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Meaning of "limner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIMNER

ˈlɪmnə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIMNER

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Limner is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LIMNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Limner

A limner is an illuminator of manuscripts, or more generally, a painter of ornamental decoration. One of the earliest mentions of a limner's work is found in the book Methods and Materials of Painting by Charles Lock Eastlake. "The treatises cannot be placed later than the thirteenth, or beginning of the fourteenth, century. This was the age of Dante, and "the art which in Paris was called illuminating" is well illustrated by such guides." p. 45...

Definition of limner in the English dictionary

The definition of limner in the dictionary is a painter, esp of miniatures or portraits.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIMNER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIMNER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LIMNER

banner · bottle-opener · cleaner · condemner · container · corner · damner · designer · dinner · Freightliner · inner · Kitchener · listener · manner · owner · partner · planner · spinner · trainer · winner

Synonyms and antonyms of limner in the English dictionary of synonyms

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画匠
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limner
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limner
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limner
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Limner
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画工
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limner
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Limner
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Trends of use of limner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMNER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about limner

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIMNER»

Discover the use of limner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to limner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Beardsley Limner and some contemporaries: ...
Fourteen portraits by the yet unidentified "Beardsley Limner" painter are analyzed with particular reference to the stylistic characteristics shared among the group.
Christine Skeeles Schloss, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Montclair Art Museum, 1972
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Colonial Craftsmen: And the Beginnings of American Industry
The. Limner. Except for the few, painting pictures hasn't generally been a good way to make money. In colonial America the few were fewer, and the rank and file had a thin time indeed. Painting was, as the best of all the limners put it, "no ...
‎1999
3
American Painting of the Nineteenth Century : Realism, ...
Behind it lies a long limner tradition distilled from national and international sources into a vocabulary relevant to the American experience.1 That experience can only partly be explained by the lack of direct contact with academic traditions  ...
Barbara Novak Altschul Professor of Art History Barnard College and Columbia University (Emerita), 2006
4
Undone
Undone is an old, worn but unused ticket you might find in the back of a drawer.
Fritz Limner, 2006
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Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
FREAKE-GIBBS-MASON LIMNER (active 1670–1674) is known by approximately ten closely related portraits in oil on canvas that were painted of merchants, public officials, ministers, and children in Puritan Boston between 1670 and 1674.
Gerard C. Wertkin, 2004
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English Manuscript Studies, 1100-1700
If 02 LONDON THOMAS HARDYNGE (LIMNER?) Apprentice Limner to John White. Christianson 1990 p. 1 14 IJ02 LONDON THOMAS HEGHAM LYMNOUR OF LONDON Writ judged originally in Somerset. ccr Henry IV vol. 1 p. 565 '402- 75 ...
Peter Beal, Jeremy Griffiths, 1993
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Going Dutch: The Dutch Presence in America, 1609-2009
For one of his three paintings of the younger cousins of Johannes de Peyster III, that of James de Peyster (for these three pictures he was known as the “De Peyster Limner” before his identity was discovered), Gerardus worked from a ...
Joyce Diane Goodfriend, Benjamin Schmidt, Annette Stott, 2008
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American Art Essentials
An average limner portrait would fetch between five and fifteen dollars. Examples are the portraits of Elizabeth Eggington (1664), Robert Gibbs (1670), David, Joanna and Abigail Mason (1670), and Elizabeth Paddy (Mrs. John Wensley) ...
George M. Cohen Research and Education Association Staff
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The Production of Books in England 1350-1500
Around 1487, for example, the London stationer Philip Wrenne owed 5 marks to the limner Thomas Greneherst for labour and materials. The latter case is known to us because the stationer who acted as middle-man did not have the money to  ...
Alexandra Gillespie, Daniel Wakelin, 2011
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The Balance, and Columbian Repository
The Limner. Mr. Editor, J[ AM all compliance. When you hinted to me the propriety of withholding my communications during the session of Congress, &c. you heard no more from me. I have waited until all the political obstacles to the ...
Ezra Sampson, George Chittenden, Harry Croswell, 1805

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIMNER»

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First image of newly crowned Queen Victoria to go on display in …
... of the early 19th century -enjoyed a flourishing career under the patronage of George IV after succeeding Sir Henry Raeburn as Limner to the ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
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Queen Victoria sketch to go on show at Holyroodhouse
Sir David succeeded Sir Henry Raeburn as limner to the king in Scotland in 1823 and was appointed painter in ordinary in 1830. He retained ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
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On this day: Marilyn Monroe married Arthur Miller
... 1917 David Donaldson, Painter and Limner to the Queen in Scotland; 1919 Slim Pickens, US actor; 1928 Ian Bannen, Airdrie-born actor. «Scotsman, Jun 15»
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Schleswig School Board Regular Meeting: May 19, 2015
... artwork, “Cat”, Taylor Totten, 3rd grade, artwork, “New Clothes”, Edwardo Enriquez, 5th grade, artwork, “Colonial Limner” First Grade (Meyer): ... «Blair Enterprise Publishing, Jun 15»
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My favourite painting: Matthew Girling
By 1572, he was her limner (miniaturist), an art derived from medieval book illumination, and had his own goldsmith workshop. In his Art of ... «Country Life, Apr 15»
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UCF Last Knight Standing winner announced
Finalists included Devin Alexander, Michael Almanzar, Gray Bigler, Terrance Hamilton, Bryan Harris, Shereen Kassam, Nick Limner and Fritz ... «Central Florida Future, Apr 15»
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Rosaleen Orr
... where her teachers included David Donaldson, later the Queen's Limner in Scotland, and the formidably talented William and Mary Armour. «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
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Beauty of Black: Marking the final day of Black History Month
“With an installation, artists usually try to fill an area with artworks that work to convey a similar idea,” Slowinski, who owns the Limner Gallery, ... «The Register Star, Feb 15»
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First look: Astropad turns your iPad into a graphics tablet for your Mac
Rival apps such as Air Stylus and Limner provide similar capabilities. But Astro-HQ claims superiority over competing apps in a few key ways. «Macworld, Feb 15»
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Picture the Earl(e)s of Paxton
Earl began his career as a self-taught limner who drew crude portraits of local citizens. But after a sojourn in London, where he studied painting ... «Worcester Telegram, Feb 15»
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