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Marginal illustrations

LC control no.sh2009003233
LC classificationND3343.4 Painting
Topical headingMarginal illustrations
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Variant(s)Illustrations, Marginal
Marginal scenes
Scenes, Marginal
See alsoIllumination of books and manuscripts
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Scope noteHere are entered works on drawings and flourishes in medieval illuminated manuscript margins. Works on notes, scribbles, or editorial comments made in the margins of books are entered under Marginalia.
Found inWork cat.: McIlwain Nishimura, M. Images in the margins, 2009: CIP galley (marginalia is a modern term that refers to words or images in the margins of a page; derived from Latin, meaning things in margins)
A&AT, Apr. 2, 2009 (marginal illustrations: scenes or figures apearing in the margins or decorative borders of a page of text; terms: marginialia (illustrations); marginal scenes)
Brown, M. Understanding illuminated manuscripts, 1994: under Marginalia (Latin word for "things in the margin", marginalia refers to writing or decoration in the margins of a manuscript; fully developed border decoration considered a separate genre or component of the decorative scheme)