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Item No: mca0221820
Additional Title: Initials (ABC)
Language: Latin
Folio Number: ff. 182v-183r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: On the last two leaves of the manuscript, a scribe, probably the same one who wrote the rest of the manuscript, made a series of ink initials. He drew variants for each letter from A-F and L-N. This may have been done for practice or to serve as a model sheet of different types of initials for use by other scribes in the scriptorium.
Notes: Practice initials
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1583207
Country: Country:Spain

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1199
Image Dimensions Width: 246 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 22
Creator Name: Didactus - Scribe

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