Taio Caesaraugustanus; Gregorius Magnus
A manuscript leaf from 1470 containing works by Taio of Zaragoza and Gregory the Great, held by the e-codices Swiss virtual manuscript library. The two pictures show large illuminated initials in blue and red with gold-edged flourishes, set beside dense black Gothic script in Latin. A designer could take the interlaced penwork borders, the blue initials on red-ruled fields, and the tight hand-lettered text columns as models for decorative capitals and layout.
