Illumination and Its Development in the Present Day
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER I THE INFLUENCE OF THE TOOL5. CHAPTER II THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING IN THE PAST6. CHAPTER III THE PREPARATION AND USE OF THE PEN7. CHAPTER IV THE FORMATION OF LETTERS8. CHAPTER V FORMING WORDS AND SENTENCES9. CHAPTER VI ALPHABETS FOR STUDY, BASED ON HISTORICAL EXAMPLES10. CHAPTER VII ROMAN LETTERING11. CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF ROMAN LETTERING12. CHAPTER IX A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION (1) From the Fourth to the Eleventh Century13. CHAPTER X A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION (continued) (2) From the Twelfth Century to its Decline14. CHAPTER XI THE INITIAL LETTER15. CHAPTER XII SIMPLE ILLUMINATION IN BLACK AND RED16. CHAPTER XIII THE COLOURS USED BY THE MEDIÆVAL ILLUMINATOR17. CHAPTER XIV COLOURS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE18. CHAPTER XV COLOURS: THEIR PREPARATION AND USE19. CHAPTER XVI THE GILDING METHODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES20. CHAPTER XVII THE USE OF GOLD21. CHAPTER XVIII ILLUMINATION WITH GOLD AND COLOURS22. CHAPTER XIX THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUMINATION23. CHAPTER XX THE ILLUMINATED ADDRESS24. CHAPTER XXI THE VARIOUS METHODS OF REPRODUCTION25. CHAPTER XXII CHRISTMAS CARDS26. CHAPTER XXIII LETTERING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES27. CHAPTER XXIV HAND-WRITTEN POSTERS, ETC.28. CHAPTER XXV THE ILLUMINATED MS. BOOK29. CHAPTER XXVI A SIMPLE METHOD OF BINDING MSS.30. CHAPTER XXVII THE ILLUMINATION OF THE PRINTED BOOK31. CHAPTER XXVIII PRINTED BOOK DECORATION32. CHAPTER XXIX CONCLUDING REMARKS33. CHAPTER XXX NOTES ON BOOKS34. INDEX