Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.2.41: Decoration - #3801
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Decoration - #3801
Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)
Type
Decoration
- Format and Location - Decorated initial word/letter
- Technique and Medium - Spare ground painting in ink
- Technique and Medium - Penwork drawing
- Colour Palette - Yellow
- Colour Palette - Blue
- Colour Palette - Red
- Colour Palette - Brown
- Figural Pictorial Content: Foliage - Trefoils, round or pointed
- Figural Pictorial Content: Foliage - Acanthus
- Figural Pictorial Content: Foliage - Palmettes
- Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Background Decoration (Penwork) - Palmettes
- Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Background Decoration (Penwork) - Tendrils
- Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Background Decoration (Coloured) - Monochrome background with tendrils
- Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Decorated Border - Interlace border
The background is done in penwork but with a spare ground effect; this hybridised technique is unusual.
Width: 665px
Height: 197px
Rotation: 0°
Area (w x h): 131005px2
Ratio (w / h): 3.38
Coordinates (top, left): 260px, 253px