Illumination
Paintings and other adornments applied to books, scrolls, or other document types for the purpose of illustrating or decorating the text.
Illumination
Paintings and other adornments applied to books, scrolls, or other document types for the purpose of illustrating or decorating the text.
Basics to get you started
Decorating the book
Medieval manuscripts, an introduction
Book illumination in the Eastern Mediterranean
Illuminated Greek Gospel-books
Illuminating the Psalms in Byzantium
Illumination of Jewish biblical texts
Illumination of the Qur’an
Adorning the Qur’an
The Mughal painting tradition, an introduction
The alchemy of color and chemical change in medieval manuscripts
Manuscript production in the abbeys of Normandy
