Inhabited Initial Gallery

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This Dominican doctor on fol. 121v of LJS 24 is holding a flask of urine and accusing his patient of

Inhabited initial C from a choir book showing Saint John on PatmosLombardy, ca. 1500; illuminator: M

Inhabited initial, Initial Q, Dominican doctor, servant, and patient, f. 65r, LJS 24 Medical miscell

As the work is a commentary on canon law, it makes perfect sense that fol. 1r of Ms. Codex 729 would

Reach, reach, just a bit further! A bit of drollery combined with a more serious inhabited initial c

So long as you’re a hybrid monstrosity who is a third man, a third dragon, and a third climbing vine

thegetty:Topsy-turvy inhabited initial D. If you grab the horn of a ram, your world of centaurs and

Omnomnom, a yummy inhabited initial from Ms. Codex 1057, a Ferial psalter, containing the psalm

Inhabited initial, fol. 241r, Ms. Codex 1077. In my head I’ve named this one Pagliacci.Manuscr

This “inhabited initial,” which begins an inscription carved in teakwood located somewhe

openmarginalis: Detail of Inhabited Initial D, MS. 64, 152v, Hildesheim, Germany ca. 1170 via J. Pa

Inhabited initial C from a choir book showing Saint John on Patmos Lombardy, ca. 1500; illuminator:

LJS 24 is a medical miscellany and many of the initials, as we’ve posted before, feature Domin

This week, we’ll be looking at inhabited, illuminated, decorated, and historiated initials in

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