These opening letters for one of the psalms are a classic illustration of medieval illumination, relying on vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and illustrated scenes (image courtesy the British ...

Gorgeous Medieval Book Is As Heavy As a 5-Year-Old, But Now It's Viewable Weightlessly Published Aug 28, 2020 at 4:29 PM EDT By Andrew Whalen Writer ...

Richard K. Emmerson, Middle English Literature and Illustrated Manuscripts: New Approaches to the Disciplinary and the Interdisciplinary, The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 105, No. 1 ...

Often the expression of joy or affection, illustrated letters represent an irrepressible urge to picture language. They are evidence of the writer’s use of words and images to amplify the form and ...

Often the expression of joy or affection, illustrated letters represent an irrepressible urge to picture language. They are evidence of the writer’s use of words and images to amplify the form and ...