Undetermined (DS4920) (Q22260)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 16:10, Lewis E M 16:10)
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Undetermined (DS4920)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 16:10, Lewis E M 16:10)

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    title as recorded
    Undetermined
    standard title
    Unknown
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    instance of
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    physical description
    Extent: 109 x 148 mm; parchment
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    note
    Initial A
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    This initial is a fine example of Romanesque initial decoration. The intricate interlaced pattern of the white vine-scroll harbors a male figure in the lower compartment climbing up the tendrils of the stylized vines toward a lion in the upper compartment grazing, as it were, on the stylized foliage. The head of a beast at the top of the letter threatens to swallow the whole composition. Such...
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    This cutting has been dated to ca. 1130.
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    Script: Transitional script (praegothica)
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    acknowledgements
    Contributor: David Kalish
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    Cataloger: Dot Porter
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    date added
    4 December 2023
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    date last updated
    4 December 2023
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