ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

World History I

WHAT IS AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT?

An illuminated manuscript is a piece of text, or a full piece of text, that has the first letters of each paragraph is made large and is decorated

• Manuscripts = a piece of text that is hand written in the Middle Ages

The borders around the text are also decorated and illustrated with miniature pictures and designs

These were commonly used in religious texts and were often posted around the monasteries

They illuminated their texts to show the wealth and luxury that went along with being literate

Also, because so many people could not read or write, the pictures helped people understand what the text was about

WHY DID THEY ILLUMINATE THEIR TEXTS?

YOUR ASSIGNMENT…

You are to create your own “Illuminated Manuscript”

You are to choose one of the passages I have given you – or one of your own – and re-write the passage, illuminating the text

You must illustrate/decorate the following:• The first letter of the passage• The borders of the passage• Use color & your neatest handwriting

This will count as TWO class-work grades• Due: _______________