When we look at the illuminated manuscripts of recent times, we can find the salient effects of the Iranian illuminated manuscripts in other countries as well such as India, Turkey and other Arab nations. This art in the IV-V century was considered simple, but starting from the VI century it has progressively assumed majesty and value. The differences between the various manuscripts mainly concern the colors and the way the letters or motifs are painted, and these facets manifest the feelings and spirits of those times. Like other categories of art, illuminated manuscripts also consist of different schools and eras, including Seljuk, Bukhara, Timurid, Safavid and Qajara. Although this art was decelerated when the country's culture was conquered, the illuminated manuscripts are still in full swing with the invaluable efforts of the eminent and committed Iranian craftsmen. The kings called to court painters, bookbinders and artisans from various regions of Iran, who began to work in the libraries of the capital thus, priceless masterpieces were created that adorn Iranian museums around the world today. The illuminated manuscript reached its peak when the people of the Seljuk Empire and the Timurid era began to work as professional craftsmen in this field it became a real art and it is at that time that the most beautiful manuscripts date back. After Islam, the illuminated manuscripts were taken by the Islamic / Arab governments and were then referred to as "Islamic art". The origin of the use of this art in Iranian books dates back to the Sassanid era. Teachers and craftsmen in this field use this art in various books to make the golden pages of literal and religious texts, adorned with arabesque or floral motifs, more beautiful. Islamic manuscripts can be referred to as illuminated, illustrated or painted works. In the most rigid definition, the term refers to manuscripts decorated with gold or silver but in common usage the term refers to any decorated or illustrated manuscript. Most medieval manuscripts, illuminated or not, were written on parchment (most commonly of calf, sheep, or goat skin), but most manuscripts important enough to illuminate were written on the best quality of parchment, called vellum, traditionally made of unsplit calf skin, though high quality parchment from other skins was also called parchment.A so-called illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is enriched with decorations such as for example the initials, borders, and miniature illustrations. A very few illuminated manuscript fragments survive on papyrus. Most illuminated manuscripts were created as codices, which had superseded scrolls some isolated single sheets survive. However, especially from the 13th century onward, an increasing number of secular texts were illuminated. The majority of these manuscripts are of a religious nature. The majority of surviving manuscripts are from the Middle Ages, although many illuminated manuscripts survive from the 15th century Renaissance, along with a very limited number from Late Antiquity. The very existence of illuminated manuscripts as a way of giving stature and commemoration to ancient documents may have been largely responsible for their preservation in an era when barbarian hordes had overrun continental Europe and ruling classes were no longer literate. Had it not been for the monastic scribes of Late Antiquity, the entire literature of Greece and Rome would have perished as it was, the patterns of textual survivals were shaped by their usefulness to the severely constricted literate group of Christians. The significance of these works lies not only in their inherent art history value, but in the maintenance of a link of literacy offered by non-illuminated texts as well. The earliest surviving substantive illuminated manuscripts are from the period AD 400 to 600 (also in the gothic period), primarily produced in Ireland, Constantinople and Italy. Islamic manuscripts are usually referred to as illuminated but can also be classified as painted. Comparable Far Eastern works are always described as painted, as are Mesoamerican works. In the strictest definition of the term, an illuminated manuscript only refers to manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, but in both common usage and modern scholarship, the term is now used to refer to any decorated or illustrated manuscript from the Western traditions. An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders ( marginalia) and miniature illustrations.
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