MONASTIC ILLUMINATION— continued
ARTISTIC EDUCATION IN THE CLOISTER
THE RISE OF GOTHIC ILLUMINATION
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ILLUMINATION
FRENCH ILLUMINATION FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY TO THE RENAISSANCE
ENGLISH ILLUMINATION FROM THE TENTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
THE SOURCES OF ENGLISH FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ILLUMINATION
GERMAN ILLUMINATION FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ILLUMINATION
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
Book I
INTRODUCTORY
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
VELLUM AND OTHER MATERIALS
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
WRITING
Its different styles—Origin of Western alphabets—Various forms of letters—Capitals,