Lessons in the Art of Illuminating / A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum. With Practical Instructions, and a Sketch of the History of the Art

ILLUMINATING.
By W. J. LOFTIE
LESSONS IN THE ART OF ILLUMINATING.
Plate IX.—FACSIMILE PAGE OF A BOOK OF HOURS, 15th Century.
VERE FOSTER'S WATER-COLOR SERIES.
A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum. With PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS, AND A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE ART, By W. J. LOFTIE, b.a., f.s.a.,
AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF LONDON, MEMORIALS OF THE SAVOY PALACE, A CENTURY OF BIBLES, A PLEA FOR ART IN THE HOUSE, ETC.
London: BLACKIE & SON; Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
The Colored Illustrations are Printed by W. G. BLACKIE & CO., Glasgow, from Drawings by J. A. BURT.

The outlined initials on pp. xv, 9, 13, 21, 25, 29, and 33 are taken from a manuscript of the fifteenth century, preserved at Nuremberg. The originals are very highly but delicately colored, the ground being gold; the body of the letter, black; and the scroll work and foliage pink, blue, green, and yellow. The book, which is dated 1489, is a treatise entitled the Preservation of Body, Soul, Honour, and Goods. The tailpieces throughout represent heraldic animals, from the Rows Roll and other authentic sources.
Heraldic Boar.