CHAPTER X

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION

2. _From the Twelfth Century to the Decline_

Illumination in the Twelfth Century--Thirteenth Century--Fourteenth Century--Fifteenth Century and later 93

## CHAPTER XI THE INITIAL LETTER

How the Decoration springs from the Initial letter-- Examples from the Seventh to the Fifteenth Century 101

## CHAPTER XII SIMPLE ILLUMINATION IN BLACK AND RED

Method of setting out a Page--Arranging the Lettering--Initial letters, and how to construct them--Various arrangements of Lettering 107

## CHAPTER XIII THE COLOURS USED BY THE MEDIÆVAL ILLUMINATOR

Early treatises--Theophilus--The Book of the Art of Cennino Cennini 115

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