Comments on: Pre-15th Century Typography: Hand Lettered Bible http://www.designartculture.com/2009/09/02/pre-15th-century-typography-hand-lettered-bible/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Liam Quin http://www.designartculture.com/2009/09/02/pre-15th-century-typography-hand-lettered-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-4021 Liam Quin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.designartculture.com/?p=372#comment-4021 I'd actually say that there are 2 columns on each page, and that they are aligned as per Tsicholde's essay (reprinted in English in "The Form of the Book") - draw a diagonal line from the bottom left of the double-page spread to the top right, and see how it meets the top-right corner of the text on the recto (right-hand) page. Similarly a diagonal on the left page only meets the bottom-left corner. The wide margins are to give the page balance and beauty as a physical object, and to make the book more expensive (since hundreds of sheep had to die to make it). Liam I’d actually say that there are 2 columns on each page, and that they are aligned as per Tsicholde’s essay (reprinted in English in “The Form of the Book”) – draw a diagonal line from the bottom left of the double-page spread to the top right, and see how it meets the top-right corner of the text on the recto (right-hand) page. Similarly a diagonal on the left page only meets the bottom-left corner.

The wide margins are to give the page balance and beauty as a physical object, and to make the book more expensive (since hundreds of sheep had to die to make it).

Liam

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