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Folio 27 of the Lindisfarne Gospels, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D.IV. Insular illumination refers to the production of illuminated manuscripts in the monasteries of Ireland and Great Britain between the 6th and 9th centuries, as well as in monasteries under their influence on continental Europe.
MsOmit, Manuscript Sources to Old and Middle Irish Tales, 2017; IMMURGU, Insular Medieval Manuscripts Reproduction Guide; CODECS, Collaborative Online Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies; Proposal by W. B. Yeats in the Irish Senate in April 1923, concerning the local translation of Irish manuscripts.
An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations.Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers and liturgical books such as psalters and courtly literature, the practice continued into secular texts from the 13th century onward and typically include proclamations, enrolled bills, laws ...
Text on patru four columns in red frame. The manuscript has 77 de miniatures with hunting scenes, fighting scenes or regal palace interiors. The manuscript was Gh. Valentin Bibescu collection) Illuminated Books and Prophecies by William Blake
Irish missionaries took the script to continental Europe, where they founded monasteries, such as Bobbio. The scripts were also used in monasteries, like Fulda, which were influenced by English missionaries. They are associated with Insular art, of which most surviving examples are illuminated manuscripts.
Both Anglo-Saxon and Irish manuscripts have a distinctive rougher finish to their vellum, compared to the smooth-polished surface of contemporary continental and all late-medieval vellum. [56] It appears that, in contrast to later periods, the scribes copying the text were often also the artists of the illuminations, and might include the most ...
It is almost impossible to separate Anglo-Saxon, Irish, Scottish and Welsh art at this period, especially in manuscripts; this art is therefore called Insular art. See specifically Insular illumination and also Insular script. For English manuscripts produced after 900, see the List of illuminated Anglo-Saxon manuscripts.
In the tradition of Irish psalters, the 150 psalms are divided into three groups of fifty, each headed by a full-page miniature facing a text page with decorated initial and border. The figures in the miniatures are highly stylized in the tradition of Irish manuscripts at this time, and painted in a palette of yellow, purple and red.