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Fol. 404r, Mark, historiated initial I, Mark standing with a scroll

Cleveland Museum of Art

Open book with yellowed pages. Two columns of black handwritten text with red accents. Top of page has red and blue decorative writing. Right margin has page number "404" in top corner. Two illuminated letters and decorations, one at top and one at bottom of page. The top illuminated letter is blue with gold filigree on an orange background. The bottom illuminated letter "I" is large and blue with gold filigree on an orange background. Mark, a man with brown hair and a brown beard, stands on a blue and gold patterned floor. He wears a blue and gold robe. He holds a scroll in his left hand and gestures with his right.

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