Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering

Note 49 — Chapter XIII · “DESIGN” IN ILLUMINATION “Design” — Elementary Patterns in Decoration — Scale & Scope of Decoration — Of “Designing” Manuscripts, Generally.

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If the triangles were countercharged in colour and colour—e.g. red and blue—the zigzag would be made white, black, or gold, to separate and harmonise the colours (see pp. 182–83).

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