Week 3 Study Guide Questions

Today I finished up on the rest of the study guide questions. I had a look at the study activity that talked about the Types and Styles of illuminated manuscripts. I discovered that more often that not, the church was responsible for the production of a great deal of manuscripts. In other words, the main production of manuscripts was for Bibles. Many famous manuscripts were made for the use of public church services.

Also I discovered while I was looking at some of the examples on the Art and Books website, that the purpose of the book had a large impact on the production and final form of the manuscript. Books that were intended for public church services were elaborately designed, however the message and images were quite dark. In comparison to a book that was made for decorative purposes only, the pages were far more delicate and the decorative aspects of the book were in more detail. Also there was a lot more elaborate imagery in the decorative books.