Manuscripts dd3.15.10
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Highlights about Illuminated Manuscripts
By Amanda BankowskiGraphic Design 1
March 15, 2010Professor Nixon
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• Manuscripto Latin for hand “manus”o Latin for writing “scriptum”
• Written by hand• Luxurious manuscripts were illuminated
o Decorated with pictures in bright colors and burnished in gold leaf
o Appeared as if it was lit up• People who owned books: Doctors, lawyers,
civil servants and teachers
Brief History
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• Early books made of vellum – goat, calf, or sheep skin
• Books were expensive and rare• Paper became available mid-8th century• Moveable type ended the era of
manuscript production
Brief History
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Religious Manuscripts
• Majority of illuminated manuscripts were created for religious purposeso Bibleso Prayer bookso Book of Revelations
• Around the 12th Century other books were also illuminated
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Medicinal Manuscripts
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Botany Manuscripts
add year
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• The formats that illuminated manuscripts use are also used today.
• Some examples include:
Aspects of Manuscripts
1. Text Wrap
3. Multiple Cloumn
2. Double Spread
4. Drop Cap
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Text WrapText follows the
shape of the image
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Text WrapThe image fits right
into the text
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Double SpreadTwo pages
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Double SpreadPicture on the left
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Double SpreadText on the right
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Double SpreadDrop cap
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Multiple ColumnsSeveral columns
divide up information
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Drop CapFirst letter is larger than the rest of the
text
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Drop CapLetter is decorated
to stand out
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Bibliography• “CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Illuminated Manuscripts.” NEW
ADVENT: Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09620a.htm>.
• “Curator’s introduction.” British Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2011. <www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/curatorintro23275.html>.
• “History of Illuminated Manuscripts.” Phil Barber’s Historic Newspaper Shop. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://www.historicpages.com/texts/mshist.htm>.
• “Illumination History.” Medieval Illumination. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. http://www.illuminatedpage.com/history.html.