Each reader’s hand-drawn manicule was a little signature of their engagement – some were rendered as simple doodles (two quick strokes forming an index finger), while others became playful mini-artworks, complete with elaborate cuffs and oddly long fingers.
The manicule is literally a pointer.
By the 16th century, printers were also dropping pointing hands onto ornate title pages and as decorative dingbats alongside floral marks and ❦ fleurons.
It goes much further up beyond the 16th century honestly.
The manicule is literally a pointer.
It goes much further up beyond the 16th century honestly.