Illuminated Manuscripts
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Early Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination forms part of a combination of influences from Mediterranean, Celtic and Germanic styles that arose when the Anglo-Saxons encountered Irish missionary activity (particularly in Northumbria, at Lindisfarne and Iona).
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Production of a manuscript was slow and demanding, laborious, and always expensive.
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The most luxurious manuscripts were illuminated using decorations and pictures in brightly-coloured pigments and gold leaf.