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Missal
England, perhaps Cambridge, ca. 1320
MS M.107 fol. 8r

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Christ, seated, with right hand raised in blessing and holding tripartite globe in left hand, is above church, flanked by two clerics, kneeling with joined hands raised. All in initial A with foliate ornament.
Border composed of bands on foliate ornament, inhabited by numerous grotesques, hybrid men and hybrid animals, and dog; the bands are interrupted by lozenges and quatrefoils enclosing geometric and foliate ornament.
Square musical notation on four-line staves.



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