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Masterpieces of Illuminated Letters and Borders (Dover Pictorial Archive) - Softcover

Book 206 of 270: Dover Pictorial Archive

Tymms, W.R.

 
9780486447841: Masterpieces of Illuminated Letters and Borders (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Synopsis

More than 350 decorative designs in this impressive collection, including 256 letters, display the glories of extant medieval manuscripts. Rare letters and borders that once enhanced medieval bibles and other rare manuscripts are ornamented with exquisite florals, curvilinear motifs interwoven with religious figures, and other exquisite embellishments.

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Masterpieces of Illuminated Letters and Borders Rare letters and borders that once enhanced medieval bibles and other rare manuscripts are ornamented with exquisite florals, curvilinear motifs interwoven with religious figures, and other exquisite embellishments. More than 350 designs, including 256 letters.

Synopsis

This work contains more than 350 designs, of which 256 are letter, that display the glories of extant medieval manuscripts. The illuminated letters and borders not only comprise a practical archive of usable lettering, they also offer a wonderful glimpse of the ancient art of manuscript illumination. Original selection of plates from "The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times", originally published by Day and Son, London, 1860.

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