11. They brought with them the rarefied court culture of Persia, with its illuminated books and lavish textiles. 12. It is a perfunctory and curiously hasty ending to what is otherwise a provocative and illuminating book . 13. In 1543 he commissioned an illuminated book of meditations in the best Italian humanistic hand from Franc. 14. "Songs of Innocence " was written by William Blake in 1789 as part of his Illuminated Books . 15. Blake's first illuminated book and one of four known copies of " Milton, " his famous epic poem. 16. All that, happily, has changed, as this illuminating book and the show at the Metropolitan so radiantly attest. 17. Blake employed a new technique whose " effect is darker and richer than [ his ] illuminated books ". 18. The "'Hours of Jean de Boucicaut "'is an illuminated book of hours produced around 1405-08 for Jean de Boucicaut. 19. The other moves south to Ethiopia, represented by a charismatic cluster of upright processional crosses surrounded by illuminated books . 20. Jugs, hanging lamps, cups, bowls and dishes were produced, inspired by metalwork and illuminated books as well as Chinese ceramics.