A miniature is a small illustration used to decorate an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple illustrations of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment.
Miniature of Sinon and the Trojan Horse, from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil's Aeneid, early 5th century
Miniature of Abraham meeting angels, from the Cotton Genesis, 5th–6th century.
Miniature of seven physicians from the Vienna Dioscurides, early 6th century.
Miniature of the Annuciation to the Shepherds, from a Book of Hours (Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Cod. 470).
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In Greek mythology, Sinon or Sinopos was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War.
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
…Miniature of Sinon and the Trojan Horse, from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil's Aeneid, early 5th century A miniature (from the Latin verb miniare 'to colour…
Engraving after frescos by the Carracci, 1663
Etching by Jean Mignon, after 1535
Engraving, Giorgio Ghisi after Giovanni Battista Scultori, Sinon Deceiving the Trojans, c. 1545