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4–19. Page from the Ormesby Psalter

Named for a monk called Robert of Ormesby. Decoration, illustration, and initials are joined into a single complex text frame. Red and blue prevail in many late Gothic manuscripts.

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1300CE–1320CE
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Sandie Maxa

from Meggs: ...an intricate frame filled with decorative pattern capital initials and rich marginalia, which are thought to be visual clues suggesting appropriate parables and stories. The everyday life of the people had found its way into the margins of religious books.