Unless one collects medieval manuscripts, or perhaps the rare fine press book, it's unlikely that one will ever encounter that glory of the illuminator's art, the carpet page: The image above, from the famed Lindisfarne Gospels (late 7th or early 8th century CE), sports all the features generally attributed to this form of illumination, as a surprisingly illuminating Wikipedia article points out: [c]arpet pages are wholly devoted to ornamentation with brilliant colors, active lines, and…
