Item Info
Item No: mcai160151
Additional Title: Undetermined
Script:
Transitional script (praegothica)
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial S
Notes: 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.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1587080
Country: Country:Germany
Region/County:Rhineland ?
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1199
Image Dimensions Width: 132 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 16:15
Subjects
front
reverse