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Fol. 317r, Baruch, historiated initial H, Baruch seated at a desk writing on a scroll

Cleveland Museum of Art

Open book with yellowed pages. Text written in black ink, some in red ink. Decorative initial 'H' in blue, red, and gold, extending down the page. A smaller, similar design on the left side. A larger illustration of a man sitting at a desk writing on a scroll on right side. The man wears a white robe and a brown tunic; he has a tonsure. The desk is brown. The scroll is white. The man sits on a patterned stool. The background of the illustration is red. The book is on a gray surface.

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