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Ripon Cathedral MS 4
Ripon Cathedral MS 4
[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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Ripon Cathedral MS 4/1
Ripon Cathedral MS 4/1
[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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Ripon Cathedral MS 4/2
Ripon Cathedral MS 4/2
[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.