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- CLICK TO DOWNLOAD TYPEFACE AND DESIGN TEMPLATES
- CLICK TO DOWNLOAD STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
- CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FURTHER INFORMATION ON ILLUMINATION
LINK TO INCLUDED COURSE ON HISTORIC PIGMENTS AND EGG TEMPERA
SPEEDY DEMO OF BOOKMARK CREATION
Additional Resources
Art Supply Sources
For gold leaf gilding, pigments, tempera, calligraphy, brushes, pens, books and other types of historic illumination supplies (includes tutorials and lesson plans)
Websites for historic illumination information
- The Library of Trinity College Dublin, home of the Book of Kells
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Treasures of Manuscript Illumination
- The Morgan Library, New York. Illuminated Manuscript Collection
- University of Aberdeen Library, England. The famous Aberdeen Bestiary
- The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, Los Angeles, Exploring an Illuminated Manuscript
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Art of the Book in the Middle Ages
- The British Library, repository of the Lindisfarne Gospels Book
- Techniques of Illumination in the Middle Ages
- Freeman/Lozier Library, Celtic Knot Information
- History of the Celtic Knot (Wikipedia)
- History of Gold Gilding
Books on Techniques and History
Backhouse, Janet. The Illuminated Page: ten centuries of manuscript painting in the British Library
Bain, George. Celtic Art; The Methods of Construction.
Brown, Michelle. Understanding Illuminated manuscripts: A guide to technical terms.
Drogin, Marc. Medieval Calligraphy, its history and techniques.
Gill, D.M. Illuminated Manuscripts (Discovering Art Series).
Lynskey, Marie Illumination for Calligraphers.
Mehigan, Janet. Mastering the Art of Calligraphy.
Seligman, Patricia and Timothy Noad. The Illuminated Alphabet.
Thompson, Daniel. The materials and techniques of medieval painting.
Wilson, Elizabeth B. Bibles and Bestiaries: A guide to illuminated Manuscripts.
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