# Illuminated Manuscript

> Jewel-colored tempera, fine white highlights and small amounts of gold leaf spread over a warm ground, with refined, gently layered space.

[Web page](https://aistylebook.com/image/illuminated-manuscript/)

## About this style

Jewel-like colors and tiny white accents sit on a warm ground, with small gold-leaf areas catching light. Shallow, clear overlaps and miniature detail give the page a precious handmade character.

Illuminated manuscripts organize close viewing through fine drawing, gold and ornament.

A palm-sized robe with minute folds and bright accents can hold attention within a carefully framed page.

### How the style changes different subjects

- **Portrait**: Fine drawing and decorative color turn figures into miniature manuscript-like images.

- **Landscape**: Layered planes and small ornaments refine architecture and plants.

- **Object**: Precise contours and selective gold or ornament make objects feel precious.

**Subjects**: Choose foliage, animals, clothed figures or ceremonial objects in compositions with room for fine decoration.

### Handmade illuminated pages

Illuminated manuscripts are individually made books whose text, images and ornament work together on the page.

## Visual keywords

jewel colors · gold leaf · tempera · fine white accents · warm ground · miniature detail

## Names and related terms

Illuminated codex · Manuscript illumination

## Style examples

- [Portrait](https://img.aistylebook.com/reference-assets/20092-img_large.avif?v=c7dd5c95ada47a80)

- [Landscape](https://img.aistylebook.com/reference-assets/20093-img_large.avif?v=516bd11f31a72bda)

- [Object](https://img.aistylebook.com/object-assets/80092-large.avif?v=d2d1c4c2013544af)

## Reusable style prompt

```text
Repaint the image as a medieval illuminated-manuscript miniature on a warm, finely textured vellum-like ground. Use opaque jewel-colored tempera, delicate contours, tiny white heightening and restrained gold-leaf accents within existing shapes. Compress depth into overlapping planar tiers. Simplify details into precise small strokes and orderly dense textures, combining a calm refined surface with minute flashes of burnished gold.
```

## Photo creation and prompts

Photo generation requires an account and credits; the cost is shown before generation.

[Create with this style](https://aistylebook.com/photo.html?style=20092&lang=en#studio)

## Related styles

- [Ottoman Miniature](https://aistylebook.com/image/ottoman-miniature/): Both use tiny lines and overlapping space, while Ottoman miniatures favor map-like bands.

- [Egg Tempera](https://aistylebook.com/image/egg-tempera/): Both can use precise tempera layers, while egg tempera focuses on the medium itself.

- [Yamato-e](https://aistylebook.com/image/yamato-e/): Both use clear color and layered narrative, while yamato-e develops broader spatial bands.

## References

- [The Met: Manuscript Illumination in Northern Europe](https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/manuscript-illumination-in-northern-europe)