Fully painted

A fully painted illumination is one that has been rendered throughout in pigments rather than wholly or partly in tint or line alone (see outline drawing and tinted drawing).

A fully painted illumination is one that has been rendered throughout in pigments rather than wholly or partly in tint or line alone (see outline drawing and tinted drawing).

    Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).