Rinceaux

A form of ornament commonly used in borders during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It consists of a patterning of fine foliate branches.

A form of ornament commonly used in borders during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It consists of a patterning of fine foliate branches.

    Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).