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Virgin and Child from BL Stowe 981, f. 2
Summary
Historiated initial 'P'(rosodia) with the author in prayer before the Virgin and Child, and full foliate borders and a bas-de-page scene with a lion and apes, at the beginning of Johannes de Janua's Summa que vocatur Catholicon. Image taken from f. 2 of Summa que vocatur Catholicon. Written in Latin.
In medieval illuminated manuscripts, bas-de-page scenes are unframed, sometimes whimsical images that appear below the written text and may or may not refer to it.
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Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain
