Gregorius, <i>Moralia in Iob</i>, Books 17 to 35
This is a 1463 manuscript copy of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Iob, books 17 to 35, a Latin theological commentary on the Book of Job, digitised by the e-codices virtual manuscript library of Switzerland. The pictures show a decorated initial with interlaced white scrolling foliage inside a roundel of blue, green, and red, and a standing robed figure holding a scroll within a green and gold framed initial, set among dense Latin text in black and red ink. A designer might take from them the rhythm of looping acanthus-like curls, the bold colour blocking of medieval initials, and the way a figure is contained inside a letterform.
