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Ancient Manuscript Design, Assignment 2, EDLD 5366

I am comparing the Ethiopian Bible and Baybars Magnificent Qur'an. When I first accessed the Ethiopian Bible, I was impressed with the use of pictures and bright colors. However the longer I went through it, the more this bothered me. When looking through the Qur’an, I liked the use of borders and colors but I did notice there were no pictures. Contrast in the Ethiopian Bible was shown in the use of the bright colors of the pictures and the red and black font. The Qur’an did not show much contrast. Most of the font was in white and gold but there was some font (presumably what needed to be noticed) was in red and there were occasionally accent marks in red and blue. Repetition in the Ethiopian Bible was shown with the placement of pictures on the left and the writing on the right along with the page numbers on the left side pages. The Qur’an showed repetition by the use of the scrollwork borders that were almost identical and occasional round designs on certain pages. The Ethiopian Bible showed alignment by the use of similar or identical spacing of the borders (especially on the leather cover) and the placement of pictures on the left and writing on the right of several pages. Identical spacing of the writing and between the points in the border shows alignment in the Qur’an. Placement of pictures on the left and writing on the right show proximity in the Ethiopian Bible while the Qur’an showed it by placing words in the middle of a page surrounded by an elaborate border. While both of these manuscripts showed each of the four elements of design principals, they showed it in their own way due to their particular culture.