The #initials in this #eighth-century copy of Pliny from the British Isles are stupendous. The one with the white line down the middle would have taken forever to do: the white line is achieved by filling in the brown colour on either side.

Source: https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/4125824?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=95735198b647fd95b8af&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1#page/83/mode/1up

@medievodons #palaeography #insularMSS #medieval

Exciting news! The European Research Council has awarded an Advanced Grant worth €2.5m to #Insular #Manuscripts in the Age of #Charlemagne. Our team includes Dr. Anna Dorofeeva
(@litteracarolina) and partners in libraries & universities across Europe, including the ERC Beasts2Craft project, Prof. Daniel Bradley, Dr. Charlotte Denoël, Dr. Lieve Watteeuw, @BodleianLibraries, and the British Library.

#InsularMSS #palaeography #codicology #medieval #ERCAdG @medievodons @histodons