Big Flourish, Small Capital
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae Source: British Library Add ms 15603, f.55v.
Queen of Hearts
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae Source: British Library Add ms 15603, f.93r.
Kint Geboren
Jacob van Maerlant, Der naturen bloeme Source: British Library Add ms 11390, f.1v.
Terrobolem
Two terrobolem stones, male and female, when brought close together, spontaneously ignite and create a raging fire. Bestiary Source: British Library Add …
Pin Pricked
Pinpricks allow the transfer of a drawing from one sheet of vellum to another. Bestiary Source: British Library Add ms 11283, f.6r.
Arthur and the Round Table
Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes Source: British Library Add ms 35321, f.277r.
Descender Dweller
Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes Source: British Library Add ms 35321, f.50v.
Paradysus
Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 52r.
Constellation Orion
Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 90v.
Cursus Solis Solsticialis
Here’s how you figure it out: Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus, HS. 92, fol. 25r.
Color Table
Computational and astronomical notes; prognostics Source: British Library Egerton MS 3314, f.8v.
Decorative D
Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 45r. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British …
Herinacius: The Hedgehog
It is said that the hedgehog collects fruit on its quills. Bestiary Source: British Library Stowe ms 1067, f.1v.
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Helperic of Auxerre, De computo; Bede, De duodecim mensibus, Hymnus de anno et mensibus; Priscian, Versus de sideribus; computistical tables and diagrams; …