After Class 2/10

Yesterday's class was a very cool one at that. Not only did we go over what we had learned from the past two classes, but we also dived into the world of Illuminated texts. Illuminated text were texts that were so detailed with gold and sliver leafing, that the page seemed to light up every time one turned the page. Along with beautiful colors and designs, Illuminated texts were stunning works of art that would take days, months, and even years to complete by hand. We went over the major periods of Illuminated texts.

Beginning with the Classical period, the major aspects of the time were lots of reddish color, along with a comic book style of pictures and text. But most of all, it was the beginning of the use of lower letters, later evolving into lower case. They called it miniscules a.k.a. lower uncials. Next on the list was the Celtic period, which is one of my personal favorites, along with my topic of Spanish Illuminated texts. Celtic originated from Ireland. Very geometric in design, the text of the pages were very well done and elegant. So elegant that sometimes words were misspelled due to the concentration on the beauty of the page, rather than the spelling. The main aspect of this text/designs were that they were always intertwining. Almost like a never-ending line to signify life. Moving on to the Caroline period This period brought more text gearing towards lower case and using more punctuation. Most of all, it was very artistic and very beautiful in design of the lettering. Next up is the Romanesque/Gothic period. This was a major period of text because many of the font styles (which was Textura or Litera Moderna) are still used today in art and design. It brought big, bold, black text to the scene along with eliminating round lettering. Next is the Islamic/