Penn Library's Ms. Codex 1645 - Technical treatise on the painting of miniatures (Video Orientation)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Technique
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Manuscripts French -- 18th century
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History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Technique
Codices
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises
Manuscripts French -- 18th century
Manuscripts European
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
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2022-03-28
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's Ms. Codex 1645, an 18th-century copy of a technical treatise on the painting of miniatures, in print from 1673. Includes information on the reduction of images and mixes of pigments for landscapes, skies, varieties of flowers, skin, faces, drapery, and jewels. Slightly more than half the manuscript (through p. 138) closely matches early printed editions; the remainder of the text presents material from other sources, including preparations and uses of gold leaf, varnish, lacquer, and gold and silver inks, and instructions for marbling paper and tinting parchment. It was written in Nancy, France, in 1744. Digital copies and a full record are available through Franklin: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9961137913503681