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Definition of Miniatures
1. miniature [n] - See also: miniature
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miniatures
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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