[Manuscript illumination: Initial]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: early - mid 13th century
Medium: Paint, gold leaf on parchment
Object number: F.35.7
DescriptionHistoriated major initial 'Q' set on a gold rectilinear ground (outlined in black); infilled with blue (with decorative overpainting in silver, now white) and inhabited by the figure of a crowned male (who gazes towards the text at his right). Latin text in textualis rotunda script.