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11 Cards in this Set
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reflect |
when light bounces off something shiny
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illuminate
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to fill with light; decorating books with gold or silver or pretty drawings was called illumination
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parchmenter
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someone who makes parchment
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scribe
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someone who writes the words in the book or on the parchment
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illuminator
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someone who draws the pictures and makes the words shiny
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monastery
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a place where monks live
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vellum
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very fine calf-skin processed to write on
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mosaic
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pictures made of many tiny pieces of glass, stone or other materials
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tesserae
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the tiles used in a mosaic
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fire
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to bake a piece of pottery in a very hot kiln, or oven
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kiln
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a very hot oven used to bake pottery to harden it |
