Gothic Script in Context
An illuminated Book of Hours was THE status item in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Many aristocrats and rulers delighted in commissioning and collecting them.
One of the most famous of them of that of the Duke of Bedford.
I've chosen these 2 pictures cos I hope they illustrate the following
1) The relationship of picture in text in illuminated manuscripts
2) the size of the originals
3) the use like modern web pages of framing to emphasize section
4) gothic script in its original context
Enjoy this and the next few posts in this series.
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