Definition of Miniatures

1. Noun. (plural of miniature) ¹

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Definition of Miniatures

1. miniature [n] - See also: miniature

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miniatures

miniate
miniated
miniates
miniating
miniatory
miniature
miniature end plate potential
miniature fan palm
miniature golf
miniature pinscher
miniature poodle
miniature poodles
miniature scarlet fever
miniature schnauzer
miniature stomach
miniatures (current term)
miniaturisation
miniaturisations
miniaturise
miniaturised
miniaturises
miniaturising
miniaturism
miniaturist
miniaturistic
miniaturists
miniaturization
miniaturizations
miniaturize
miniaturized

Literary usage of Miniatures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"Whoever should once undertake a detailed history of miniatures in MSS. and in books, ... Gothic letter, with 16 miniatures (2 copies, 20 and 6 fr. ..."

2. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"Whoever should once undertake a detailed history of miniatures in MSS. and in books, ... Gothic letter, with 16 miniatures (2 copies, 20 and 6 fr. ..."

3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"Methuen's " Connoisseur's Library" is a. monograph devoted to the art of miniature by Mr. Dudley Heath, and, whilst " miniatures " covering ..."

4. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1905)
"Queries miniatures OF MARY STUART. 1572. In 1901 Mrs. Anstruther-Duncan lent a miniature on ivory, of Queen Mary, aged thirty, to the Glasgow Exhibition. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1888)
"Similar explanations occur to miniatures 27, 28, and 29. About two-fifths of the miniatures are German, notably the first 12, those of novels 21 to 24, ..."

6. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1854)
"... collection of pictures; of drawings by the old masters — Drawing by Raphael — MSS. with miniatures — Antique marble — Morton College — The ..."

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