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The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (page 8/13)

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[picture: book cover]

Images scanned from The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times by W. R. Tymms, with an Essay and Instructions by M. D. Wyatt, Architect. London. Published April 2nd 1860 by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen.

There are 100 full colour plates in the book done in chromolithography, as well as a chromolithographed title page. I have only scanned a few because my scanner damages the binding. The text is by Matthew Digby Wyatt and the images appear to have been made by W. R. Tymms (and not Symms, as this page used to say).

Title: The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times

Author: Tymms, W. R.

Date: 1860

Total items: 133

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

[picture: Stylized Black Dragon]

Stylized Black Dragon

This dragon, white on a black background, was taken from a fourteenth century decorative initial; it is also in the style of a drollery, the strange creatures used to illustrate mediæval manuscripts. [more...] [$]

[picture: Red Dragon on Blue Background]

Red Dragon on Blue Background

This dragon, coloured red on a blue background, was taken from a fourteenth century decorative initial; it was drawn rather in the style of a drollery, the strange creatures used to illustrate mediæval manuscripts, and has [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Fourteenth-Century illuminated D with saint]

Fourteenth-Century illuminated D with saint

This illuminated initial letter “D” is from the 1300s (14th century); it’s a red and blue calligraphic capital letter, with a picture of an unidentified female saint inside (as indicated by the gold halo). The saint holds a book in one hand and perhaps giant [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Saint with book]

Saint with book

A 14th century drawing of a saint (I think) or martry, with a book in one hand. [more...] [$]

[picture: Vintage Medieval Daisy Sketch]

Vintage Medieval Daisy Sketch

These two daisies with gold-leaf middles and squiggly reddish-brown stems were decorations on an illuminated capital D from a choirbook from the 1300s. [more...] [$]

[picture: Medieval Decorative Initial Capital ``D'']

Medieval Decorative Initial Capital “D”

This mediaeval calligraphic initial “D” was originally decorated with filligree and gold and had a saint in the middle; the simplified version here is extracted to be more useful. [more...] [$]

[picture: Decorative initial letter A from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.]
[picture: Decorative uncial initial letter A from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.]
[picture: Decorative initial letter B from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.]
[picture: Decorative initial letter C from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.]
[picture: Decorative initial letter C from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.]
[picture: Decorative initial letter D from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.]

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