Glossary of Medeival Art and Architecture
pen flourished
initial:An ornamental initial
characterized
by abstract, rhythmic patterns, usually drawn in red or blue ink. Pen
flourished
initials were especially common during the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries.
See also:illuminated initial.
Other types of illuminated initial: foliate,
inhabited, historiated
or figured.
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