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Jacob wrestling the angel (fol. 223r)
[ca. 1260]
The first initial 'E' encloses the scene of Jacob wrestling the angel, and the second initial 'E' has David playing the bells.
Denomination: solidus
Date(s): 545-65
Issuer/creator: Justinian I (527-65)
Place: Constantinople
Material: gold
Annunciation to Zacharias (fol. 429r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'F' encloses the scene of the annunciation of the birth of St. John the Baptist to Zacharias. The historiated initial and an ornamental initial 'Q' above it are decorated with foliage and smal...