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Source Description
Four winged dragons fill the compartments of this initial "L," the sides of which are adorned with succulent green and blue profile foliage. Two confronted dragons in the lower part of the letterform bite a diminutive human head, as if battling over its possession. The "L" is topped by a human face, painted blue, from which emerge two intertwined, green bird-like dragons.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
8888
label
Initial ""L"" (Liber generationis)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8888
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Initial ""L"" (Liber generationis)
description
Four winged dragons fill the compartments of this initial "L," the sides of which are adorned with succulent green and blue profile foliage. Two confronted dragons in the lower part of the letterform bite a diminutive human head, as if battling over its possession. The "L" is topped by a human face, painted blue, from which emerge two intertwined, green bird-like dragons.
provenance
Christ Church, Canterbury (?); Rochester Cathedral Priory (?); Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], 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
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8102cfd157cc4c71