Decorated Initial

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Some emotive faces from Ms. Codex 723 (fols. 56v and 84v the text contained therein is the Panormia,

What a tall drink of puzzle initial P! Digging that English teal.Manuscript description and digital

design-is-fine:Manuscript initial, decorated S in colors and gold, 15th century. Portion of leaf fro

michaelmoonsbookshop:Decorated Initial Letter BLondon 1553

openmarginalis:Decorated Initial D by unknown creator, France ca. 11th century via J. Paul Getty Mus

Red penwork initial and bonus manicule from fol. 2v of LJS 194. You’d think an initial like this is

This week, we’ll be looking at Psalters - specifically the decorated or historiated initial &l

The Evesham Psalter - folios 7v & 8rA full page decorated initial B (Beatus, or Blessed in Engli

design-is-fine:Manuscript initial, decorated S in colors and gold, 15th century. Portion of leaf fro

eadfrith:Two Beautifully decorated letters from The Luttrell Psalter -  f198v-199rManuscript produce

eadfrith:The Luttrell Psalter - folio 52vMarginal Monsters and two beautifully decorated letters.  M

The Vespasian Psalter - f64vBeautiful decorated initial S from Psalm 68 - Salvum me fac Deus quoniam

cma-medieval-art: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Decorated Initial D[eus] with Foliated Border (Opening

hdslibrary:Das DDelightful, hand-colored woodcut initial D, Decorated with a Distant, Detailed Downt

LJS 380 Pros mathēmatikous … etc., written in Italy between 1438 and 1445.This text is a cri

heaveninawildflower: Snails, Strawberries and a Flower in a Decorated Initial ‘A.’ Man

The Vespasian Psalter - f64vBeautiful decorated initial S from Psalm 68 -  Salvum me fac Deus q

Decorated Initial Letter BLondon 1553

Initial I in untold amounts of anguish.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here a

Genial-looking initial I.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn.Fol. 1

Other initials in Ms. Codex 614 are decorative albeit largely predictable– but the scribe

Puzzle initial H from fol. 60v of Ms. Codex 1053, a 13C Vulgate Bible. Fun info from our collections

This week, we’ll be looking at inhabited, illuminated, decorated, and historiated initials in

ludmirermoyd:Decorated initial-word panel with a marginal illumination of a man lighting the Hanukka

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