Composing John
Evangelia. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 276, fol. 89r.
Leafy letters
Evangelia. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 276, fol. 14v.
Beatus vir
Zoom all the way in to see the fine penwork inside the vines! Biblia Mazarinaea. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département …
Fine penwork shading
Biblia Mazarinaea. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 7, fol. 160r.
Incipit epistola sancti Jeronimi
Biblia Mazarinaea. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 7, fol. 1r.
Dragon bite
Venantius Fortunatus , Vita sancti Hilarii Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 14654, fol. 156v.
The I of the Beholder
S. Paterius, Liber de expositione Veteris ac Novi Testamenti de diversis libris s. Gregorii concinnatus. II Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, …
S in red and green
Origenes, Commentarius in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos, interprete Rufino. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1643, fol. 11v.
Negative Space
I am amazed at the decisions that led to the production of this page. Did the capital have to be that big? …
Fanciful historiation
Fanciful historiations in these capitals. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8920. Fol. 6v. Lectionarium de tempore, pars aestiva. Source: …
Cue-letter P
[Hugonis tractatus] de claustro animae Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 13417, fol. 5v. Is it the lighting, …
Reading between columns
Johannes Berardi, Chartularium monasterii Casauriensis, ordinis S. Benedicti. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 5411, fol. 73r.
Dragon S
Homiliarium Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 790, fol. 43v.
Repurposed as binding material
Recueil factice composé de 73 fragments de manuscrits, pour la plupart, des défets de reliures. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département …