Illuminated letters were highly decorative letters found at the beginning of a chapter or paragraph in medieval manuscripts. They were often adorned with intricate designs, bright colors, and gold leaf. Illuminated letters were created by skilled scribes and artists to enhance the beauty and significance of the text they introduced.
Monks used to make illuminated letters out of mud and dung. They let it harden in the sun, and then when it was fully made and hard.. They shoved them in each other's butts.
in illuminated words.
illuminated letters can be found in defferent places like libraries.
You would usually find illuminated letters on old story books.
Romans.
1579
Illuminated letters came from the monasteries that the monks worked in. They thought that they could pass the time by writing passages that begin with a decorated letter. They then did that.
For decorative purposes in books.
by monks in middle ages
It means when u colour a page
because it was a way to express there relgion in the form of art.
Special types of books