Illuminated Manuscripts

Who made Illuminated Manuscripts?

• Christian monks

• Christian nuns

• Roman Priests

• Viking Priestesses

Illuminated Manuscripts produced during what period?

• The Renaissance

• The Late Dynastic

• The Medieval

• The Post-Impressionism

Where were Illuminated Manuscripts mostly made?

• Itallian Isles

• Spanish Isles

• British Isles

• Swedish Isles

The art of decorative lettering is called

• Scribology

• Letterology

• Iconography

• Calligraphy

Illuminated Manuscripts were made by a team of workers.

• True

• False

Illuminated means

• fancy

• decorated with gold /silver

• decorated with pictures

• there is writing

Pictures were important in in books because

• many people could not read

• the pictures entertained people

• the pictures made the book more expensive

• the pictures took up space

The pages of Illuminated Manuscripts were made of

• Rice Paper (from rice starches)

• Paper (from wood pulp)

• Papyrus (from reeds)

• Vellum (from calf skin)

The books would be made for and owned by

• peasants

• the church

• the monastery

• royalty

Illuminated Manuscripts are full copies of the Bible.

• True

• False