Repertoire example

Exercising the repertoire of (romanesque/gothic) historiated initials in medieval manuscripts could be broken down into the studie and practice of these consituent parts:

Lettering: Lomards, calligraphy
Ornament: typical forms of penwork and other more extensive forms of borders, embellishments etc.
Pattern: fills for backgrounds
Figure: stilized representations of human, animal, object, etc.

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05 January 2022

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