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[Manuscript illumination: Initial]

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cut-out initial stuck to paper

[Manuscript illumination: Initial]

Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: early - mid 13th century
Medium: Ink, paint and gold leaf on parchment
Object number: F.33.4
Description(Small) major initial 'Q' (historiated), inhabited by a monk or friar (who's gaze is directed towards the text) on a rectilinear ground, half of which is gold with a black outline, the other half being blue with white overpainting (as the infill of the initial).