Although the text on the reverse of the cutting is obscured, the rare iconography in the historiated initial suggests that it was removed from a manuscript containing Eusebius's 'Chronici canones.' Eusebius (ca. 275 - 339), bishop of Caesarea, is most well known for writing the early history of the Christian Church. Another of his great works is his 'Chronicle,' which claimed to give the whole... Initial E with the Penitent St. Jerome This cutting can be dated to ca. 1475. Script: Rotunda
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