Partes or[ati]onis quot sunt octo
A manuscript-style page of handwritten Latin word lists in dense columns, with marginal notes and a circled cluster of entries at upper right. This Augsburg grammar by Aelius Donatus, printed about 1501 by Johann Schonsperger for students of Latin, shows a working page of lexical annotation rather than decoration. A designer might take its dense columnar rhythm, ruled margins and ink-on-paper texture as a model for ordered text layouts and annotated lists.
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