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Illumination of books and manuscripts. --- Illuminated manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Illuminated --- Miniatures (Illumination of books and manuscripts) --- Ornamental alphabets --- Illustration of books --- Alphabets --- Initials --- Paleography --- Scriptoria

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This book has chapters on methodology, on the writing of the first decrees and laws of the years ca. 515 to 450 B.C., on unique examples of writing of ca. 450 to 400, on the inscribers of the Lapis Primus and Lapis Secundus (IG I3 259-280), and on those of the Attic Stelai (IG I3 421-430). These are followed by studies of 11 individual cutters arranged in chronological order. This study brings order to the study of hands of the fifth century by setting out a methodology and by discussing the attempts of others to identify hands. Another aim is to bring out the individuality of the writing of these early inscribers. It shows that from the beginning the writing on Athenian inscriptions on stone was very idiosyncratic, for all intents and purposes individual writing. It identifies the inscribing of the sacred inventories of Athena beginning about 450 B.C. as the genesis of the professional letter cutter in Athens and traces the trajectory of the profession. While the dating of many inscriptions will remain a matter for scholarly discussion, the present study narrows the dates of many texts. It also pinpoints the origin of the mistaken idea that three-bar sigma did not occur on public documents after the year 446 in order to make those who are not expert more aware that this is not a reliable means of dating.

Lettering --- Alphabet. --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Greek language --- Alphabet --- Inscriptions grecques --- Lettrage --- Grec (Langue) --- Ornamental alphabets --- Decoration and ornament --- Mechanical drawing --- Painting, Industrial --- Alphabets --- Initials --- Sign painting --- Inscriptions, Greek - Greece - Athens --- Lettering - Greece - Athens --- Greek language - Alphabet

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Exhibitions --- Church plate --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Melchite icons --- Melkite icons --- Icons --- Illuminated manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Illuminated --- Miniatures (Illumination of books and manuscripts) --- Ornamental alphabets --- Illustration of books --- Alphabets --- Initials --- Paleography --- Scriptoria --- Communion plate --- Liturgical objects --- Plate

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Runic and Mediterranean Epigraphy examines the past 100 years of runic scholarship to show that previous investigations on the origin of the runes have been hampered by a series of ad hoc postulates, the greatest being that the runes cannot have come into existence before the birth of Christ. If one examines the runic, Greek, and Latin alphabets on the basis of letter shapes, graphic-phonological correspondences, direction of writing, the orthographic treatment of nasals, the use of ligatures, interpuncts, and double letters, without any regard to time, striking similiarities appear. These sim

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The presence of gold, silver, and other metals is a hallmark of decorated manuscripts, the very characteristic that makes them “illuminated.” Medieval artists often used metal pigment and leaf to depict metal objects both real and imagined, such as chalices, crosses, tableware, and even idols; the luminosity of these representations contrasted pointedly with the surrounding paints, enriching the page and dazzling the viewer. To elucidate this key artistic tradition, this volume represents the first in-depth scholarly assessment of the depiction of precious-metal objects in manuscripts and the media used to conjure them. From Paris to the Abbasid caliphate, and from Ethiopia to Bruges, the case studies gathered here forge novel approaches to the materiality and pictoriality of illumination. In exploring the semiotic, material, iconographic, and technical dimensions of these manuscripts, the authors reveal the canny ways in which painters generated metallic presence on the page. Illuminating Metalwork is a landmark contribution to the study of the medieval book and its visual and embodied reception, and is poised to be a staple of research in art history and manuscript studies, accessible to undergraduates and specialists alike.

Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Illumination of books and manuscripts. --- Illuminated manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Illuminated --- Miniatures (Illumination of books and manuscripts) --- Ornamental alphabets --- Illustration of books --- Alphabets --- Initials --- Paleography --- Scriptoria --- Technique. --- Medieval art history. --- manuscript studies. --- manuscripts conservation. --- metalwork.