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Illuminated Initials
Many medieval manuscripts are full of decorated capital letters that come in all styles and sizes. But what was their purpose? To learn, read: https://www.europeana.eu/blog/lighting-the-way-how-illuminated-initials-guided-medieval-readers-through-books
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KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Ministry of Culture
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture
National Library of Romania
E-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Latin Bible, designed as a pandect (i.e. in one volume), following the recension of Alcuin of York. Several copies of these Alcuin Bibles, manufactured in the scriptorium of St. Martin of Tours, have survived; with their finely graded hierarchy of scripts…
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
University of Edinburgh
Call Number - 0001439; Shelf Mark - Ms 42
University of Edinburgh
Call Number - 0003584; Shelf Mark - Ms 26
KB, National Library of the Netherlands