Scatter border
A fifteenth-century style of border in which accurately depicted items such as flowers and insects are scattered across its surface, which is often gilded.
A fifteenth-century style of border in which accurately depicted items such as flowers and insects are scattered across its surface, which is often gilded. Sometimes also known as strew or trompe l'oeil borders.
Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).