Typologie iniciál a základy systému výzdoby středověkých rukopisů I. Pozdně antické, předrománské, byzantské a románské rukopisy
Typology of the initials and rudiments of the decoration system of the Medieval manuscripts I. Late antique, Pre-Romanesque, Byzantine and Romanesque manuscripts.

(Study to the art-historical terminology of the Medieval Illumination 3)

Summary/Abstract: The paper studies the typology of the initials following the way of construction of their corpus in the mutual ties in the development – departing from the late antique, considering the Byzantine and Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque types. The modifications of the initials are studied together with the changes of their function in the decoration system and in the cultural-historical context. The contribution also studies the changes of the terminology connected with the typology of the initials.

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