Initial decorated with faces from BL Burn 352, f. 2

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Initial decorated with faces from BL Burn 352, f. 2

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Initial 'Q'(uom) [cum] at the beginning of Lorenzo Valla's De elegantia linguae latinae, decorated with penwork ornamentation including two human heads. Image taken from f. 2 of De elegantia linguae latinae, imperfect. Written in Latin.

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1300 - 1500
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