Illumination and Its Development in the Present Day
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1922. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 326 Illumination and its ...
Chapters (314)
- ILLUMINATION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENT DAY
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ILLUMINATION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENT DAY
- CHAPTER I THE INFLUENCE OF THE TOOL
- CHAPTER II THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING IN THE PAST
- MAJUSCULE WRITING
- SQUARE CAPITALS
- RUSTIC CAPITALS
- UNCIALS
- MIXED UNCIAL AND MINUSCULE WRITING
- HALF-UNCIALS
- IRISH HALF-UNCIALS
- ENGLISH HALF-UNCIALS
- MINUSCULE WRITING
- LOMBARDIC WRITING
- VISIGOTHIC WRITING
- MEROVINGIAN WRITING
- CARLOVINGIAN WRITING
- LATER STYLES
- CHAPTER III THE PREPARATION AND USE OF THE PEN
- CHAPTER IV THE FORMATION OF LETTERS
- CHAPTER V FORMING WORDS AND SENTENCES
- CHAPTER VI ALPHABETS FOR STUDY, BASED ON HISTORICAL EXAMPLES
- CHAPTER VII ROMAN LETTERING
- CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF ROMAN LETTERING
- CHAPTER IX A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION (1) From the Fourth to the Eleventh Century
- CLASSICAL AND BYZANTINE ILLUMINATION
- CELTIC AND ANGLO-CELTIC ILLUMINATION
- CARLOVINGIAN ILLUMINATION
- THE WINCHESTER SCHOOL
- CHAPTER X A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION (continued) (2) From the Twelfth Century to its Decline
- ILLUMINATION IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY
- THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ILLUMINATION
- ILLUMINATION IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
- ILLUMINATION IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY AND LATER
- CHAPTER XI THE INITIAL LETTER
- CHAPTER XII SIMPLE ILLUMINATION IN BLACK AND RED
- CHAPTER XIII THE COLOURS USED BY THE MEDIÆVAL ILLUMINATOR
- CHAPTER XIV COLOURS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE
- YELLOW PIGMENTS
- RED PIGMENTS
- BLUE PIGMENTS
- GREEN PIGMENTS
- BROWN PIGMENTS
- BLACK PIGMENTS
- WHITE PIGMENTS
- CHAPTER XV COLOURS: THEIR PREPARATION AND USE
- CHAPTER XVI THE GILDING METHODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- CHAPTER XVII THE USE OF GOLD
- CHAPTER XVIII ILLUMINATION WITH GOLD AND COLOURS
- CHAPTER XIX THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUMINATION
- CHAPTER XX THE ILLUMINATED ADDRESS
- CHAPTER XXI THE VARIOUS METHODS OF REPRODUCTION
- CHAPTER XXII CHRISTMAS CARDS
- CHAPTER XXIII LETTERING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
- CHAPTER XXIV HAND-WRITTEN POSTERS, ETC.
- CHAPTER XXV THE ILLUMINATED MS. BOOK
- CHAPTER XXVI A SIMPLE METHOD OF BINDING MSS.
- CHAPTER XXVII THE ILLUMINATION OF THE PRINTED BOOK
- CHAPTER XXVIII PRINTED BOOK DECORATION
- CHAPTER XXIX CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CHAPTER XXX NOTES ON BOOKS
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