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 Timeline. Each chapter starts with a timeline of key events during the period covered. Non‐art events, selected to provide some context for the art, are distinguished from works of art.

 Marginal glosses. There is a running glossary keyed to the first use of a Latin word or technical term also collected in a full glossary at the back of the book. Most of these are technical terms in art and architecture, e.g. cella, orthogonal planning, atmospheric perspective; some are words in Latin or English that my long‐suffering editors agreed to include if I added them to the glossary, e.g. apotropaic, adventus.

A series of features in each chapter is designed to focus attention on information that provides context for the art, its creation, use, or meaning. These include five categories of sidebars, at least three of which will appear in each chapter:

 Tools & Techniques. Covers artistic technique, materials, and so forth. Examples include cameo glass technique, use of concrete, artistic workshops.