Capua | Macro-Typography

/ Vincent S Artale Jr

The Evangelion of Capua is a celebrated lectionary in Greek that was penned by a monk, Kyriakos the Wretched, in 991 in the town of Capua, southern Italy. Vat. gr. 2138 at the Vatican Library has just come online and you can now admire the colourful tempera patterns of its illumination.The plaited headbands and initials…

via Capua — Macro-Typography

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