Page from a 5th to 6th century manuscript (Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelff. 36.23 Augusteus 2) of the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum, a Roman treatise on land surveying. The miniatures show a perspective view of a house and a map of the property lines of the house. The text is written in a uncial script, with lines of red letters indicating the beginnings of paragraphs.
Scanned from: Bologna, Giulia. Illuminated Manuscripts: The Book before Gutenberg. New York: Crescent Books, 1995.
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Page from a 5th to 6th century manuscript (Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelff. 36.23 Augusteus 2) of the ''Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum'', a Roman treatise on land surveying. The miniatures show a perspective view of a house and a map o