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Nicolas SpierincFlemish Scribe · 1455–1499
All works by this person →Nicolas Spierinc was one of the most gifted and audacious of the Flemish scribes and illuminators working in the late 1400s. While creating elegant and extremely legible calligraphy, he often embellished his script with elaborately flourished letters, known as *cadelles*, elongating the descenders or ascenders of the letters into the margin where they seem to take on a life of their own. In 1455 S
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- 1469
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, silver paint, and ink
- Culture
- Flemish
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
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