Elementary instruction in the art of illuminating and missal painting on vellum : a guide to modern illuminators : with illustrations (printed in gold and colours) and outlines for copying for the student
An 1856 London instruction manual by David Laurent de Lara, published by Ackermann and Co., teaching amateur and modern illuminators the craft of manuscript painting on vellum. The pictures are black-and-white border strips of scrolling foliage, masks and ram heads, with ornamental frieze motifs a designer could adapt for decorative bands and panels.
