Initials with bird, dragon, monk, design elements and frames from documents of the Roman period, 12th century. Taken from a New Testament, the Great Canterbury Psalter, Latin manuscripts, etc. Periode Romane. Documents du XIIeme Siecle. 1-3 Nouveau Testament Latin 254, 4 manuscrit Latin 8, Bib. Nat., 5-12 manuscrit Latin 8846. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from Elements d’Ornementation pour l’Enluminure (Elements of Ornamentation for Illumination), Renouard, Paris, 1890.

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