Elementary instruction in the art of illuminating and missal painting on vellum : a guide to modern illuminators, with illustrations in outline as copies for the student (1860)
Laurent de Lara, D. (David), author · London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts · leaf 77
ON COMPOSITION. j HILST the student may profitably em- ploy himself in attempting minor trifles — initials, copies of anything within his reach, or his own ideas; to acquire proficiency in the art, it is requisite to employ a master to direct his taste on the one hand, and to lead him on step by…
Illumination of books and manuscripts
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