illuminator

[ ih-loo-muh-ney-ter ]

/ ɪˈlu məˌneɪ tər /

a person or thing that illuminates.

a device for illuminating, as a light source with a lens or mirror for concentrating light.

a person who paints manuscripts, books, etc., with designs in color, gold, or the like.

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1475–85; < Late Latin illūminātor, equivalent to illūminā(re) (see illumine) + -tor -tor

It is just possible that the illuminator may be asked to submit a rough sketch.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day|Sidney Farnsworth
The illuminator has bestowed two large and beautiful pictures on this famous deed of arms.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts
Thou shalt be a promoter of light, and not of darkness; an illuminator, and not an obscurer.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
The real apostle of Armenia was Gregory the Illuminator, in the third century.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various

We go in search of the sound; but, alas, we witness nothing save the triumph of the insane activity of the illuminator.
Saunterings in and about London|Max Schlesinger