I have always a little in love with old manuscript decorations. They form a nice example of a tightly codified elegance and of a technique serving art purposes. Thanks to BibliOdyssey, we can see a very nice sample of it.
Source: Plimpton MS 296 from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University (in Digital Scriptorium).
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