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Czech Republic, Prague or Raudnitz, 1391
MS M.833 fol. 273r

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Scene within initial E:
Alexander the Great, crowned, holding object, possibly bread, in right hand and grasping robe with left hand, is seated on throne with footrest.
Filigree decoration behind figure and foliate ornament in initial and on marginal extenders.
Beginning of I Maccabees.



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