Illuminated Manuscripts

This topic has been very interesting. Illuminated manuscripts vary greatly, in terms of

· The period of time in which they were created and how that impacted upon them

· The styles in which they were created

· Who created them and why

· The method by which they were produced and reproduced

Three of the most interesting facets of illuminated manuscript production are

· How the colours and ink were made

· The production line format of reproducing some manuscripts

· The detail in the illustrations used in the manuscripts

I want to know more about

· The relevance of illuminated manuscripts to my course in graphic design in terms of the production and reproduction of (non-digital?) texts

· How page margin notes that were used and later trimmed off and how that’s similar to editors work done nowadays

· How the people involved in the (re)creation of illuminated manuscripts learnt their craft, comparing apprenticeships and other education today’s ‘tradespeople’ undergo.

· Whether or not the colour work in the illuminated manuscripts is different from the colour work used by artists of the time (for example canvas-based)