[Manuscript illumination: Initial]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: early - mid 13th century
Medium: Paint, gold leaf on parchment
Object number: F.35.8
DescriptionHistoriated major initial, most of which has been lost to the knife of the 'vandal' or bookseller, inhabited by a crowned female (?) in red robes (set against a blue background with decorative overpainting in silver, now white).