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This was made to accompany a public talk I gave in 2004. It's very ugly in my opinion, but someone might be able to use the infor in a classrom.

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The Decorated PageIlluminated Manuscripts:

Egyptian Origins

1570 BC

0

The Papyrus of Ani

Dead Sea Scrolls

papyrus

Before Paper: Early Materials

papyrus

vellum/parchment

Before paper: The Process of Bookmaking

calcite

Mate

rials

& T

ech

niq

ues:

Makin

g

Pig

men

t

RED iron BROWN

WHITElead lime ash

cochineal

Mate

rials

& T

ech

niq

ues:

Eg

g G

lair

an

d G

old

Leafi

ng

Mate

rials

& T

ech

niq

ues:

Man

uscri

pt

Com

pon

en

ts

carpet page

decora

ted

in

itia

l

his

tori

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itia

l

min

iatu

re &

marg

inalia

dro

llery

& g

rote

sq

ues

Cla

ssic

al,

Earl

y C

hri

sti

an

& B

yza

nti

ne

Man

uscri

pts

Copies of Virgil and Homer’s Iliad

Rossano Gospels & De Materia Medica Vienna Dioscorides

Iris

h &

En

glish

Man

uscri

pts

M

an

uscri

pts

: Th

e B

ook o

f K

ells

Carolingian Style

Iris

h &

En

glish

Man

uscri

pts

: Th

e L

ind

isfa

rne G

osp

els

Rom

an

esq

ue M

an

uscri

pts

: Th

e W

inch

este

r B

ible

Goth

ic M

an

uscri

pts

: Les T

rès R

ich

es H

eu

res d

u D

uc d

e

Berr

y

February October

Ara

bic

& P

ers

ian

Man

uscri

pts

pag

e f

rom

Kalila

h &

Dim

nah

Pages from the Koran

Ind

ian

& A

sia

n M

an

uscri

pts

The Story of Ying Ying Painted handscroll

Prayerbook LeafFrom Bhagavad Gita.

Prayerbook LeafFrom Bhagavad Gita.

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