alluminor means an illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “alluminor” is a great word
ALLUMINOR — [Noun] An illuminator of manuscripts and books. From Old French alumineor, from Latin ad- ("to") + liminare ("to light up, illuminate"), from limen ("threshold, light"). Unlike a scribe (who is primarily a copyist of text) or a calligrapher (who masters the form of the letter), the alluminor is a painter of the page: the meticulous grinding of lapis lazuli for a saint's robe, the patient burnishing of gold leaf until it holds a captive glow, and the whimsical inking of a battling snail in a Psalter's border. Theirs is the art of crossing the threshold from word to world, making the page not merely read, but radiant.
noun
- An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.“Alluminor denotes one, that by his Trade coloureth or painteth upon Paper or Parchment. At this day we call such a one a Limner.”