Historiated- adj.- Adorned with the figures of humans or animals, often with foliage, and often for narrative purposes. Used especially of initial letters in manuscripts and of the capitals of columns.

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This folio of an English psalter, dating to the beginning of the fourteenth century, illustrates the Harrowing of Hell in which Christ descends into Hell after his crucifixion and opens the gates for the just who had lived and died before him, including Adam and Eve. A defaced devil hovers above the hell mouth. Image taken from ARTstor.

This folio of an English psalter, dating to the beginning of the fourteenth century, illustrates the Harrowing of Hell in which Christ descends into Hell after his crucifixion and opens the gates for the just who had lived and died before him, including Adam and Eve. A defaced devil hovers above the hell mouth. Image taken from ARTstor.

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