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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| from Italian ''miniatura'', via medieval Latin from [[Latin]] ''miniare'' ''rubricate'', ''illuminate'', from ''minium'' ''red lead'', ''vermilion'' (used to mark particular [[words]] in [[manuscripts]]). | | from Italian ''miniatura'', via medieval Latin from [[Latin]] ''miniare'' ''rubricate'', ''illuminate'', from ''minium'' ''red lead'', ''vermilion'' (used to mark particular [[words]] in [[manuscripts]]). |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century early 18th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century early 18th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1:(especially of a replica of something) of a much smaller size than [[normal]]; very small: [[children]] dressed as miniature adults. | | *1:(especially of a replica of something) of a much smaller size than [[normal]]; very small: [[children]] dressed as miniature adults. |
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| *5: a picture or decorated letter in an illuminated manuscript. | | *5: a picture or decorated letter in an illuminated manuscript. |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | The word '''miniature''', derived from the [[Latin]] ''minium'', red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript illuminated manuscript]; the simple decoration of the early [[codices]] having been miniated or delineated with that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment pigment]. The generally small scale of the medieval pictures has led secondly to an etymological [[confusion]] of the term with minuteness and to its application to small paintings especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_miniature portrait miniatures], which did however grow from the same [[tradition]] and at least initially use similar [[techniques]]. | + | The word '''miniature''', derived from the [[Latin]] ''minium'', red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript illuminated manuscript]; the simple decoration of the early [[codices]] having been miniated or delineated with that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment pigment]. The generally small scale of the medieval pictures has led secondly to an etymological [[confusion]] of the term with minuteness and to its application to small paintings especially [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_miniature portrait miniatures], which did however grow from the same [[tradition]] and at least initially use similar [[techniques]]. |
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− | Apart from the Western and [[Byzantine]] traditions, there is another group of Asian traditions, which is generally more illustrative in nature, and from origins in manuscript [[book]] decoration also developed into single-sheet small paintings to be kept in albums, which are also called miniatures, as the Western equivalents in watercolor and other mediums are not. These include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_miniature Persian miniatures], and their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_painting Mughal], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_miniature Ottoman] and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_miniature_painting Indian offshoots]. | + | Apart from the Western and [[Byzantine]] traditions, there is another group of Asian traditions, which is generally more illustrative in nature, and from origins in manuscript [[book]] decoration also developed into single-sheet small paintings to be kept in albums, which are also called miniatures, as the Western equivalents in watercolor and other mediums are not. These include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_miniature Persian miniatures], and their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_painting Mughal], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_miniature Ottoman] and other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_miniature_painting Indian offshoots]. |
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| [[Category: Paintings]] | | [[Category: Paintings]] |
| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |