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The developers of Carolingian illumination were the so-called "court school of Charlemagne" at the Palace of Aachen, which created the manuscripts of the "Ada School ." Contemporary was the "Palace School" which was probably based in the same place, but whose artists were from Byzantium or Byzantine Italy .
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An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations.Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers and liturgical books such as psalters and courtly literature, the practice continued into secular texts from the 13th century onward and typically include proclamations, enrolled bills, laws ...
Giulio Clovio, Adoration of the Magi.Double page from the Book of Hours of Cardinal Farnese, 1537–1546, Pierpont Morgan Library, M.69 (fols. 38v-39).. Renaissance illumination refers to the production of illuminated manuscripts in Western Europe in the late 15th and 16th centuries, influenced by the representational techniques and motifs of Renaissance painting.
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The texts are old, and the "offering" represented is the creation of an expensive illuminated manuscript. In the late Middle Ages works, [ 5 ] often secular ones, are generally presented by their author or translator, though lavish copies of older texts may also still receive presentation miniatures.
The Christ in Majesty miniature. The Godescalc Evangelistary, Godescalc Sacramentary, Godescalc Gospels, or Godescalc Gospel Lectionary (Paris, BNF. acquisitions nouvelles lat.1203) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin made by the Frankish scribe Godescalc and today kept in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
The Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura is a 9th-century illuminated Bible. Of all surviving Carolingian Bibles, it is the most thoroughly illuminated. The manuscript was produced at Rheims under the patronage of Charles the Bald , and it was presented to Pope John VIII at the coronation of Charles as emperor on Christmas night, 25 December 875.