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Egerton 1151 f. 88v Prime
Prime
Description: Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with a man sitting up in bed, gesturing to the sun, and on the bar border, a stork, rabbit, and a centaur shooting at a bird, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Holy Spirit. 
Origin: England, S. or Central (Oxford or West Midlands?) 


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