Item Info
Folio Number: front 29:13
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial E
Notes: Ornament in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts can be quite fanciful. In this initial, the letter E resembles a laurel wreath, a motif borrowed from Classical art. The horizontal bar ends in the torso of a crowned and winged caryatid, again another decorative motif with origins in the Classical world. Such displays of imagination usually carried very little symbolism; rather, their purpose seems to have been to enliven the otherwise flat surface of the page.
Lewis E M 29:13-15 are from the same manuscript.
Notes:
These cuttings can be dated to the 15th or 16th centuries.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1667946
Country:
Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Perugia
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1599
Image Dimensions Width:
96 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 29:13-15
front 29:13
reverse 29:13 
front 29:14 
reverse 29:14 
front 29:15 
reverse 29:15