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Partial Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial I[n principio] with the Marriage at Cana

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image is a vertical rectangle with a beige background. A large decorative letter "I" dominates the left side, featuring a blue and gold border. The letter contains four scenes. The top scene shows two people; the person on the left wears blue and the person on the right wears beige. The second scene from the top shows three people; the person on the left wears beige, the person in the middle wears yellow and red, and the person on the right wears blue. The third scene from the top shows three people; the person on the left wears blue, the person in the middle wears beige and blue, and the person on the right wears blue. The bottom scene shows a gold design with blue and red details. To the right of the letter, there are lines of black text. One line of text is in red. The paper has darker beige lines running horizontally across it.

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347 × 893 px
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