Fleuronné

(From French fleuronné = flowered) decorative ornament in plant form applied to a manuscript's initials, usually in a different color (red, black or blue) than the initial itself. This form of ornamentation originated in French Gothic manuscripts in during the 12th century.

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We have been running a specialist store for facsimiles for nearly 15 years in Regensburg's Old Town, just opposite the "Schottenportal" of the Romanesque Scots Monastery of St. Jacob at Jakobstraße 6.