This work contains more than 350 designs, of which 256 are letter, that display the glories of extant medieval manuscripts. The illuminated letters and borders not only comprise a practical archive of usable lettering, they also offer a wonderful glimpse of the ancient art of manuscript illumination. Original selection of plates from The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times , originally published by Day and Son, London, 1860.