Description des peintures et autres ornements contenus dans les manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale
This is a French catalogue of painted and decorative ornaments in Greek manuscripts held by the Bibliothèque nationale, compiled by Henri Léonard Bordier and published in Paris by H. Champion in 1883 for scholars of manuscript illumination. The pictures are line engravings of Byzantine-style ornament: interlaced vine scrolls, a cross-shaped motif with inscribed Greek letters, and decorated headpieces with Greek text beneath. A designer could take from them the tightly curled scroll rhythms, the repeated roundel bands, and the ornamental capitals used to set Greek lettering.
