upennmanuscripts: I understand that you really love decorated ascenders and descenders, someone must
upennmanuscripts:I understand that you really love decorated ascenders and descenders, someone must have told whoever was setting down LJS 264, but… it kind of feels like you might have jumped the shark with the whole thing? It kind of feels a little much now?Nonsense! they exclaimed, furiously drawing an actual human face inside a letter d on fol. 10v, because it was ridiculous even to consider that there could be such a thing as too much decoration on ascenders and descenders.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn, and you can download an ebook version here. -- source link
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