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Out of the Darkness, Into the Light

Out of the Darkness, Into the Light

Evangelia [Evangiles dits de Bonvilliers] Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 278, fol. 62v.

Blue Gospel

Blue Gospel

Evangelia Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 9391, fol. 121v.

Qui habitat

Qui habitat

Français 2452 Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Français 2452, fol. 83r.

Interlace D

Interlace D

Sakramentar Heinrichs II Source: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – Clm 4456, fol. 135v.

Ascender gets its own background

Ascender gets its own background

There are dozens of examples of a bipartite background for the capitals throughout this manuscript. Sakramentar Heinrichs II Source: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek …

Tiny dots

Tiny dots

Sakramentar Heinrichs II Source: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – Clm 4456, fol. 12v.

Interlace E

Interlace E

Augustinus, Sermones. V Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits. Latin 2017, fol. 2r.

Vocavit autem Moysen

Vocavit autem Moysen

Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera. I Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits. Latin 8 (1), fol. 41r.

11th-Century New

11th-Century New

Novum Évangiles de l’abbaye de Senones (dioc. de Saint-Dié). Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits. Latin 9392, fol. 8v.

In boxes

In boxes

Evangiles pour différentes fêtes. Grandes peint. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits. Latin 17325, fol. 16r.

A in the margin

A in the margin

The vertical ruling of this manuscript invites initials to appear in a separate column to the left of the text block. Medical …

Deus

Deus

Missel de Saint-Denis. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 9436, fol. 50v.

Knotworked I

Knotworked I

Troparium-prosarium Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 779, fol. 66v.

Te Igitur

Te Igitur

Sacramentarium Leodiense ad usum Sancti Bertini monasterii accommodatum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 819, fol. 10r.