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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.
King David (fol. 23r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The historiated initial includes King David kneeling in penitence, with the harp beside him. God appears to him at the top of the initial. The decorated border includes strawberries, speedwells, a thi...
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.
[In epistolas canonicas]
Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)
[ca. 1100-1150]
Quires numbered at the end. Decoration: 7 large initials on decorated blue, or blue and green grounds, outlined and touched with red. Written in Continental Caroline Minuscule. Principal content...
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.