Les manuscrits et la miniature
A French 1884 study of medieval manuscripts and miniature painting by Albert Lecoy de La Marche, published in Paris by A. Quantin, aimed at scholars and bibliophiles interested in book illumination. Its pictures are line engravings after medieval manuscript miniatures: a scribe at a desk under an arch, a figure presenting a book, a crowned king standing on a chequered ground, and an ornamented initial letter with foliage and small scenes. A designer could take the framed arches, chequered backgrounds and historiated initials as ready models for layout and decorative borders.
