Puzzle initials with penwork flourishing from BL Burn 298, f. 1

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Puzzle initials with penwork flourishing from BL Burn 298, f. 1

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Puzzle initials ' V'(iro) and 'V'(ultis) of the preface and beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's De diligendo deo, in red and blue with delicate, elaborate penwork flourishing. Image taken from f. 1 of Gospel of John, in the later Wycliffite version. Written in English.

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1000 - 1400
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British Library
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