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Illumination
Paintings and other adornments applied to books, scrolls, or other document types for the purpose of illustrating or decorating the text.
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Adorning the Qur’an
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
The bestiary (book of beasts) in the medieval world, an introduction
Decorating the book
A Global Middle Ages through the Pages of Decorated Books
The Mughal painting tradition: an introduction
The Alchemy of Color and Chemical Change in Medieval Manuscripts
Manuscript production in the abbeys of Normandy
Making books for profit in medieval times
Manuscripts: major works of art
Medieval manuscripts, an introduction
Medieval supermodels
A Mughal masterclass: how to make paint pigments from stones
Mamluk bindings
Works of Art
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