Flowers in medieval manuscripts
By: Celia Fisher
Contributors: British Library
Publisher: British Library
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780712348539
Subjects: Flowers in art; Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts; Fleurs dans l'art; Enluminure médiévale; Bloemen; Geïllustreerde handschriften; Fleurs; Dans l'art; Peinture et illustration de fleurs; Manuscrits médiévaux; Peinture et illustration de plantes
Description: Plants and flower motifs were originally used in manuscript borders for ornamental and symbolic reasons, but during the fifteenth century illuminators paid great attention to them. This volume includes relevant details of the manuscripts from which the illustrations are taken.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Latin included in illustrated texts and in the list of plants.