Les manuscrits et les miniatures
A late nineteenth-century French survey of manuscripts and miniatures by Auguste Molinier, published in Paris by Hachette in 1892, written for students and collectors of illuminated books. Its pictures are black-and-white reproductions of decorative frames, initials, borders and miniatures, showing medieval and early modern ornament: interlacing scrollwork, a framed armorial panel, and a seated scholar at a desk. A designer could draw on the dense framing devices and enclosed vignettes for page borders and decorative initials.
