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)
2015
Abstract
The paper is engaged with a definition of the typology and modifications of the caligraphic initials, compared with the typology of painted initials, and also with a comparative study of the terminology used in different languages for the specific compositions. The interest is also focused on relations among countries, regions and workshops that participated in the transformations of 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.