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Some images and initial letters taken from British Library Harley Manuscript 4431, which contains the works of Christine de Pizan (1365 – 1431?).
Christine de Pizan Her Web Site
Title: Works, BL Harley MS 4431
Date: 1414
Total items: 6
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter ``Q'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ChristinedePizan-HarleyMS4431/wm/big/004v-detail-initial-letter-q-q75-225x200.jpg "[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter ``Q'']")
calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “Q”
A richly decorated capital letter “Q” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval pen-letter ``A'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ChristinedePizan-HarleyMS4431/wm/big/004v-detail-initial-letter-c-260x200.jpg "[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval pen-letter ``A'']")
calligraphy: mediaeval pen-letter “A”
A red letter “C” made with a calligraphy pen in the early fifteenth century. The roughness of the edges is partly from the texture of the writing surface, but it gives an “antique” look to the [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writing]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ChristinedePizan-HarleyMS4431/wm/big/004r-detail-woman-writing-q90-142x200.jpg "[picture: folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writing]")
folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writing
A woman is writing in a book; perhaps she is a scribe, or a nun in a monastery. She is wearing mediaeval [more...] [$]
![[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter ``A'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ChristinedePizan-HarleyMS4431/wm/big/004r-detail-initial-letter-a-q75-222x200.jpg "[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter ``A'']")
calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “A”
A richly decorated capital letter “A” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter ``H'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ChristinedePizan-HarleyMS4431/wm/big/004v-detail-initial-letter-h-q90-255x200.jpg "[picture: calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter ``H'']")
calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “H”
A richly decorated capital letter “H” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is [...] [more...] [$]
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