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Dragon initial (fol. 62v)

Archive Piece: Ripon Cathedral MS 4/1 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Dragon initial (fol. 62v)

Other titles: Littera Minuscula Protogothica Textualis

Level: Piece

Classmark: Ripon Cathedral MS 4/1

Date(s): [ca. 1140-1160]

Language: Latin

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/373464

Collection group(s): Ripon Cathedral | Medieval Manuscripts

Description

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 animals, in green, red and blue.


Context: Lamentations of Jeremiah: Aleph Quomodo sedet sola ciuitas

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