An Alternative to Illustration: Marginalia figurata in the Codex Coislin 88 of the Bibliothèque Nationale
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The present study aims to examine a series of imaginative and unknown marginalia figurata contained in the codex Coislin 88 of the Bibliothèque nationale and focuses on the formulation of some hypotheses with regard to the visual qualities of writing itself. Among other things it proposes that such marginal figural formations might have functioned as an alternative to illustration. Finally, the codex is safely dated to the 2nd half of the 11th century and is attributed to the scriptorium of the monastery of Kellibara on Mount Latros.
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LINARDOU, K. (2013). An Alternative to Illustration: Marginalia figurata in the Codex Coislin 88 of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 34, 285–300. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1726
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