![]() The I and the O are not only slightly larger than the single-line, colored letters on the page they also include decorations inside the letters. Size variation indicated hierarchical variation: the larger the letter, the more important the moment in the text.įor example, the two pages seen here, an initial O and an initial I, from Alberti’s De Pictura, depict colored letters that are only a little larger than one line or two lines of the regular text. Some are the same size as the surrounding black text, whereas others occupy an entire page. ![]() The illuminated letters in medieval manuscripts vary in size. In these four texts, the two most frequently used colors for script are red and blue scribes more commonly wrote in red ink, which may be because the composition of red ink allowed it to flow more easily than blue. Colored initials appear in all four of the manuscripts described here. Illumination in these four texts can be divided into three categories: colored initials, ornately designed initials and miniature paintings. ![]() Although these texts span more than a hundred years and several countries, they demonstrate striking similarities that indicate artistic patterns in the Middle Ages. Four notable examples include an early-14th-century French breviary fragment two Books of Hours, one the Italian Office of the Virgin from the 15th century, and one a 15th-century text from the Netherlands and a 1485 copy of De Pictura (“On Painting”) written by Leon Battista Alberti between 14. ![]() Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department at Brandeis houses several medieval manuscripts that depict beautiful examples of illumination. Graduate Professional Studies (Online Programs)Ī Few Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts at Brandeisĭescription by Leah Lefkowitz, undergraduate student in history and English Rabb School: Graduate Professional Studies Heller School for Social Policy and Management ![]()
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