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Illumination and Its Development in the Present Day

by Sidney Farnsworth

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Chapter I — The Influence of the Tool
  4. 4Chapter II — The Development of Writing in the Past
  5. 5Chapter III — The Preparation and Use of the Pen
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Formation of Letters
  7. 7Chapter V — Forming Words and Sentences
  8. 8Chapter VI — Alphabets for Study, Based on Historical Examples
  9. 9Chapter VII — Roman Lettering
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Some Historical Examples of Roman Lettering
  11. 11Chapter IX — A Brief Sketch of the History of Illumination (1) From…
  12. 12Chapter X — A Brief Sketch of the History of Illumination (Continue…
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Initial Letter
  14. 14Chapter XII — Simple Illumination in Black and Red
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The Colours Used by the Mediæval Illuminator
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Colours: Their Composition and Permanence
  17. 17Chapter XV — Colours: Their Preparation and Use
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Gilding Methods of the Middle Ages
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Use of Gold
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Illumination With Gold and Colours
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Further Development of Illumination
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Illuminated Address
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Various Methods of Reproduction
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Christmas Cards
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Lettering for Commercial Purposes
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Hand-Written Posters, etc.
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Illuminated Ms. Book
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — A Simple Method of Binding Mss
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Illumination of the Printed Book
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Printed Book Decoration
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Concluding Remarks
  32. 32Chapter XXX — Notes on Books

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