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Prudentius, Carmina

900 · 57 pictures

The Carmina is a Latin collection of Christian poems by the late Roman poet Prudentius, copied as a manuscript around 900, probably in a Carolingian scriptorium for monastic readers. The pictures are small, rough-drawn figure scenes in faded colour, with flat bodies, bold outlines, and ornate initials that a designer could use for medieval-style figure drawing and decorative capitals.

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