A Handbook of the Art of Illumination, as Practised During the Middle Ages - With a Description of the Metals, Pigments, and Processes Employed by the Artists at Different Periods #227978

For our justification we would remark that the most successful of these reproductions are too costly to be within the reach of persons of ordinary means, while they fail of being completely satisfactory; especially when the examples chosen are those showing the highest degree of refinement.