In Peggy Durdin's review, she states that it was the " most illuminating book so far written about the Chinese People's Republic . ".
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From the 14th century decorated borders round the edges of at least important pages were common in heavily illuminated books, including books of hours.
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Extensively illuminated books were also presented to royalty as diplomatic gifts, or by ambitious courtiers to the monarch, and these might include presentation miniatures.
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Religious visionary, political radical, poet and painter, William Blake was an 18th-century misfit who found immortality in a series of illuminated books of poetry.
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The work reproduced many of Blake's illustrations from public and private collections, interspersed throughout the biography and series of plates from his illuminated books.
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And they supported themselves by farming and publishing, producing numerous tracts, pamphlets and hand-illuminated books and inscriptions done in the Germanic tradition called fraktur.
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He was allowed more freedom in a series beginning with " The Frog Prince " ( 1874 ) which showed markedly the influence of illuminated books.
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Stained-glass art evolved from illuminated books, which were drawn by medieval monks, and have been in decline since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century.
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English illuminated books, such as the Queen Mary Psalter, were also famous in this period, featuring rich decoration, a combination of grotesque and natural figures and rich colours.
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At the show's beginning one might take in three illuminated books of hours, including one from 16th-century France open to a particularly emotional image of Jesus carrying the Cross.
