This week's word: Line Filler
"A decorative device (abstract, foliate, zoomorphic, or anthropomorphic) that fills the remainder of a line not fully occupied by script. Line fillers were initially popularized in Insular and Pre-Carolingian art."
From: Michellle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts - a Guide to Technical Terms, (J. Paul Getty Museum: Los Angeles, 1994), 80.
Monday, December 31, 2007
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