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Exercising the repertoire of (romanesque/gothic) historiated initials in medieval manuscripts could be broken down into the studie and practice of these consituent parts:

• Lettering: Lomards, calligraphy
• Ornament: typical forms of penwork and other more extensive forms of borders, embellishments etc.
• Pattern: fills for backgrounds
• Figure: stilized representations of human, animal, object, etc.

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