Manuscript fragment with historiated initial ("S")

    Physical Description
    Description
    Manuscript fragment on parchment, with text on one side. The main text (in Latin) has decorated capitals in red and blue penwork, and a small historiated initial ("S"), with details in gold. The colors have been washed out, but there are traces of green, blue and red. The historiated initial shows a bedridden man and two (female?) attendants. There is also a hybrid creature that springs from the letter, holding an arch on a stretched arm, with claws as feet and a long tail that becomes a branch of vine leaves. The main text is surrounded by commentary and there are also marginal annotations. The script looks like 13th-15th century small textura bookhand. The fragment was used in a binding. 35 x 20 cm
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    Resource Type
    Identifier
    mu:445593