Alphabet of illuminated initials with figures, animals and monsters from the Heures de Charles d'Angoulême, mid 15th century. Illuminated by Robinet Testard and Jean Bourdichon. Ave Maria Gratia Plena. Reproduction d’une page d’un Manuscrit Latin No. 1173, Bibl. Nat. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from his Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages), Paris, 1897.

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