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

by W. J. Loftie

On the back of Plate III. are two pages in outline from a small Book of Hours in the collection of Robert Young, Esq., Belfast. This kind of work is known as the "Ivy Pattern." It was exclusively practised in France in the fourteenth century. The coloring is usually of a very sober character: the prevailing colors being blue and gold only.

Hart, Badge of Richard II.

Plate III.—EXAMPLES OF THIRTEENTH-CENTURY WORK.

PAGES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS OF FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

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