Illuminated Manuscripts

Brother Dominic's Illuminated Manucripts
Assignment Page

Lesson 56

Read this page to find out what a Illuminated Manuscript is

What is an Illuminated Manuscript?

Lesson 57

Read this page for the parts of an Illuminated page

What are the parts of a Illuminated Manuscript page?

Lesson 58

Answer the five question about a Medieval Illuminated Manuscript.

Medieval Illuminated Manuscript 5 facts

Lesson 59

1. Do Slide Show and
2. How Manuscripts were made.

Leaves of Gold

Write a one page story as if you are creating an Illuminated Manuscript. In your story be sure to answer these questions

1. What is an illuminated manuscript?

2. What is parchment?

3. Who were the makers of illuminated manuscripts.

4. What materials did they use?

Write a one page story as if you are creating an Illuminated Manuscript. In your story be sure to describe the seven key elements of an illuminated manuscript page.

Click on each of the seven to see the example.

Click on EACH of the five pages at this site and then write COMPLETE and LENGHTY answers for the five following questions:

1. What is an illuminated manuscript?

2. Who made illuminated manuscripts?

3. How was an illuminated manuscript made?

4. What kinds of books were illuminated.

5. What is a Book of Hours?

Explore the Eight different manuscript pages. Look into the section DISCOVER ON YOUR OWN. Invent your own assignment depending on what you find interesting. You may draw, you may Caligraphy, you may write.... (Just make a complete assignment)

For example down load the Scribe in the Scriptorium , Tools of the Trade, and How they were used.