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DECORATED INITIALIn medieval manuscripts, this term refers to an introductory letter of a text division, embellished with some type of abstract design, i.e., a design not necessarily containing a picture (which would [..]
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DECORATED INITIALAn initial letter in an illuminated manuscript or early printed book embellished in an abstract, nonrepresentational style, rather than with foliate, zoomorphic, and/or anthropomorphic motifs or picto [..]
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