Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 16:15
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- DS ID:
- DS4925
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E M 16:15
- Title:
- Undetermined
- Place:
- Rhineland?, Germany
- Date:
- 1100-1199
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 98 x 132 mm; parchment
- Note:
- Initial S
The manuscript source of this cutting remains a mystery. Its style is typical of fanciful Romanesque decorated initials, in which animal forms intertwine with interlace foliage to create the form of the letter. Here the body of a winged dragon forms the shape of the S.
Script: Transitional script (praegothica) - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_016_015.html
- Holding Institution:
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