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illuminated manuscript

manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as borders and miniature illustrations
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illuminated manuscript
Benedictine monastery of Podlažice · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

illuminated manuscript ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,023 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: manuscript[2]
  • Commons category: Illuminated manuscripts[3]
  • Has part(s): manuscript illumination[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Illuminated manuscripts[5]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • Different from: art of Gothic illumination[9]
  • Has list: list of illuminated manuscripts[10]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France[11]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[12]

Why It Matters

illuminated manuscript has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such
    Biblissima authority id → Q296033
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296033, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009018-iluminovane-rukopisy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009018-iluminovane-rukopisy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of illuminated manuscripts
    Different from → art of Gothic illumination
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Illuminated manuscripts
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 8099, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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