Manuscript decoration

I have always a little in love with old manuscript decorations. They form a nice example of a tightly codified elegance and of a technique serving art purposes. Thanks to BibliOdyssey, we can see a very nice sample of it.

Plimpton MS 296 from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University

Plimpton MS 296 from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University

Plimpton MS 296 from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University

Source: Plimpton MS 296 from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University (in Digital Scriptorium).


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