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† aˈlluminor Obs.
[a. Anglo-Fr. alluminour:—OFr. alumineor, later allumineur, f. alluminer (here = enluminer): see prec. and -or. Aphetized to luminor and limner.]
An illuminator of manuscripts, a limner.
1483Act 1 Rich. III, ix, Any writer, lympner, bynder, or imprynter of such bokes [French version: Ascun escrivener, alluminour, liour, ou enpressour, autrement dit imprintour. 16th c. transl. Any scrivener, allumynour, reader, or printer of such bookes]. 1607J. Cowell Interpr. (1672) Alluminor denotes one, that by his Trade coloureth or painteth upon Paper or Parchment. At this day we call such a one a Limner. [1754Stow London (Strype) II. v. xiv. 311 quotes Act of Rich. III with ‘Alluminer.’] |