Ephemera , Art / General , Art / Techniques / Calligraphy , Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General , Art / European , Art / Techniques / Painting , Design / Book ,

Description:... What is a breviary? What is an antiphonal? What is an incipit? This superbly illustrated book - part of the popular Looking At series - offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format. With numerous illustrations drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and The British Library - many of them in color - this volume will be invaluable to all readers wishing to increase their enjoyment and understanding of illuminated manuscripts.