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Lessons in the art of illuminating : a series of examples selected from works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum (1895)

Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839-1911, author · London ; Glasgow : Blackie & Son · leaf 35

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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IV DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IV. … A great deal of this effect is due to the application of gold. The illuminators employed both what we call “shell gold” and leaf They attached the greatest importance to skill In gilding, and the result is that their “raising” survives after centuries, when that executed at the present day often…

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