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Originally Posted by thunaer  Why did Calligraphic Illuminated Manuscripts evolved?
Was it because of the second commandment forbidden images that Calligraphic Illuminated Manuscripts came into being?
Sort of a picture made with words in a Artistic style?
Why did they die? Printing Press? Further Reading to the Second Commandment? Other? |
The monks were bored.
A lot of the copying took place in monastaries, and they had no issue with images.