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    Illuminated manuscripts were a form of English art in the Middle Ages where manuscripts had decorative elements added, such as decorated initial letters, borders, illustrations, and were often painted with gold or silver. Most manuscripts were produced in monasteries and were religious in nature, used to teach the illiterate, but starting in the 13th century more secular texts were illuminated. Early Anglo-Saxon manuscripts blended Celtic, Germanic, and Mediterranean influences, while after the Norman Conquest French styles became predominant. Examples of illuminated manuscripts include The Lindisfarne Gospels from the 8th century and the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from the 1380s.

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    Illuminated manuscripts were a form of English art in the Middle Ages where manuscripts had decorative elements added, such as decorated initial letters, borders, illustrations, and were often painted with gold or silver. Most manuscripts were produced in monasteries and were religious in nature, used to teach the illiterate, but starting in the 13th century more secular texts were illuminated. Early Anglo-Saxon manuscripts blended Celtic, Germanic, and Mediterranean influences, while after the Norman Conquest French styles became predominant. Examples of illuminated manuscripts include The Lindisfarne Gospels from the 8th century and the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from the 1380s.

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    Illuminated manuscripts were a form of English art in the Middle Ages where manuscripts had decorative elements added, such as decorated initial letters, borders, illustrations, and were often painted with gold or silver. Most manuscripts were produced in monasteries and were religious in nature, used to teach the illiterate, but starting in the 13th century more secular texts were illuminated. Early Anglo-Saxon manuscripts blended Celtic, Germanic, and Mediterranean influences, while after the Norman Conquest French styles became predominant. Examples of illuminated manuscripts include The Lindisfarne Gospels from the 8th century and the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from the 1380s.

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    Illuminated manuscripts were a form of English art in the Middle Ages where manuscripts had decorative elements added, such as decorated initial letters, borders, illustrations, and were often painted with gold or silver. Most manuscripts were produced in monasteries and were religious in nature, used to teach the illiterate, but starting in the 13th century more secular texts were illuminated. Early Anglo-Saxon manuscripts blended Celtic, Germanic, and Mediterranean influences, while after the Norman Conquest French styles became predominant. Examples of illuminated manuscripts include The Lindisfarne Gospels from the 8th century and the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from the 1380s.

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    Illuminated manuscripts

    The English art in the Middle Ages consisted mainly in the production
    of illuminated manuscript which, a manuscript in which the text is
    supplemented by the addition of decoration.
    Illuminated manuscripts were one king of English painting together
    with murals painted in the walls of churches and monasteries, that
    characterized the English art of the middle ages before the
    introduction of the printing press. There are many different types of
    illuminated manuscripts such as decorated initials at the beginning of
    paragraphs, borders or illustration on margins, and miniature
    illustrations in whole pages. Manuscripts were most of the times
    decorated with gold or silver. Most medieval manuscripts, illuminated
    or not, were written on parchment, most commonly of calf, sheep, or
    goat skin, but most manuscripts important enough to illuminate were
    written on vellum. Then, illuminated manuscripts were also painted in
    papyrus. As regards the technique, illuminated manuscripts were
    painted in a flat composition with the predominance of curvilinear
    designs.
    Most manuscripts are of a religious nature. They were produced
    mainly in monasteries in order to teach religion since most people
    were illiterate and the monopoly of education was in the hands of the
    church. However, especially from the 13th century onward, an
    increasing number of secular texts were illuminated, usually
    produced at court and telling the story of the country, and special
    event in history and the life of kings. Illuminations were also found in
    musical texts. Other illuminated manuscripts were present
    in
    calendars illustrating the months.
    Early Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination forms part of insular art, a
    combination of influences from Mediterranean, Celtic and Germanic
    styles. After the Norman Conquest, French with its
    Romanesque
    features became predominant in English illumination
    An example of an illuminated manuscript is The Lindisfarne Gospels
    of around 700-715 that was made at the monastery on Holy Island. Its
    pages blend native Celtic and Anglo-Saxon elements with Roman,
    Coptic and Eastern traditions to create an artistic expression of the
    cultural melting pot that was Northumbria in the eighth century.
    During the Norman Period, illuminations were deeply influenced by
    the French culture. A further Illuminated manuscript is present on the
    prologue to 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer (1380s).
    What is more, The Royal collection represents the only intact
    medieval and Renaissance English royal manuscript collection that is
    an important resource for English medieval history and art history.

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