Illuminated Initials in Full Color

Illuminated Initials in Full ColorAmong the glories of extant medieval manuscripts are the splendid illuminated initials in which geometric, curvilinear, animal, religious and other motifs intertwine to form extraordinarily beautiful and decorative letters. For this striking volume, Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 548 illuminated letters alphabetically arranged from 19th century reprints of medieval manuscripts. Here are magnificently ornamented initials some the length of an

each chapter moves at a good progression from the simplest to the most advanced

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Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

The book concludes with a deeper consideration of gravity

and numerous other figures are incorporated here in inventive configurations

Subsequent chapters address the structure and vibrations of molecules

He is perhaps best known for his experimental research in the field of high-energy physics and was a co-discoverer of the muon-type neutrino in 1962

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Dover (1979) original publication

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Forced to flee his homeland in the 1870s to avoid arrest for his revolutionary activities against the czarist government

the Suez Canal