Historiated Initial (P?) Excised from a Bible
Gold-leaf, blue, maroon, green, and beige colors. A large, white and beige, oval frame contains two men. The standing man wears blue, with white gloves and a black hat; he holds another man by the hair with his right hand and supports the man's body with his left arm. The suspended man wears a red and gold garment; he has a halo; he grasps the standing man's right wrist with both hands. The background includes a green field with white curvilinear decoration; a beige brick wall; a gold-leaf arch; and a maroon and gold-leaf background for the haloed man. The image is an initial letter P.
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