Illuminated manuscripts

manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration

picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript

thumb|378x378px|1823 facsimile of the United States Declaration of Independence made by William Stone A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in scale, color, condition, and other material qualities. For books and manuscripts, this also entails a complete copy of all pages; hence, an incomplete copy is a "partial facsimil

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decorated manuscript in Armenian

parchment dyed purple with gold or silver lettering

luxurious book cover using metalwork in gold or silver, jewels, or ivory, perhaps in addition to more usual bookbinding material for book covers such as leather, velvet, or other cloth

alchemical manuscript

thumb|right|300px|Rubrication and Illuminated manuscript|illumination in the Malmesbury Bible from 1407 thumb|right|300px|Detail from a rare Blackletter [[Bible (1497) printed and rubricated in Strasbourg by Johann Grüninger]] Rubrication is the addition of text in red ink to a manuscript for emphasis. Practitioners of rubrication, so-called rubricators or rubrishers, were specialized scribes who received text from the original scribe. Rubrication was one of several steps in the medieval process of manuscript making. The term comes from the Latin , "to color red", the base word being , "red".

scene painted on the fore-edges of a book

style of manuscript illumination originating in the British Isles and Ireland

illuminated manuscript

decoration of manuscripts in the Carolingian period

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extensive body of literature from 1st mil. BCE times