Colour: The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2016
Author	Editor: Stella Panayotova
Language	English
Number of Pages	420 pp.
Publisher	Harvey Miller Publishers
City	London, England
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Region	Europe
Chronological Period	8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century
ISBN	9781909400566
Annotation	Contents: Colour in illuminated manuscripts / Stella Panayotova The illuminators' palette / Paola Ricciardi and Kristine Rose Beers The trade in colours / Spike Bucklow The image of the illuminator / Richard Gameson Pigment recipes and model books: mechanisms for knowledge transmission and the training of manuscript illuminators / Nancy K. Turner and Doris Oltrogge Alchemy and colour / Spike Bucklow Masters' secrets / Stella Panayotova and Paola Ricciardi From vandalism to reconstruction / Stella Panayotova ; with contributions by Marie D'Autume, Edward Cheese, Rebecca Honold, Paola Ricciardi, and Carola-Bibiane Schönlich Painting with gold and silver / Nigel Morgan Modelling in manuscript painting c.1050-c.1500 /; Nigel Morgan Grisaille in manuscript painting / Nigel Morgan and Elizabeth J. Moodey Incarnation" illuminated : painting the flesh in Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts / Nancy Turner Colour theory, optics and manuscript illumination / Stella Panayotova Colour and meaning / Deirdre Jackson Appendix: Analytical methods and equipment / Paola Ricciardi