EDLD+5366+Digital+Graphics+and+Web+Design

My first impression of the three manuscripts that I studied in regards to design was I thought the illustrators took great care in their works. The illustrations were remarkably detailed and in most cases took up the entire page which indicated to me the value they put on the art work of the time verses the written words. Contrast was displayed in the line thickness I noticed in //The Book of Kells//. The thick lines were used as borders surrounding the thin lines//. In The Book of Durrow//, repeated rectangle shapes were used as an inside border provided an accurate example of Repetition. Also, in the same book, a good example of alignment shown was the five unified columns from the left to the right of the page. I found the proximity in The Ottonian Manuscripts interesting as words were grouped together around the pages and the illustrations of the people seemed to portray meaning within a group. I feel that the authors/artists used large pictures and strong borders to help us understand the importance of those manuscripts/books.