Style & Technique

This lesson is aimed at those who have created a few illuminate d works, and now wish to improve their skills in this area. The objective here is an illuminate d piece that is so "right ," and so similar to a period manuscript , you could well expect to find it reprinted next to its period counterpar ts.

Demonstrat es the steps to creating a French Gothic border.

Dame Merouda Pendray gives advice on scribal techniques .

Twelve pages with an English transcription. Includes instructions on painting foliage, illuminated letters, and patterns.

Regional and global characteri stics of illuminate d manuscript s of the late 15th and 16th centuries, focusing mainly on Islamic, European, and Asian manuscript s. A comparison between various manuscript -producing regions and civilizati ons.

Animal-shaped figures in early medieval Irish illumination.