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‖ opus anglicum Now rare.|ˈɒpəs ˈæŋglɪkəm|
[med.L., lit. ‘English work’; see Anglic a. and cf. prec.]
A type of manuscript illumination regarded as characteristically English (see quot. 1860).
1860F. Delamotte Primer of Art of Illumination 11 When the graceful and luxuriant curves of foliage begin to steal into the pages of the MS. they are to be found also forming the capital of the column,..a style of illumination generally known as the opus Anglicum. 1901J. W. Bradley Hist. Introd. Coll. Illum. Lett. & Borders V. & A. Mus. vi. 81 So excellent is the work and so famous did it become that it was considered on the Continent as typical of our national art and received the appellation of ‘opus Anglicum’. |