Frontispiece

A SCRIPTORIUM

This drawing (about two-fifths of the linear size
of the original) is made from a photograph of a
miniature painted in an old MS. (written in 1456
at the Hague by Jean Mielot, Secretary to Philip
the Good, Duke of Burgundy), now in the Paris
National Library (MS. Fonds français 9,198).

It depicts Jean Mielot himself, writing upon a
scroll (said to be his “Miracles of Our Lady”).
His parchment appears to be held steady by a
weight and also by (? the knife or filler in) his left
hand—compare fig. 41 in this book. Above there
is a sort of reading desk, holding MSS. for
copying or reference.

Writing Sc Illuminating
Sc Lettering

Edward Johnston

Illustrated by
the Author and Noel Rooke

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