Illumination and Its Development in the Present Day

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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

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

CHAPTER X A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION (

CHAPTER XI THE INITIAL LETTER

CHAPTER XII SIMPLE ILLUMINATION IN BLACK AND RED

CHAPTER XIII THE COLOURS USED BY THE MEDIAEVAL ILLUMINATOR

CHAPTER XIV COLOURS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE

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

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

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ILLUMINATION

AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
IN THE PRESENT DAY

There are some who
follow the arts from poverty
and necessity, also for gain,
and for love of the art; but
those who pursue them from
love of the art and true
nobleness of mind are to
be commended above all
others.—Cennino Cennini.

Sidney Farnsworth
1920

ILLUMINATION

AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
IN THE PRESENT DAY

BY
SIDNEY FARNSWORTH

Illustrated with Drawings
and Diagrams by the Author

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