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Source Description
Long, slender leaves fill the shaft of this letter "P." A dragon head at the top of the letter bites or disgorges the upper, curved part of the letter, which is filled with a curling vine-scroll sprouting succulent foliage.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13446
label
Initial ""P"" (Paulus Apostolus)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
13446
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Initial ""P"" (Paulus Apostolus)
description
Long, slender leaves fill the shaft of this letter "P." A dragon head at the top of the letter bites or disgorges the upper, curved part of the letter, which is filled with a curling vine-scroll sprouting succulent foliage.
provenance
Priory scriptorium of Rochester Cathedral, England, 12th century [possible reference in catalog in Textus Roffensis, Rochester Cathedral Library Ms. A.3.5, fol. 230r; more certain reference in 1202 library catalog in British Library Ms. Royal 5 B.XII, fol. 2r]; Leon Gruel, Paris, before 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown, no. 1138]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1130 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38.5
height
28.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/16 x W: 11 1/8 in. (38.5 x 28.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
English
style
Romanesque
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored parchment of medium thickness
creator_ids
6197
collection_ids
MSS
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
1057c189800c3c08