Initial C with the Harrowing of Hell This initial belongs to a group of cuttings from the same manuscript now divided between the Free Library and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. It originally marked the beginning of Compline of the Hours of the Virgin. This cutting has been dated to ca. 1270. This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a psalter-hours. Script: Gothic bookhand
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