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EDLD 5366 Digital Graphics

Golden Haggadah [] Copyright © The British Library Board

My first impression is probably rather cliche' but I thought the manuscript was ornate and beautiful. It is incredible to see such and old manuscript as if you were sitting in front of it turning the pages. I noticed that all of the manuscript was handmade and not mass produced. The bindings seem to be made of real leather.The first **contrast ** I noticed was the different size fonts. There are three different font sizes on the first page. Also the dark brown and blue provide a bold contrast on top of the light colored parchment. The **alignment ** of all of the pages is to have everything centered and symmetrical. The **repetition ** is in the colors used. The manuscript uses blue, gold, brown and red almost exclusively. The **proximity ** of like ideas in the manuscript is shown through the blocking-off of the images. Each image tells a part of the story and is clearly separated by colored borders.The artist uses very detailed drawings of the story being told in the book. I think the author uses gold lettering, elegant borders and blocks off and colors the first words of paragraphs to emphasize the importance of the manuscript. The gold lettering is symbolic of the divinity of the words and their meaning. The borders and emphasis on the beginnings of each paragraph all point toward an incredibly important document and not an average story.