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Illuminated Manuscripts
From the Middle Ages
Pages of Gold features illuminated manuscripts from
three local collectors in the Flathead Valley, and works from the collection
of Boyd Mackus.
Illuminated manuscripts are hand-produced books that include drawn,
painted, and gilded decoration on pages made of vellum.
Vellum is a specially prepared and polished animal skin produced in
the middle ages.
The simplest manuscripts are adorned with calligraphic pen work dividing
one paragraph of text from another.
More lavish examples are embellished with historiated initials
that are enlarged, and colorful letters that contain tiny representations
of figures or biblical scenes.
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Flemish Scribe;
A single leaf from a Prayer book in Latin; Flanders, 1st quarter of
15th c. Collection of Connie and Fred Leistiko
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