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Medieval Manuscripts from the Collection of Richard and Mary Rouse
ROUSE ILLUM 7
CALLIGRAPHER’S ADVERTISEMENT. GERMANY, 1568.
Detail of Lord's Prayer , found at lower left of Illum. 7
Illum. 7. Note circle in lower left corner containing the Lord's Prayer.

An unknown German calligrapher’s advertisement sheet dated 1568, with elaborate pen scrolls brushed in gold, and the Lord’s Prayer in German in a space the size of a nickel in the lower left-hand corner. Calligraphy continued long after print, particularly for the writing of documents that requested embellishment to witness the importance of their contents.

R.H. & M.A. Rouse Illum. 7

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