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[Manuscript illumination: Initial/Miniature]

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cut-out illumination stuck to paper

[Manuscript illumination: Initial/Miniature]

Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: early - mid 13th century
Medium: Ink, paint and gold leaf on parchment
Object number: F.33.5
DescriptionAlthough this may originally have been part of a historiated initial, the actual initial itself is not visible. It is, however, inhabited by the figure of a Saint, apparently a Bishop (he wears a mitre), who is seen against a blue ground with decorative white overpainting.