Illumination Christendom
picture of christ in majesty contained in illuminated manuscript.
an illuminated manuscript manuscript in text supplemented addition of decoration. earliest surviving substantive illuminated manuscripts period ad 400 600, produced in ireland, constantinople , italy. majority of surviving manuscripts middle ages, although many illuminated manuscripts survive 15th century renaissance, along limited number late antiquity.
most illuminated manuscripts created codices, had superseded scrolls; isolated single sheets survive. few illuminated manuscript fragments survive on papyrus. medieval manuscripts, illuminated or not, written on parchment (most commonly of calf, sheep, or goat skin), manuscripts important enough illuminate written on best quality of parchment, called vellum, traditionally made of unsplit calfskin, though high quality parchment other skins called parchment.
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