Illuminated manuscript

According to Wikipedia, 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. In the most strict 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. Comparable Far Eastern works are always described as painted, as are Mesoamerican works. Islamic manuscripts may be referred to as illuminated, illustrated or painted, though using essentially the same techniques as Western works.". Basically, decorated letters and words. One of the more famous examples is The Book Of Kells, a new testament Bible so heavily decorated that it is near useless for the general purposes of a Bible. Here are some examples of illuminated manuscript: