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Green and brown border with vines and bird The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This border was taken from “Hours of the Virgin” (Harl. 2,936). The book is attributed to the Master of Martainville and includes 24 miniatures with foliate borders (such as this one) in colours and g [...]

Keywords: borders, foliated borders, birds, vines, colour

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Added: 2012-06-29

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Red and Blue Medieval Border with Butterfly The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This border was taken from “Hours of the Virgin” (Harl. 2,936). The book is attributed to the Master of Martainville and includes 24 miniatures with foliate borders (such as this one) in colours and g [...]

Keywords: borders, foliated borders, butterflies, insects, flowers, vines, colour

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Added: 2012-07-04

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Full-page gold and coloured medieval border The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

It’s easy to imgine that interest in medieval borders, calligraphy and decoration started with William Morris and Edward Johnston in the 1880s, but this book was produced in 1860 and includes such bea [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, birds, ornament, illuminated manuscripts, frogs, foliated borders, vines, colour

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Added: 2012-06-30

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