In Medieval books, there is almost as much information in the margins as in the text. The art is another coded version of the text that visually expands the discussion if you know the language. But how to read it? That is something I want to learn more about.
The whole idea of margins is so fascinating in the medieval world. The meanings in decorative borders, the monsters (gargoyles, gryphons) on the exterior of churches or close by), the mad frolics doodled in the margins of vellum manuscripts, the strange depiction of far-off human beings on the “edge of the world”…