Jones, Owen [Ill.]; Humphreys, Henry N. [Bearb.]: The illuminated books of the Middle Ages: an account of the development and progress of the art of illumination as a distinct branch of pictorial ornamentation, from the IVth to the XVIIth centuries (London, 1849)

THE

ILLUMINATED BOOKS

OF THE

MIDDLE AGES

AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS

OF THE ART OF ILLUMINATION,
AS A DISTINCT BRANCH OF PICTORIAL ORNAMENTATION,
FROM THE IVth. TO THE XVIIth. CENTURIES.

BY

HENRY NOEL HUMPHREYS.

ILLUSTRATED BY

a series of examples, of the size of the originals,
selected from the most beautiful mss. of the various periods,

executed on stone and printed in colours

by

J

OWEN JONES.

LONGMAN, BROWN,

LONDON:

GREEN,

MDCCCXLIX.

AND LONGMANS.