The first monograph entirely devoted to the illuminated manuscripts of Sister Eufrasia Burlamacchi 14781548 this book demonstrates that her artistry should not be confined to painting or sculpture alone. Within the convent walls of San Domenico in Lucca where she lived and worked Burlamacchi attained high levels of artistic proficiency through her knowledge of drawing and colour technique composition treatment of space and proportions.This book highlights that Sister Eufrasia was aware of the progress illumination underwent in with the artists we now include in the High Renaissance. She quickly established a style which she then passed on to younger sisters in faith to establish a convent workshop where mutual exchange was the norm.