Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 65: Reisen, in der Übersetzung Ottos von Diemeringen
A manuscript page from Heidelberg University Library's Cod. Pal. germ. 65, a German translation by Otto von Diemeringen of John Mandeville's travel accounts, written in the late medieval period for readers of German. The page carries a column of red and black initial letters at left, a red-capitalled heading, and two heraldic shields at right, one with red stars on dark blue and one with a red bird-like device, with the text set in dense handwritten German columns. A designer might draw on the hand-painted shields and the bold red-and-black lettering as a model for medieval heraldic and manuscript ornament.
