Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Illustrations 7
4. Acknowledgments 15
5. Introduction 17
6. 1. Creator and Artist
7. Introduction 29
8. Ars and Opus 38
9. Artifex and Opifex 44
10. Deus Artifex: Making and Knowing 47
11. The Artist’s Challenges in Illuminating Genesis 50
12. The Creation of Mankind 51
13. 2. Creating the Cosmos
14. Introduction 73
15. Creation’s Beginning in the Hamburg Bible 78
16. The Beginning of Time 88
17. The Angels’ Contribution to Creation 92
18. Prime Matter and Quintessence 103
19. Prima Materia 116
20. Four Elements 119
21. Making Manuscripts and the Tools of the Artifex 135
22. 3. Creation and Composition
23. Drawing, Painting, and the Four Elements 155
24. Fortune and Natura Naturans 176
25. Artists and Authors: The Holkham Bible’s Frontispiece 183
26. Two Realms, Two Creatures 186
27. Enumeration and Imagination 194
28. Buds and Birds: Reconsidering the Frontispiece’s Position 202
29. Conclusion 217
30. Bibliography 223
31. Index of Names/Persons 279
32. Index of Places 281
33. Index of Subjects 283