Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
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miniature-illuminated-manuscript-174-1417209
title:
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
text:
A miniature is a small illustration used to decorate an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple illustrations of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment. The generally small scale of such medieval pictures has led to etymological confusion with minuteness and to its application to small paintings, especially portrait miniatures, which did however grow from the same tradition and at least initially used similar techniques. Apart from the Western, Byza
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encyclopedia
description:
Picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_(illuminated_manuscript)
date created:
2004-08-25T08:13:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T15:20:17Z
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