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[In Apocalypsim; Threni Ieremie cum glossis]
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[In Apocalypsim; Threni Ieremie cum glossis]

Berengaudus (fl. ca. 859)

[ca. 1140-1160]

Decoration: 2 large initials infilled with foliage and beasts, and 4 smaller initials in colours. Written in littera minuscula protogothica textualis. In the commentary on the Apocalypse, lines co...

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Dragon initial (fol. 62v)
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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...

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Dragon initial (fol. 76r)
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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.

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