Illumination

Illumination is the embellishment or added decoration to manuscript pages, addingt interest and imporatnce, most of which was done by hand. Often times, images/illustrations would be added to the inside of letters that reflected the content int the text. Images may have also been added within the letter itself incorporating it or unifying it to the patterns and imagery surrounding it.

In our next exploration in typography, we will study the different styles of artists of our choosing and experiment with re-creating designs that reflect aspects of their styles. We will create illuminated letters of our own that include embellishments influenced by these artists.