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THE AET OF ILLUMINATION.
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rushes hissing upon it with open jaws. A blackbird the while, with an
air of interest, watches the contest from among the leaves of the volute.
The stag is firmly drawn in outline; the body dappled over and shaded on
the back, the softness of the coat being very successfully imitated. The
antlers are tinted light blue. One of the front legs is straightened and
stretches forwards, to give firmness to the position. The dragon is appro-
priately coloured.
The subject represented in the lower margin of the fourth page is a
combat between a rustic, armed with sword and buckler, and a wild beast.
The figure of the human combatant is excellently drawn, and much humour
is displayed in the expression of the features, indicating not a little alarm, and
at the same time a stubborn resolution to fight out his dangerous contest.
The lower border-line of the sixth page has a charming tinted drawing of a
mermaid suckling her infant. The human portions of the figures are finely
drawn in very delicate outline. The head of the mother is very beautiful, with
a rich profusion of flowing hair confined by a golden chaplet. Her fishy
extremity is covered with silvery scales, but now blackened by oxidation, and
has an additional ornament in the figure of an ape standing on its hands with
its feet in the air. The tail of the infant is gilt and its fins coloured red.
The entire group, fantastic as it is, is extremely graceful, and striking also
from its novelty ; and the tenderness of action in the intertwining arms and
the contracted hands of the figures are very artistic.
The subject at the bottom of page 7 is remarkably pretty. A
huntress of slender form, and clothed in a long flowing dress of deep blue,
holds in leashes three greyhounds, in front of which is a herd of fallow deer,
represented by a buck, a doe, and a fawn, in full flight, a smaller dog
pursuing them. The huntress leans backward to keep in the dogs, one of
which strains at the game, another crouches with its head on its paws, and
the third turns back its head to its mistress. In advance of the flying herd
is an exquisite group of a doe suckling her fawn, which kneels on a turfy
mound sprinkled with daisies. The action of the dogs and deer is excel-
lently conceived, and the modelling of the bodies and shading of the coats of
the deer most admirable.
Page 8 has no border illumination or drawing in the lower margin.
At the bottom of page 9 is a hawking scene. The falcon has struck down
a wild duck, and is tearing open its back with its beak. The huntsman
follows at full gallop, and stretches out his glove to reclaim the bird. The
screaming duck and eager hawk are drawn with life-like effect. A vine,
covered with leaves and bunches of grapes, grows out of the waving border-
line on which the sketch is drawn.
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rushes hissing upon it with open jaws. A blackbird the while, with an
air of interest, watches the contest from among the leaves of the volute.
The stag is firmly drawn in outline; the body dappled over and shaded on
the back, the softness of the coat being very successfully imitated. The
antlers are tinted light blue. One of the front legs is straightened and
stretches forwards, to give firmness to the position. The dragon is appro-
priately coloured.
The subject represented in the lower margin of the fourth page is a
combat between a rustic, armed with sword and buckler, and a wild beast.
The figure of the human combatant is excellently drawn, and much humour
is displayed in the expression of the features, indicating not a little alarm, and
at the same time a stubborn resolution to fight out his dangerous contest.
The lower border-line of the sixth page has a charming tinted drawing of a
mermaid suckling her infant. The human portions of the figures are finely
drawn in very delicate outline. The head of the mother is very beautiful, with
a rich profusion of flowing hair confined by a golden chaplet. Her fishy
extremity is covered with silvery scales, but now blackened by oxidation, and
has an additional ornament in the figure of an ape standing on its hands with
its feet in the air. The tail of the infant is gilt and its fins coloured red.
The entire group, fantastic as it is, is extremely graceful, and striking also
from its novelty ; and the tenderness of action in the intertwining arms and
the contracted hands of the figures are very artistic.
The subject at the bottom of page 7 is remarkably pretty. A
huntress of slender form, and clothed in a long flowing dress of deep blue,
holds in leashes three greyhounds, in front of which is a herd of fallow deer,
represented by a buck, a doe, and a fawn, in full flight, a smaller dog
pursuing them. The huntress leans backward to keep in the dogs, one of
which strains at the game, another crouches with its head on its paws, and
the third turns back its head to its mistress. In advance of the flying herd
is an exquisite group of a doe suckling her fawn, which kneels on a turfy
mound sprinkled with daisies. The action of the dogs and deer is excel-
lently conceived, and the modelling of the bodies and shading of the coats of
the deer most admirable.
Page 8 has no border illumination or drawing in the lower margin.
At the bottom of page 9 is a hawking scene. The falcon has struck down
a wild duck, and is tearing open its back with its beak. The huntsman
follows at full gallop, and stretches out his glove to reclaim the bird. The
screaming duck and eager hawk are drawn with life-like effect. A vine,
covered with leaves and bunches of grapes, grows out of the waving border-
line on which the sketch is drawn.