Line filler
A decorative device (abstract, foliate, zoomorphic, or anthropomorphic) that fills the remainder of a line not fully occupied by script.
A decorative device (abstract, foliate, zoomorphic, or anthropomorphic) that fills the remainder of a line not fully occupied by script. Line fillers were initially popularized in Insular and Pre-Carolingian art.
- Arabic:تتمّة سطر
- French:Bout-de-ligne
- German:Zeilenfüllung
- Italian:Chiudiriga
- Spanish:Remate de renglón; Final de renglón; Final de línea
Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).