Initial letters, borders, frames and capitals from documents of the Carolingian dynasty, 9th century. Taken from a Bible, Evangeliarium, manuscripts and the church of St. Laurent at Grenoble. 1-4 Initiales tirees d’une Bible Latin 5, Bib. Nat., 5,10 manuscrit Latin 1, 6-9 Livre d’Evangiles Latin 1126, 11 manuscrit Latin 266, 12 chapiteau de l’eglise St. Laurent a Grenoble. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from Elements d’Ornementation pour l’Enluminure (Elements of Ornamentation for Illumination), Renouard, Paris, 1890.

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