<p>What is a florilegium?  What is an incipit?  What is batarde script?  This book--part of the Museum's popular Looking at series--offers definitions of these and numerous other techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts.  Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format.  With numerous illustrations, many of them in color, this volume will be invaluable to all readers wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of illuminated manuscripts.</p>

Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts : A Guide to Technical Terms

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Brown, Michelle P.

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<p>Martyn Jolly examines the evolution and photographic techniques of spirit photography - the craze for photographing 'spirits', which was rooted in the popularity of Spiritualism and psychic research during the period from the 1870s to the 1930s.</p>

Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography

Martyn Jolly

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