21 junho 2015

Incipits are the opening words of a text of a medieval...



Incipits are the opening words of a text of a medieval manuscript or early printed book. They were often highly decorated, as you can see from this Ethiopian example. Circa 1504 - 1505, tempera on parchment. (From the J. Paul Getty Museum)

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