CHAPTER X

THE USE OF GOLD & COLOURS IN INITIAL LETTERS &

SIMPLE ILLUMINATION Tools & Materials for Simple Illumination — Parchment, “Vellum,” & Pounce — Colours — Simple Colour Effects — Matt Gold — Burnished Gold — Burnished Gold Forms, & Outlines — Background Capitals — Applying the Background — Ornament of Backgrounds    172

## CHAPTER XI A THEORY OF ILLUMINATION

Illumination — “Barbaric, or Colour-Work, Illumination” — “Filigree, or Pen-Work, Illumination” — “Natural, or Limner’s, Illumination”    193

## CHAPTER XII THE DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUMINATION

The Development of Illumination — Line-Finishings — Initial Letters — Borders & Backgrounds    204

## CHAPTER XIII “DESIGN” IN ILLUMINATION

“Design” — Elementary Patterns in Decoration — Scale & Scope of Decoration — Of “Designing” Manuscripts, Generally    214

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