ILLUMINATING.
By W. J. LOFTIE
LESSONS IN THE ART OF ILLUMINATING.
Plate IX.—FACSIMILE PAGE OF A BOOK OF HOURS, 15th Century.
VERE FOSTER'S WATER-COLOR SERIES.
LESSONS IN THE ART OF ILLUMINATING
A Series of Examples selected fromWorks in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, andthe South Kensington Museum.
With
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS,
AND A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE ART,
By
W. J. LOFTIE, b.a., f.s.a.,
AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF LONDON," "MEMORIALS OF THE SAVOY PALACE,""A CENTURY OF BIBLES," "A PLEA FOR ART IN THE HOUSE," ETC.
London: BLACKIE & SON; Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
The Colored Illustrations are Printed by W. G. BLACKIE & CO., Glasgow,from Drawings by J. A. BURT.
The Ornamental Border and Initial of the Title-page are interestingexamples of Italian work of the fifteenth century. They are from theHarleian Collection, British Museum (3109 and 4902) different works,but evidently executed by the same hand. The Colors are represented inthe engraving by means of lines (as explained on page18), so that bythe aid of these directions the student can reproduce them in thecolors employed in the original MSS.