Table of Contents

Abbreviations preface 1. The Medieval Illuminator: Sources of Information 2. Technical Aspects of the Illumination of a Manuscript 3. Programmes and Instructions for Illuminators 4. Illuminators at Work: the Early Middle Ages 5. Illuminators at Work: the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 6. Illuminators at Work: the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Appendix 1. Contracts for Illumination Appendix 2. Illuminators' Preliminary Marginal Drawings List of Illustrations Bibliography Index of Manuscripts Cited Index.