Item Info

Script: Caroline miniscule
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: These cuttings are some of the earliest examples of European illumination in the Free Library's collections. Taken from at least two different manuscripts containing probably patristic writings, the cuttings display features typical of the Romanesque style: a nearly abstract formalism that relies on heavy linear patterns to suggest volume and delineate features, flat areas of color that defy rather than define illusionistic space, and a rhetorical expressiveness in the figures' hand gestures and faces that helps to guide the viewer's eye across the page and toward the text.
Notes: Three cuttings from patristic manuscripts with St. Gregory the Great (upper), a king (lower left), and a bishop (lower right)
Country: Country:Italy

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1199
Image Dimensions Width: 128 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 48:9