Art and Science: Renaissance Illuminations

Art and Science: Renaissance Illuminations: "ART AND SCIENCE: RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATIONS






Lorenzo Monaco, Praying Prophet, 1410/1413, miniature on vellum, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection
This is an illumination from a choir book commissioned by the Camaldolese monks of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence at the end of the 14th century. Can the pigments and paint binders used be mapped in situ?"

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