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Fol. 357v, Jonah, historiated initial E, Jonah swallowed by the whale, a walled city above

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with yellowed pages. The left page has a large initial letter. The initial letter 'E' is decorated with gold, blue, orange and white. Inside the letter 'E' is a man with a brown robe and a white head. He is inside the stomach of a large sea creature with white and blue skin. On the right page, above the text, there is a small circular image showing a walled city. The book's pages have brown spots and the text is written in black ink. The text is in Latin.

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