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and egg yolk was used strategically alongside other binders. Illuminators employed
these materials to diversify their palette, to simulate a range of optical effects and
to create a rich sensory experience. Their success depended on the viewers’ capacity
to appreciate subtle variations between different grounds, pigment saturations and
application methods. Visual literacy and thoughtful looking were paramount to
the efficacy of the images and still are. Integrated art-historical, scientific, textual
and cultural analyses allow us to glance over artists’ shoulders and witness the trials
and errors, curiosity and experimentation, technical skill and inspired vision that
transformed the raw materials into artworks.
Photo rights: Pl. 1a: The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge; pl. 1b: The Syn-
dics of Cambridge University Library; pl. 1c: His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and
the Trustees of Lambeth Palace Library, London; pl. 2a: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Pa-
ris; pl. 2b–3a, 10, 13a: The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; pl. 3b–8e, 11a–12g,
13b–15d: The MINIARE project, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; pl. 9: The Master and
Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge.
Europäische Bild- und Buchkultur im 13. Jahrhundert
- Title
- Europäische Bild- und Buchkultur im 13. Jahrhundert
- Author
- Christine Beier
- Editor
- Michaela Schuller-Juckes
- Publisher
- Böhlau Verlag
- Location
- Wien
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- German
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-205-21193-8
- Size
- 18.5 x 27.8 cm
- Pages
- 290
- Categories
- Geschichte Chroniken