Illumination

Scope note

Use for the art or process of providing decoration with gold, silver, or bright colors to pages or letters in manuscripts; also refers to similar decoration done by hand in early printed books.

This term has 614 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique
Object category

Getty AAT term number

3000220539

Broader Terms used

<image-making processes and techniques>

Term used for

Equivalent Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Book of hours

Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Artist: Master of the Dresden Prayerbook
Artist: Master of James IV of Scotland
Artist: Painter of Add. MS. 15677
Artist: Master of St Michael

Psalter

Maker(s)

Binder: Proctor, Robert

An image of Other

Two Patents of Nobility

An image of Leaf (manuscript)

Leaf from a Doge’s Commission

Maker(s)

Artist: Huntington Master

An image of Other

Other

Maker(s)

Author: Jerome

An image of Other

Historia romana

Maker(s)

Author: Diaconus, Paulus
Artist: Inglés, Jorge
Artist: Carrión, Juan de

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Miniature from a Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Artist: Poyer, Jean

Gospel Book

An image of Other

Statutes and Ordinances of the Compagnia di Maria Giuseppe in Urbino

Maker(s)

Scribe: Augustus, Dominus

Initials from a Choir book

An image of Other

De primo bello punico

Maker(s)

Author: Bruni, Leonardo Aretino

Homeliae super Vetus Testamentum

Maker(s)

Author: Origen

An image of Other

De christiana religione

Maker(s)

Author: St Bernadino of Siena

An image of Fragment (manuscript)

Border fragment from a liturgical book made for Pope Pius V

Maker(s)

Artist: Bonfratelli, Apollonio de

An image of Leaf (manuscript)

Leaf from a Doge’s Commission

Maker(s)

Artist: Master To. Ve.

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Initial from a Choir book

An image of Fragment (manuscript)

Border fragment from a liturgical book made for Pope Pius V

Maker(s)

Artist: Bonfratelli, Apollonio de

An image of Leaf (manuscript)

Leaf from a Doge’s Commission

Maker(s)

Artist: Mannerist Master

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Historiated initial from a Choir Book

An image of Other

Statutes and Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Maker(s)

Scribe: Leboucq, Jacques
Artist: Le Boucq, Jacques

An image of Other

Legenda Aurea

Maker(s)

Artist: Master of the Dresden Prayerbook
Artist: Master of Marguerite de Liedekerke
Author: da Voragine, Jacobus
Translator: de Vignay, Jean

Psalter

An image of Book of hours

Hours

Maker(s)

Scribe: Clavario, Michael de Franchis de (Chivasso)

An image of Other

Benedictional

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