Many illuminated manuscripts were then bound into an early type of book called a “codex” (“codices” in the plural).
#FAMOUS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS SKIN#
Like all manuscripts, they were written by hand on a page of parchment, usually a piece of animal skin known as “vellum”. Illuminated manuscripts were a type of manuscript that were produced mainly in Western Europe from the 6th century until the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. In this post, we are going to take a look at what exactly an illuminated manuscript is, talk a little about the digitisation of them, and found out just why so many illuminated manuscripts feature knights fighting snails. Better still, many of them have survived to the present day, making them a rich source of information for medievalists and other historians. The words in these manuscripts were embellished with ornate borders, detailed illustrations, and gold-leaf work, turning them into beautiful pieces of medieval art. One particularly famous type of manuscript from the medieval period is the illuminated manuscript.
Before the introduction of the printing press, all books were painstakingly copied out by hand and those such as the Bible could take several years to complete. Creating books in the Middle Ages was a challenge.
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