Insular - a style that grew up in post-Roman Britain and Ireland, blending Latin influences with a pre-existing Germanic tradition, and manuscripts characterized by richly illuminated text, intricate decoration, and interlaceĬarolingian - connected to the Frankish Carolingian empire, lasting from about 750 until 900, with artistic innovation coming as a result of the Carolingian Renaissance which resulted in an increased production of manuscripts, paired with a clearer style of script that made for easier reading, and book art characterized by painted miniatures and elaborate initial letters
Late Antiquity - generally considered to last from the reign of the Emperor Constantine (306-337) to the collapse of the Western Roman empire in the late fifth century, art of this period blended the Classical, more naturalistic style with Christian motifs, and manuscript illuminations were generally kept separate from the text of a bookīyzantine - the artistic tradition of the Byzantine Empire, also identified as the Eastern Roman empire, which lasted from the decline of the Western Roman empire in the late fifth century to the rise of the Ottoman Empire in 1453 this style evolved out of a Christian and Greek artistic tradition with Classical elements, resulting in a style that is low on naturalism, and high on religious symbolism and stylism
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