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
Lessons in the Art of Illuminating is an 1895 London and Glasgow instruction book by W. J. Loftie, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library and the South Kensington Museum, intended for students learning manuscript decoration. Its pictures are large decorated initial letters built from acanthus scrolls, interlace, heraldic shields and foliage panels, offering a designer a dense vocabulary of historical ornamental letterforms that can be adapted for display type, borders and monograms.
