Illuminated Initials in Full Color Their assignment: to fill in

Their assignment: to fill in the last white space on the map

illustrating the church's long-standing opposition to the development of scientific thought

and composed two operas and a number of piano pieces

Succeeding chapters discuss declension

Illuminated Initials in Full Color Their assignment: to fill inAmong the glories of extant medieval manuscripts are the splendid illuminated initials in which geometric, curvilinear, animal, religious and other motifs intertwine to form extraordinarily beautiful and decorative letters. For this striking volume, Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 548 illuminated letters alphabetically arranged from 19th century reprints of medieval manuscripts. Here are magnificently ornamented initials some the length of an