Cover and title-page of Lessons in the Art of Illuminating: A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum. by W. J. Loftie. Source: Project Gutenberg EBook #40423 produced by Chris Curnow, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Other plates from Lessons in the Art of Illuminating
- Initials by English Illuminators, 12th and 13th Centuries
- Examples of 13th Century Work
- Facsimile of Mansucript in Lambeth Palace Library, 15th Century
- Ornaments and Large Initial, 15th and 16th Centuries
- Page and Initials (Low Countries, 15th Century).
- Borders of Thirteenth and Fourteen Centuries, and Heraldic Designs
- Examples from the Book of Kells, 9th Century
- Book of Hours
References
Beckwith, Alice H. R. H. Victorian Bibliomania: The Illuminated Book in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Exhibition catalogue. Providence. Rhode Island: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1987.
Loftie, W. J. . Lessons in the Art of Illuminating: A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum.. London: London: Blackie & Son, nd. “The Colored Illustrations are Printed by W. G. Blackie & Co., Glasgow, from Drawings by J. A. Burt.” Project Gutenberg EBook #40423 produced by Chris Curnow, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Web. 11 January 2014.
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