The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 534
the beginning of the Middle Ages. The sixth and seventh centuries have left us no books with miniatures;the utmost we find at that period are some capital letters embellished bycaligraphy. In the eighth century, on the contrary, the ornaments were MINIATURES IN MANUSCRIPTS. 445 multiplied, and some… … was reformed, and the style of painting manuscripts assumed something ofthe form of the fine antique examples still extant at that period. (Fig. 350.) MINIATURES IN MANUSCRIPTS. If we would have an idea of the heaviness and theungraceful character of the writing and of the ornamentswhich…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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