illuminations

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plural of illumination
illumination
Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
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Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb)
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The amount of light falling onto a surface
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painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
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an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
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Any painted or penwork decoration (particularly gold or silver) used to adorn a manuscript, including such features as canon tables, calendars, carpet pages, author, donor, or evangelist portraits, miniatures, initials, borders, etc , but excluding such features as simple pen-flourished letters and line fillers, or the highlighting of letters or paragraph marks within a text usually executed in red or blue ink
illumination
The luminous flux falling on a unit area of a surface
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Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3
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Application of visible radiation to an object
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Art of illustrating and decorating manuscripts Usually entails painting in watercolor or tempera on parchment or paper Popular during the Romanesque period to educate the faithful through sacred images
illumination
the luminous flux incident on a unit area
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See Illuminate, v
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The luminous flux per unit area of a surface
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a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light"
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The luminous flux which a surface receives per unit area
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          The density of the luminous flux incident on a surface; it is the quotient of the luminous flux by the area of the surface when the latter is uniformly illuminated
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Light striking the surface of an object
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Illumination is the lighting that a place has. The only illumination came from a small window high in the opposite wall
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The process by which God enlightens or gives understanding of the revelation of God in the Bible
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A hypothetical stage in the creative process which involves sudden understanding of the problem and the solution (Solso)
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The result of the use of light
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{i} lighting, brightening; light; enlightenment; clarification; decoration, illustration; illuminance (Optics)
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The density of the light flow incident on a surface
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That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript
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The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
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Illuminations are coloured lights which are put up in towns, especially at Christmas, in order to make them look attractive, especially at night. the famous Blackpool illuminations
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The light of the soul pours forth and man on the physical plane in his brain consciousness perceives that which previously was hidden from him The illumined mind transmits soul knowledge
illumination
Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
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is the amount of light in the sky
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The act of illuminating or state of being illuminated This term is often used incorrectly in place of the term illuminance to denote the density of luminous flux on a surface
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Deals with the enlightening or understanding of truth already revealed Illumination generally accompanies inspiration or is included in it, but not always, as it is seen from I Peter 1: 11 Psalm 119: 18 "Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law " The apostle Paul attributes this illumination to the third person of the trinity I Cor2: 12 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God," (I Cor2: 14; John 14: 17, 26; 16: 12-14)
illumination
Decoration of manuscripts and books with coloured, gilded pictures, highly decorated initials, and ornamental border designs
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the use of embellishment and illustration to enhance the pages of a medieval manuscript
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the degree of visibility of your environment
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Decorative miniature artwork that accompanies text, as in historical manuscripts or Society scrolls See also Calligraphy
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That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge
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Type of text illustration which derives it name from the vivid colors and hues
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The decoration of manuscripts with designs and symbolic devices, often entwined with fruit, flowers and human or animal figures
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The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration
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