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.
AAT
Technique
Object category
3000220539
13yrs ago
Artist:
Torelli, Matteo di Filippo
Artist:
Torelli, Bartolommeo di Filippo
Artist:
Fruosino, Bartolommeo
Artist:
Niccolò, Bastiano di
Printer:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Writer:
Hildelith (Sister)
Writer:
Dreyfus, John
Scribe:
Ballo, Giovanni (Iohannes Ballus)
Artists:
Battista Rosa, Giovanni and assistants
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