The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 397
that in the seventeenth century it ended in being perfectlyillegible. (Fig. 294). This was, however, the era of the richest manuscripts, that in whichwas brought to perfection the art of ornamenting them, when the pencilof the miniature-painter and the pen of the caligrapher, conjointly,produced… … Fig. 286.—Scribe or Cop3ist, in his Work-room, surrounded by Open Manuscripts, and \\riting at a Desk. (From a Miniature of the Fifteenth Centur}-.) about whom so many fabulous legends have been invented. We give, as aspecimen of his magnificent cursive writing (Fig. 296), the fac-simile of oneof…
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