“Although illuminated books were an expensive luxury, it would be a mistake to suppose that all the most elaborate ones were made exclusively for royalty or for the higher ranks of the nobility.” ArtHistoryMedievalIlluminationManuscripts Book:The illuminated manuscript Source: The illuminated manuscript
“The style of the Luttrell Psalter is less polished than that found in the Queen Mary or St Omer manuscripts, but it surpasses them in vitality.” ArtHistoryMedievalIlluminationManuscripts Book:The illuminated manuscript Source: The illuminated manuscript
“The majority of Gothic manuscripts provide some reflections of contemporary life, because the idea of representing even biblical scenes in any but the idiom of their own times was quite alien to medieval artists.” ArtHistoryMedievalIlluminationManuscripts Book:The illuminated manuscript Source: The illuminated manuscript
“We do not know whether Jewish manuscripts were usually made by Jewish artists to order in Christian workshops, but they were certainly made in the styles locally current in their countries of adoption.” ArtHistoryMedievalIlluminationManuscriptsJewish Book:The illuminated manuscript Source: The illuminated manuscript