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• #ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT DEFINITION SKIN#

Miniatures illustrated stories and made manuscripts more beautiful. The word "miniature" comes from minium, the Latin word for the red paint used in almost every picture. Pictures in manuscripts are called miniatures, but not because they are small. The French navy sets sail for battle on a page from the Chronicles, a history book made in the 1400s

The picture and the words tell the story.

Precious materials, such as gold leaf and ground gemstones, were used to decorate the pages of manuscripts.Ī page in an illuminated manuscript has three parts: The animal skins were stretched and scraped so that they were smooth enough to write on.

#ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT DEFINITION SKIN#

Manuscripts (handmade books) were often written and illuminated by monks in monasteries.īooks were written on parchment made from the skin of sheep or goats. Scribes and illuminators made each book by hand. Scriptorium is a Latin word that means "place for writing." It was a place where books were copied and illuminated (painted).Ī scribe wrote the text for a book, and an artist, called an illuminator, painted the pictures and decoration. Visitors can explore medieval books from the Museum's collection and enjoy hands-on copying activities at a scriptorium table. 500–1500), when books were written and copied by hand. This exhibition focuses on the working method of artists in the Middle Ages (about A.D. November 24, 2009–Februat the Getty Center