A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s1.106

c20.s1.106

It is customary, especially with French writers, to describe as 'miniatures' all the Indo-Persian drawings and paintings on paper or vellum, irrespective of size, whether book illustrations or independent works. The term suits sufficiently well for the smaller illustrations of manuscripts, and, when so used, retains to a certain extent its etymological sense, as a derivative from *minium*, and is applied in accordance with general usage.