Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps St. Albans, between 1160 and 1180
MS M.823. Fol. 048r

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Initial L decorated with interlace, foliate ornament, intertwined quadruped biting back leg, climbing nude man holding objects in each hand, and dragon (?) reclining on back, biting initial.
Initial begins book of Numbers.