Painted Initials
Painted Initials is a manuscript decoration technique in which an enlarged, ornamental letter at the beginning of a text segment is hand-colored or embellished with pigments to signify textual divisions and enhance aesthetic value within handwritten codices.
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The Introduction of painted initials in Byzantium
Leslie Brubaker · Scriptorium · 1991 · 60 citations
The Use of Painted Initials by Greek and Latin Scriptoria in Carolingian Rome
John Osborne · Gesta · 1990 · 40 citations
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