In medieval times earwax, and other substances such as urine, were used to prepare pigments used by scribes to illustrate illuminated manuscripts.

Persian art includes painting, calligraphy, miniature-painting, illustrated manuscripts, glasswork, lacquer work, a unique and native form of marquetry called "Khatam work," metal work, pottery, textile and fabric design, and modern arts.

If she were lucky, she illustrated manuscripts in the heated calefactory, the only room in the abbey where her ink wouldn't freeze in the winter.

Now Sunni Muslims, their artists illustrated the Koran and other manuscripts with delicate hand-painted scenes, while their ceramics, bronze sculptures and brass incense-holders showed clear Iranian influence.

This monastery has many illustrated manuscripts, including the Coptic version of the Divine Liturgy and the Commentary of the Epistle to Titus by Saint John Chrysostom.

She also acquired five illustrated Ethiopic manuscripts, and Budge published a colored facsimile of them.

Of these, some 900 are found illustrating manuscripts and the remainder exist as stand-alone documents.

Beginning tomorrow, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will recall Maurice through portraits, maps, sea charts, illustrated manuscripts, and other mementos.

On view were beautiful but arcane religious objects: miniature mosaics created in court ateliers of Constantinople and richly illustrated manuscripts; elaborately embroidered religious vestments and sumptuously gilded metalwork.

Fourteen large quadripartite maps are found illustrating different manuscripts of Beatus of Liébana's popular Commentary on the Apocalypse of St John.