ARH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Presentation Miniature, Chlamys, Central Asia
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Folio a page of the manuscript (the leaf) Books were made out of very thin leather. Recto the front side of the manuscript. Verso back side of the manuscript. Codex book with pages bound on one side. Illumination any kind of drawing or painting in a book. Function of a ruler portrait appropriate in the miniature"s physical context since the bible was the most important mirror of the ruler in the carolingian era. Significance of the portrait changed as it was viewed by its various ninth-century audiences, which included the pope and the king. Peter is a disciple who becomes the first pope. Bible was given to the pope which is how is was placed in rome. Portraits placed at the end are the dedication miniature. Miniature of charles is framed on all sides by a broad border of stylized acanthus: paolo bible most lavishly decorated manuscripts of the middle ages.