My art history textbook is discussing early medieval art this week. The Chi Rho Iota page from the gospel Book of Kells (early 9th century) features some pretty intense interlace and decoration. This layout would be an astounding amount of work with a computer, I can't imagine doing it by hand. Learning about the way monks would assemble these gospel books, not to mention the hundreds of lambs that had to be slaughtered to make the vellum, gives me a new appreciation for printing and binding today. 
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