muspeccoll:For July 4, we’re celebrating the red, white, and blue with a few flourished initials fro
muspeccoll:For July 4, we’re celebrating the red, white, and blue with a few flourished initials from our manuscript collection. Red and blue were the most commonly used colors in medieval manuscripts; often rubricators would alternate colors as they added notes or initials, even in manuscripts that weren’t otherwise decorated. These initials have absolutely nothing to do with American Independence Day, but I thought they were a festive choice for today’s Manuscript Monday.Happy 4th of July!- KelliTop 2 initials: Raymond of Penafort, Summa de poenitentiae et matrimonio, Columbia, University of Missouri, Ellis Library, Special Collections, RARE RES BX1757.R39 1200. http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/RARERESBX1757.R391200_45Bottom 2 initials: Bible, Columbia, University of Missouri, Ellis Library, Special Collections, RARE RES BS70.B5 1300. http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/RARERESBS70.B51300_45 -- source link
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