The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 514
iddle Ages. The sixth and seventh centuries hâve 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 rallier élégant… … Fig. ,4..-Pa1nted CapiU, lotte., taUen fro. Manu.crlpt. of t.e Ei.Mh or Nint. Centun. was refornicd, and tbe style of painting munnscripts assunied so^ething oftbe form of tbe fine antique examples still extant at tbat penod. (F.g. 350.) 44-6 MINIATURES IN MANUSCRIPTS.
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