Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Hagiographic and homiletic Miscellany
Egypt, Fayyūm Province, 905-906
MS M.600 fol. 2r

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Rectangular headpiece for title of Cyril of Jerusalem, Homily on the Cross, decorated with interlace and spearhead finials (only four visible).
Decorated initial Alpha with scrolling foliate coronis descending into lower margin, terminals of spearhead finials.