![]() Taken from Psalm 50, the text reads: Domine labia mea aperies et os meus anutiabit laudem tuam (Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise). Facing this page, the Virgin and Child embrace within a historiated initial D, flanked by the first prayers of the day, in Latin. 133 (see also border, family, el viaje/the trip, work culture) idiomatic. In the strictest definition of the term, an illuminated manuscript only refers to manuscripts decorated with gold or silver. Flowers, peacocks, and trees crowd the border, interspersed with Renaissance heraldic symbols and the personal mottoes of the book’s owner. English: An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration or illustration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniatures. The miniature on the left-hand page shows the Angel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary surrounded by naturalistic elements. Illuminated largely by Italian artist Taddeo Crivelli, these two pages in particular demonstrate superb examples of miniature and border illumination, complete with a historiated initial (a letter containing identifiable narrative scenes or figures). Though sumptuously decorated with incredible detail, the book is only about four-inches tall. Clarified egg white (glair, clarea) was the principal binding medium used in manuscript ILLUMINATION. ![]() See more pages of the Gualenghi-d’Este Hours.One magnificent manuscript in the Getty’s collection is the Gualenghi-d’Este Hours, seen above. The Annunciation to the Virgin, Gualenghi-d’Este Hours, Taddeo Crivelli, circa 1470, Ferrara (The J. ![]()
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