Illuminated Manuscripts. John William Bradley

ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER XII

       MONASTIC ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER XIII

       MONASTIC ILLUMINATION— continued

       CHAPTER XIV

       OTHONIAN ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER XV

       FRANCONIAN ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER XVI

       ARTISTIC EDUCATION IN THE CLOISTER

       CHAPTER XVII

       THE RISE OF GOTHIC ILLUMINATION

       BOOK II

       CHAPTER I

       THE GOLDEN AGE OF ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER II

       RISE OF NATIONAL STYLES

       CHAPTER III

       FRENCH ILLUMINATION FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY TO THE RENAISSANCE

       CHAPTER IV

       ENGLISH ILLUMINATION FROM THE TENTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

       CHAPTER V

       THE SOURCES OF ENGLISH FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER VI

       ITALIAN ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER VII

       GERMAN ILLUMINATION FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

       CHAPTER VIII

       NETHERLANDISH ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER IX

       THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE

       CHAPTER X

       SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ILLUMINATION

       CHAPTER XI

       ILLUMINATION SINCE THE INVENTION OF PRINTING

       MANUSCRIPTS THAT MAY BE CONSULTED AS EXAMPLES

      CLASSICAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN

      BYZANTINE

      IRISH OR CELTIC

      CAROLINGIAN

      WINCHESTER WORK AND SIMILAR

      MONASTIC STYLES

      FRENCH AND ANGLO-FRENCH GOTHIC

      GERMAN AND BOHEMIAN

      SICILIAN AND ITALIAN

      RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATION

      ITALIAN

      FRENCH

      ENGLISH ILLUMINATION

      SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

Book I

       Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

       Table of Contents

      What is meant by art?—The art faculty—How artists may be compared—The aim of illumination—Distinction between illumination and miniature—Definition of illumination—The first miniature painter—Origin of the term “miniature”—Ovid's allusion to his little book

       CHAPTER II

VELLUM AND OTHER MATERIALS

       Table of Contents

      Difference between vellum and parchment—Names of different preparations—The kinds of vellum most prized for illuminated books—The “parcheminerie” of the Abbey of Cluny—Origin of the term “parchment”—Papyrus

       CHAPTER III

WRITING

       Table of Contents

      Its different styles—Origin of Western alphabets—Various forms of letters—Capitals,