Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique (1892)
Middleton, J. H. (John Henry), 1846-1896 · Cambridge, University press · leaf 101
CHAP. V.] ATTEMPTS AT REALISM. 73 us like the purely imaginative conceptions of a heraldic draughtsman, in spite of the fact that Villard certainly … Fig. 15. Illumination in pen outline, from a manuscript written in the ninth century at St Gallen. It represents David riding out against his enemies. represented them as faithfully as he was able, putting down on his vellum the subjective visual and mental impression that he had received*. In the…
Illumination of books and manuscripts · Manuscripts
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