| A | B |
| cathedral universities | Gothic centers of manuscript making |
| Colophons and Marginalias | Medieval Authors' Doodles |
| Limbourg Brothers and Jean Fouquet | Gothic secular or "lay" book designers/makers |
| Square Capitals | Emphasized vertical and major diagonal lines |
| Rustic Capitals | Compact, curved diagonal lines |
| Figure Eight | During the Gothic period, S's at the end of a word |
| Crossbar | During the Gothic period, S's at the beginning or middle of a word. |
| Bastarda | Gothic cursive |
| Humanistic | The period that followed the Gothic. |
| Black and Angular | Gothic letters' general style |
| Illustrations | Began to be explained in the text during the Gothic period |
| Romanesque | The period that preceded the Gothic period |
| Ingeborg and St. Louis | 13th Century Psalters |
| Beville | The Breviary of... |
| Visconti Hours | A 1411 Manuscript |
| Uncials | In the Gothic period, rounded square capitals no more than 5/8" high |
| England and France | The Epicenter of Gothic Illuminated Manuscript Making |
| Vellum | Parchment |
| Folio | A single leaf found within a codex |
| Books of Hours | From matins to compline |