Typologie kaligrafických iniciál jako východiska ke studiu kreslené ornamentiky
Typology of the caligrafic initials as a starting point for the study of the drawn ornamentics

(Essay on art-historical terminology of the Medieval Illumination 5)

Summary/Abstract: The paper is engaged with a definition of the typology and modifications of the caligraphicinitials, compared with the typology of painted initials, and also with a comparative study of the terminology used indifferent languages for the specific compositions. The interest is also focused on relations among countries, regions and workshops that participated in the transformationsof the caligrafic initials. The subject is studied on a broad period, from the Late Antiquity till the 16th century, but without a typology of fleuronée, only compositions of the body of the initials have been taken into consideration.

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