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Additional 69865 f. 5 Annunciation
Annunciation
Description: Historiated initial 'D' of the Annunciation, with heraldry of a swan crest flanked by two (erased) arms, with extensions of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures and large bezants with single hair-line embellishment, in Matins from the Hours of the Virgin. 
Origin: Italy, N. (Bologna) 


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