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Foliate initial (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
9-line initial 'I' composed of foliage, in red outline, decorated with a light blue strip of paint.
Dragon initial (fol. 62v)
[ca. 1140-1160]
Large zoomorphic initial 'Q' where the descender is composed of a dragon clutching the body of the letter with its teeth. The body of the letter is infilled with curved foliage and two lizard-like ani...
Decorated incipit word (fol. 3r)
[ca. 1140-1160]
Large initial 'A' decorated with stylised fan-shaped leaves and curved pen lines, in green, red and blue, followed by the remaining letters of the incipit word 'APOCALIPSIS' in blue and red.
Foliate initial (fol. 22v)
[ca. 1100-1150]
9-line initial 'P' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.
Dragon initial (fol. 76r)
[ca. 1140-1160]
Large zoomorphic initial 'E' composed of foliage and heads of dragons and other fabulous monsters, outlined in red, with shading in blue, on mauve, yellow and green backgrounds.
Decorated initials (fol. 47r)
[ca. 1140-1160]
3- and 5-line initials in red decorated in blue and green.
Foliate initial (fol. 42r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.
Foliate initial (fol. 54r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
6-line initial 'Q' composed of foliage, in red outline, on a blue and green background.
Foliate initial (fol. 77v)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.
Wyvern blowing a horn (fol. 78v)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line zoomorphic initial 'S' composed of a wyvern blowing a horn, in red outline, on a light-blue background.
Snake (fol. 80r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'I' decorated with a snake entwined around and through the initial, outlined in black and red, touched in blue and green.
Decorated initial (fol. 49r)
[ca. 1140-1160]
Large red/blue initial 'I' decorated with green. Head title 'EPISTOLA IACOBI' in red capitals.