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The art of illumination, as practised during the Middle Ages : with a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods

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Title: The art of illumination, as practised during the Middle Ages : with a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods
Creator: Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870
Publication Information: London : Bell and Daldy
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Most of the reproductions are given twice: as wood-engravings, printed in black, and as lithographs, in color.
First published in 1866 under title: A handbook of the art of illumination.
Type: text
Format: Language material
Extent: 66 p., [26] l. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Identifier: (C)001122495CSL01-Aleph
RLINCCSG02-B274
(DRA)AFF-9082
LC call number: ND2920 .S5 1870
Language: English
Subject: Illumination of books and manuscripts
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts)
Initials
Chromolithographs

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