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The illuminated alphabet
In the Middle Ages the alphabet was one of the vehicles for amusement, instruction, and beauty. Fanciful devices, symbolic elements, floral shapes, narrative cartoons, and other colored embellishments were all worked into initial letters.
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- "In the Middle Ages the alphabet was one of the vehicles for amusement, instruction, and beauty. Fanciful devices, symbolic elements, floral shapes, narrative cartoons, and other colored embellishments were all worked into initial letters."@en
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