Typology of the initials and the system of construction of the decoration of the Medieval manuscripts. I Late Antique, Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque manuscripts : Essay on art-historical terminology of the Medieval Illumination 3
2011
Abstract
The paper studies the typology of the initials following the way of construction of their corpus in the mutual ties in the development - departing from the late antique, considering the Byzantine and Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque types. The modifications of the initials are studied together with the changes of their function in the decoration system and in the cultural-historical context.
The contribution also studies the changes of the terminology connected with the typology of the initials.