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From the Ted Talk by Michelle Brown: What is a butt tuba and why is it in medieval art?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Some atstirs even painted themselves into the manuscripts. The oninepg image of Christine de Pisan’s collected works shows de psain presenting the book to the Queen of France. The queen was so impressed by de Pisan's previous work that she cssnmmoieiod her own copy. Such ryaol patronage enabled her to establish her own publishing house in Paris.

The tradition of illuminated manuscripts lasted for over a thousand yeras. The books were ceraetd by individuals or teams for uses as wide-ranging as private prayer aids, service books in churches, textbooks, and protective tmsialnas to take into battle. Across all this variation, those tricky little drawings in the margins are a unique window into the minds of mveeadil artists.

Open Cloze


Some _______ even painted themselves into the manuscripts. The _______ image of Christine de Pisan’s collected works shows de _____ presenting the book to the Queen of France. The queen was so impressed by de Pisan's previous work that she ____________ her own copy. Such _____ patronage enabled her to establish her own publishing house in Paris.

The tradition of illuminated manuscripts lasted for over a thousand _____. The books were _______ by individuals or teams for uses as wide-ranging as private prayer aids, service books in churches, textbooks, and protective _________ to take into battle. Across all this variation, those tricky little drawings in the margins are a unique window into the minds of ________ artists.

Solution


  1. commissioned
  2. years
  3. pisan
  4. royal
  5. opening
  6. medieval
  7. created
  8. artists
  9. talismans

Original Text


Some artists even painted themselves into the manuscripts. The opening image of Christine de Pisan’s collected works shows de Pisan presenting the book to the Queen of France. The queen was so impressed by de Pisan's previous work that she commissioned her own copy. Such royal patronage enabled her to establish her own publishing house in Paris.

The tradition of illuminated manuscripts lasted for over a thousand years. The books were created by individuals or teams for uses as wide-ranging as private prayer aids, service books in churches, textbooks, and protective talismans to take into battle. Across all this variation, those tricky little drawings in the margins are a unique window into the minds of medieval artists.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
illuminated manuscripts 2


Important Words


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