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Les grandes Chroniques de France. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 2609, fol. 27v.

[H]ISTORIA

[H]ISTORIA

Flavius Josephus , Antiquitates Judaicae , Rufinus aquileiensis interpres (?) Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 5051, fol. …

Pontifical Punctuation

Pontifical Punctuation

Pontificale-missale Johannis, ducis Bituricensis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 8886, fol. 5r.

Butterfly, bird, & boy

Butterfly, bird, & boy

S. Basilius episcopus Caesariensis , De divinitate Filii et Spiritus Sancti adversus Eunomium , Georgius Trapezuntius interpres Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de …

Boxed initials

Boxed initials

Nicolas Ttrevet, Expositio in quinque Boetii libros de consolatione Philsophiae , avec Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de …

Parti-colored S – 15th-c

Parti-colored S – 15th-c

At what point do we stop talking about the extraordinary because it has become commonplace? 1.° Tractatus de ecclesiastica potestate, libris tribus …

Chiasmus?

Chiasmus?

This is not how a literature professor would explain the term, but what else would you call these crossed alphabets? Pontificale Parisiense. …

Minute border art

Minute border art

Pontificale Parisiense. Latin 961 (1) Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 961 (1), fol. 1r.

In media reS

In media reS

Pontificale Parisiense. Latin 961 (1) Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 961 (1), fol. 1r.

Item Curls

Item Curls

Usatici et Constitutiones Cataloniae Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 4670A, fol. 35r.

Double-P Descenders

Double-P Descenders

Petrus de Ciperia Lemovicensis , De Oculo morali Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 3605, p. 173.

Rich-man pen flourishes

Rich-man pen flourishes

“Johannis Boccatii de montibus, silvis et fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus et stagnis seu paludibus et maribus liber”. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, …

Poor-man pen flourishes

Poor-man pen flourishes

vitae parallelae Plutarchi, hoc ordine : — 1.° Vitae Aristidis et Catonis Majoris : interprete Francisco Barbaro, Veneto. — 2.° Vitae Cimonis …