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Fol. 362v, Zephaniah, historiated initial V, Zephaniah kneeling with a scroll, bust of God above

Cleveland Museum of Art

Open book with yellowed pages. Top of the page has "Sophonias" written with red and blue ink. Two columns of black text. Two illuminated letters with images. One image depicts a man and a woman. The other image is of a man kneeling with a scroll; a bust of a man in heaven above.

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