A handbook of the art of illumination, as practised during the middle ages. With a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods. By Henry Shaw, F.S.A. ...

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Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889, A handbook of the art of illumination, as practised during the middle ages, 1866

Creator:: Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Title(s):: A handbook of the art of illumination, as practised during the middle ages. With a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods. By Henry Shaw, F.S.A. ...
Published/Created:: London, Bell and Daldy, 1866.
Physical Description:: viii, 66 p. ill., XVI (i. e. 28) plates (part. col.) 28 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND2920 S5+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/45125
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Plates, initials, and marginal decorations engraved by J.D. Cooper, Miss Byfield, R.B. Utting, J.O. Jewett, Jospeh L. Williams, and Miss Gould.
Several color plates signed "Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith."
"Chiswick Press: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins."
The added title-page is included in the list of plates.
Most of the reproductions are given twice: as wood-engravings, printed in black, and as lithographs, in colors.
Subject Terms:: Illumination of books and manuscripts.
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