miniature

Japanese: miniature
miniature

…Cinnabar, which is produced in the Iberian Peninsula, was already used by the Greeks and Romans in ancient times, and produced a unique, rich red color called "minus" or "minium" because it was mainly found on the banks of the River Minius (now the Minho). Painting with this minus was called "miniare," and this technique was widely used in medieval manuscript decoration, eventually establishing the genre of miniature. The brilliance of the colors in mosaics and stained glass is largely due to the material glass, and in dyed and woven items such as Japanese Yuzen, Okinawan Bingata, Western Gobelins, and Persian carpets, the effect of color is inseparably linked to the texture of the materials such as silk, cotton, and wool. …

From the manuscript illustration

…the decoration on the pages of a manuscript. It can be illustrations that correspond to the content of the main text of the manuscript, abstract designs placed around the edges of the page, or elaborate initials at the beginning of a sentence.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "miniature" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イベリア半島から産出される辰砂は,すでに古代においてギリシア人やローマ人たちによって利用され,主としてミニウスMinius川(現,ミーニョMinho川)のほとりで得られるところから〈ミヌスminus〉または〈ミニウムminium〉と呼ばれる独特の豊麗な赤を生み出した。そのミヌスで彩色することを〈ミニアーレminiare〉と呼んだが,この手法が中世の写本装飾に広く用いられて,やがてミニアチュールminiatureというジャンルが確立されることになる。モザイクやステンド・グラスの色彩の輝きは,ガラスという材質に負うことが大きいし,日本の友禅や沖縄の紅型(びんがた),西欧のゴブラン織やペルシアのじゅうたんなどの染織の場合も,色彩の効果は,絹,綿,毛などの材料の持つ質感と不可分に結びついている。…

【写本画】より

…写本のページに施された装飾をいう。イルミネーションillumination,ミニアチュールminiatureともいう。これには写本の本文(テキスト)の内容に即した挿絵(イラストレーション),画面の周囲などに配する抽象的文様,文章の冒頭に用いる凝った飾り頭文字(イニシャルinitial)などがある。…

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