Monday, March 4, 2013

Illuminated Manuscripts

Illuminated Stories by Ms. OrRico's Class
 
Ayla's N

Danny's G


Jackie's O
To follow their projects on Gothic architecture, the 4th and 5th graders wrote stories about their Gargoyles.  They studied Gothic texts, many of which were written in an illuminated style.  The first letter of an illuminated text becomes an illustration.  The letter can visually represent aspects of the story.  It was fun for me to read their stories, and some of them even crinkled and tore their papers to make them look like they were hundreds or thousands of years old.
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