Single Leaf from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Jonah Swallowed by the Whale, c. 1290. France, Paris, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: x cm (10 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.). This leaf and the bifolium (double-leaf) displayed to the right both come from the same manuscript: a large lectern bible. The decorative scheme consists of a single historiated initial and spiky ivy-leaf tendrils along the margins, a Parisian convention just developing at this time. These "ascenders" and "descenders" originate from two of the initials and meander along the margins as separator
Single Leaf from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Jonah Swallowed by the Whale, c. 1290. France, Paris, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: x cm (10 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.). This leaf and the bifolium (double-leaf) displayed to the right both come from the same manuscript: a large lectern bible. The decorative scheme consists of a single historiated initial and spiky ivy-leaf tendrils along the margins, a Parisian convention just developing at this time. These "ascenders" and "descenders" originate from two of the initials and meander along the margins as separators and framing devices for the text. This ivy-leaf motif dominated book illumination in Paris through the early 15th century.
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