Visual Element: Capital Letters

Capital letters are indicators of new sense units, or new sections of text. They are prevalent throughout both columns, indicated by larger letters in the body of the text, usually written by the…

Capital letters are prevalent throughout the folio and are used for rubrics, where the ink is red (squeezed in at the end of the line); and for the incipit--the opening words of the text, where the…

Black capital letters can be found in both columns on the folio, always at the beginning of sentences. The most common capital letters are Q, S, A, and C. This hand is interesting for persistently…

Two of the capitals on this page are offset, meaning they sit just to the left of the column. This occurs in some manuscripts when the start of a major sense unit and the start of a new line coincide…

Several of the capitals on this folio, such as the S and M near the middle of the column, are significantly larger and darker than the rest of the writing and draw the eye.