Illuminated manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Handwritten manuscripts that have been decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colors, designs, or miniature pictures. Although prevalent in Islamic and Asian societies, the longest tradition of illuminating manuscripts was in Christian medieval Europe, from the 6th-16th centuries, when the art was superseded by printed illustrations. Generally, the manuscripts were both 'historiated', or decorated with relevant paintings, and 'illuminated' in its original sense, meaning decorated with calligraphic initial capital letters using gold leaf. Over time, the term 'illuminated' came to refer to any illustration or decoration in a manuscript. Illuminated manuscripts played a major role in the development of art, partly because of the manuscript's portability in carrying artistic developments from one region to another.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Early 14th-century manuscript containing the 'Volumen' and 'Liber Feudorum' of Justinian, with the 'Glossa Ordinaria' of Accursius, and some miniatures of Andrea da Bologna., 1330 - 1335.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.10.1.4 (i)
Scope and Contents
Manuscript containing the 'Volumen' of Justianian, as well as the 'Liber Feudorum', a work which is not normally included with the compilation of the 'Volumen'. The work is accompanied by the standard gloss of Accursius. Some of the illuminations have been attributed to Andrea da Bologna.The manuscript was written and illuminated in Italy, probably Bologna. Dolezalek has dated the manuscript to the first half of the 14th century. This view has been supported by art historians who...
Dates:
1330 - 1335.