Wydanie publikacji dofinansowane przez Komitet Badań NaukowychThis paper deals with the history of the development of canon tables in early medieval
manuscripts. The author concentrates on the role of the architectural decoration of canon
tables. This type of decoration was very important for the development of iconography,
especially in Byzantium, where one can observe the tendency to expand the role of calligraphy
on the cost of illumination. Canon tables were instrumental in propagation of the type oi
composition (originating probably from astronomical codices of late antiquity) in which text
is enclosed by an architectural frame. For the canon tables created after the 10th century
characteristic is transition from tectonic to ornamental treatment of the frame. The motifs of
antithetic animals (usually birds) and pair of trees placed next to the arcades ar? obligatory
elements of the frame. This pattern deriving from the canon tables compositions belongs to
the most widespread schemes in medieval illuminations.Zadanie pt. Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę
